Curriculum
Science

• Visiting speakers from Industry
• Challenges and competitions both internally and at local colleges
• Clubs for KS3
• Galaxy classification and triathlon wet suit design
• Jodrell Bank and Zoo lab enrichment sessions
• CREST awards
• Local environment to study ecosystems and habitats
• Royal Institute Christmas Lecture

• The big book of Science things to make and do by Rebecca Gilpin and Leonie Pratt
• Can you feel the force by Richard Hammond
• Horrible Science / Really Rotten Experiments by Nick Arnold and Tony de Saulles
• The Icky, Sticky, Snot and Blood by Nick Sharratt and Steve Alton
• How the World Works by Beverley Young
• What makes you YOU? by Gill Arbuthnott
• Science Experiments by Robert Winston and Iain Graham

Recommended Activities (local):

• Nature walk off shoots in Towneley Park
• The Manchester Museum
• Science and Industry Museum
• Alston Observatory, Longridge
• Individual Science Projects (please see Crest Website)

Recommended Reading:

• KS3 Revision Guide on amazon.co.uk
• Ieducate – I am Learning Key Stage 3
• Science app for iPad
• Tinybop – Human body app
• BBC Focus Magazine
• KS4 Revision Guides – Collins (available in school £2.50 each or with vivos)

Recommended Viewing:

• BBC Spring and Autumn Watch
• Star Gazing Live
• Bang goes the Theory
• Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, see at any time on the RI Channel

Recommended Websites:

• Childrens University of Manchester
• BBC Bitesize Science
• Kerboodle

Recommended Activities (National):

• The Deep Aquarium, Hull
• Natural History Museum, London
• National Science Museum, London
• Kielder Forest Observatory (Northumberland Dark Sky Park)
• Fossil hunting on the Jurassic Coast Dorset or Whitby, North Yorkshire
• Catalyst in Widnes, Cheshire (Science Centre & Museum), for young chemists