Primary science handbook



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SELF-STUDY SESSION: Subject Knowledge Development

MODELLING IN SCIENCE


Modelling abstract ideas to help form concrete knowledge upon which to build better understanding of scientific concepts is vital to good science teaching – it can also be a lot of fun!

Read the sections about modelling and analogies on pages 167, 206-207 in the course text “Meeting The Standards In Primary Science” by Lynn Newton (also available as an e-reader from the University library: http://NCL.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=168523 – also copied in the following 3 pages) and complete the following task:

From your own experience and using your own imagination, list 5 scientific concepts or ideas and a model or analogy which may help a primary aged child understand the concept a little better (I’ve given you an example in the table below):

Scientific Theme/Concept/Topic/Idea

Model & Explanation


Fossil formation and prehistoric record / aging of fossils. How do we know some dinosaurs lived a long time before others?

Use a large clear container – a storage box or fish tank to pour sand into. Pour in layer by layer, placing shells or model animals/fossils/real fossils in at different stages, asking pupils which one died first, which one is the oldest etc.






























“Meeting The Standards In Primary Science” by Lynn Newton:





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