A good science lesson has to be prepared thinking about the Es and Os and effective ways to develop the skills required of a successful science learner, the lesson should include the following:

• The impact of science on their own health and well being
• The health of society
• The health of the environment
• Engage in a wide range of investigative tasks develops skills for them to be creative, inventive, enterprising adults
• Experiences of science must lead to a lifelong interest
• Should take into consideration their natural curiosity and desire to create and work in practical ways
• Lessons should be challenging, engaging and enjoyable
• Effective teaching should use a variety of methods including: active learning, planned play, development of problem solving and analytical skills, scientific practical investigations, use of relevant contexts to teach children, use of real materials, living things, effective technology, development of collaborative learning and independent thinking, emphasis on children explaining their own knowledge
• Relating lesson to real life jobs such as engineering/medicine/forensics
• Lessons should also link to literacy, numeracy and ICT
• Children should be able to develop skills to be able to observe and explore, classify, fair test and find associations
• Children should be open to new ideas, thinking critically and creatively
• There needs to be a positive ethos where learners feel comfortable to volunteer answers
• Use of questioning techniques to consolidate the learning children have participated in