With inspiration from Sciences ‘Principles & Practice’ and ‘The Sciences 3 – 18’ here are some of the things that we came up with as key features of a good science lesson.

• Stimulate interest in pupils and staff
• flexibility and choice (Variety)
• Motivation, challenging, engaging and enjoyable
• Consistency not just random facts
• Actively involved – Interactions
• Questioning – to consolidate knowledge
• Develop thinking and understanding
• Discussion and reflection
• Teamwork
• Learning outdoors (Field trips)
• Observation, recording and classification skills – Using real materials/living things in real life situations
• Scientific literacy – Process, summarise and present findings e.g. how to identify reliable sources
• Confidence in skills e.g. scientific communication
• Predictions
• Higher order thinking
• ICT
• Effective use of interdisciplinary work
• Links between science and other curricular areas