ITT Students' World Wide Web Workshop · Harton School

• Click on the link GCSE Subjects, which leads to the NEAB website. We are going to find out what the Science email address is.
• Click on Science. You will find the Science email address at the top of the web page.
• Find out a syllabus number for the GCSE Science Syllabus. You may have to scroll down the page.

• The BBC website is supposed to be the most visited information-based website in Europe. BBC Education has a section called GCSE Bitesize Revision, which is intended for learners working on their own.
• Return to the Science Page. Click on the Bitesize Revision link. Then click on the Biology, Chemistry and Physics links in turn. Look at the topics. Are they relevant? Try one and assess the quality of subsequent pages for age-appropriateness and curriculum focus.

• Return to the Science Page. Assess the relevance of the teaching ideas, lesson plans, worksheets and resources on offer for Science teachers on the two links Teaching Ideas for Primary Teachers and Educate the Children.

• Return to the Science Page. The Association for Science Education Teacher Zone includes a discussion forum and many Science links and resources. Assess the usefulness of this website in secondary school Science teaching.

• Return to the Science Page and access the Doc Brown's Chemistry Clinic link. It is described as "a growing general help and revision site for GCSE, AS and A2 Chemistry. Revision notes, multiple choice tests, structured questions, graphics and extensive links to useful and interesting Chemistry sites." Assess its usefulness for examination candidates in Chemistry.

• Return to the Science Page and access the A Complete Timeline for Atomic Structures link. Could this web page be integrated into the secondary school Science curriculum?

• Return to the Science Page and access Paul's Chemistry Lab link. This American web page claims to have something for all learners and teachers of Chemistry, from primary to tertiary education. Are such claims justified, so far as secondary school Science is concerned?

• Return to the Science Page and access Chemistry links. This University of Liverpool web page contains reviews of Chemistry Teaching websites. How valid and relevant do you find the evaluation criteria?

• Return to the Science Page and access Science and Special Educational Needs. This portal links to a number of sites offering resources and strategies for learners with difficulties and impairments. How useful might the links be in your Science teaching?

• Return to the Science Page and click on the Google link. Use "Science" as your keywords, in quotes. How many hits were there? Print out the first page of hits.
• Now try out Yahoo, typing "Science" into the box. How does Yahoo present search results?
• What are the advantages and the disadvantages of each of these search engines?

• If you had the Internet up and running, would you be able to locate and use a web resource in your teaching? Could you set your students a task which they might complete by referring to a web page or website?
• The Teacher Training Agency has published Initial Teacher Training (ITT) National Curriculum for the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in subject teaching: Exemplification materials. Access their ICT exemplification materials page and find out how to obtain the materials for Science.

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