Five inspiring female scientists for International Women’s Day 07/03/2022 Looking for inspirational female scientists to share with your students on International Women’s Day? Bethan Foulkes, GCSE Science Subject Advisor, highlights five scientists and their research.
Incorporating climate change into A Level Biology 21/02/2022 Integrating climate change into A Level Biology teaching is important, but how can we do it? Jo Harris from the Field Studies Council suggests some ideas to include this vital topic in your teaching.
Core Maths for biology? 13/12/2021 Ruth Wroe, Subject Advisor for Maths, explains how core maths qualifications can support students taking A Level Biology.
You said, we did: How we've acted on your feedback on our GCSE and A Level science qualifications 22/11/2021 How have we acted on your feedback for GCSE and A Level science over the past few months? Here, two of our science subject advisors highlight the changes we’ve made.
Six black British pioneers of STEM 06/10/2021 In this republished blog post, subject advisor Bethan Foulkes highlights six of Britain’s pioneering black people from science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).
A Level Biology - using the flexibility of OCR’s PAGs 01/10/2021 Jon Hale, Head of Biology at Beaulieu Convent School in Jersey, explains how his centre uses OCR’s flexible approach to practical endorsement. He also shares resources created within the centre as an alternative to Practical Activity Group 10.
Introducing the new portable tracker for A Level Biology, Chemistry and Physics 29/07/2021 Andy Brunning, Chemistry Subject Advisor, introduces our new portable tracker for A Level sciences and explains how it can help you track student achievement in the practical endorsement.
Challenging maths skills in A Level Biology 14/05/2021 Do you struggle with teaching serial dilutions and logarithms in A Level Biology? Here, biology subject advisor Andri Achilleos highlights some resources for these topics and gives examples of past paper questions.
Resources to support the progress of physics students 22/02/2021 Ensuring a smooth progression for physics students through the key stages and on to higher education has many challenges. Physics subject advisor John Dewis discusses some resources that may help for your GCSE and A Level students.
Transition from GCSE to A Level Biology 11/02/2021 How do you make sure your students’ transition to A Level Biology is as effective as possible during the pandemic? Subject advisor Andri Achilleos highlights five resources to support this transition.