Beyond the Text Book

Key Ideas & Learning Outcomes

By the end of the programme teachers will see how school-based resources beyond the textbook can:

Be readily integrated into science programmes at all stages of the primary and secondary school curriculum;

Provide up-to-date information to support children's learning;

Foster children's enthusiasm for science by giving them hands-on experiences in realistic contexts;

Increase children's motiviation by showing the relevance of what is being taught to the real world of science.