Dr G is teaching the structure of the heart to his bottom set Year 10 class. The students in front of him are listening attentively as he draws the structure bit by bit, explaining each part and pu…| Memory, meaning and motivation
See the bigger picture and the world shows you patterns and connections you once missed. This is how I feel about teaching the Homeostasis and Response unit. When I first started teaching, I used to just list all the facts that students needed, with not much thought into how students could develop meaning. Mianly this […]| Memory, meaning and motivation
This is based on the AQA unit of Homeostasis and Response. I used to be scared of teaching homeostasis. As someone who studied Biology, I struggled with how to best explain it without overwhelming my students, reducing the unit to a list of disparate facts, and somehow help them succeed at assessments. There is the […]| Memory, meaning and motivation
