Open your students' eyes to the exciting world of practical investigation and help them develop a deeper, sophisticated understanding of Key Stage 3 science.
Our NEW Practical Science Teacher’s Resource Packs bring science to life enabling your students to explore, discover and verify scientific information through an enjoyable learning experience.
Key features and benefits of Practical Science:
These all-encompassing resource packs include 180 practicals and investigations, one for almost every topic covered in Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Each practical and investigation comes complete with all of the information needed to create quick, easy and fun experiments, including:
- Introduction
- Planning
- Objective
- Risk assessment
- Technician’s notes
- Required resources
- Method of investigation
- Student worksheet (editable)
These exciting, hands-on practicals provide a cost-effective solution for every budget by using attainable and affordable materials.
The accompanying CD-ROMs include the full-text version of the resource packs complete with fully editable worksheets for students.
Our commitment to producing quality and relevant resources means that these materials have been developed in partnership with subject-specialists and enthusiasts for science in action with years of practical science experience.
Practical Science provides simple, imaginative and affordable solutions to inspire the next generation of scientists – pre-order now!
1. Does Practical Science match to the new Key Stage 3?
Yes, Practical Science compliments all aspects of the 2014 Key Stage 3 curriculum for each of the sciences and includes experiments for almost every topic.
2. Do the practicals come with accompanying guidance?
Yes, each practical includes the following guidance for teachers:
- Introduction
- Planning
- Objective
- Risk assessment
- Technician’s notes
- Required resources
- Method of investigation
- Student worksheet (editable)
The accompanying CD-ROM also includes the full-text version of the resource pack complete with fully editable worksheets for students.
3. Do I need to purchase all components?
No, the Practical Science series includes a separate Teacher’s Resource Pack for each of the three sciences: Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Each title can be purchased individually or the all three titles can be purchased as a discounted special offer pack.
4. Does Smart Learning publish other science resources?
Yes, we also publish Smart Science which is our first science series at Key Stage 3. Written for the new 2014 curriculum, Smart Science offers total support for every teacher via schemes of work for a 2 year or 3 year Key Stage 3. Smart Learning is an educational publishing company with a solid reputation for listening to teachers to develop innovative resources that are tried, tested and trusted by teachers and learners.
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Why not download and try some FREE sample practicals & investigations from Practical Science?
We've made a selection of samples available from Practical Science Biology, Chemistry & Physics, so that you can try them out in the classroom.
To download and sample these, simply select from the below:
We hope you enjoy trying these in the classroom. We’d love to hear any comments or feedback you have, please email [email protected].
Practical Special Offers
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Order all 3 Practical Science titles and SAVE over 65%
The Practical Science Teacher's Resource Pack is normally £149.99. Order all 3 titles for £299.00 - a saving of over £150.00
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Offers are only available to UK customers on orders placed through the website. If you are an international customer, please contact us for further details.
All offers expire on 31 December 2015.