Great Science Skills

Use these brand new resources to support your pupils in developing the scientific skills they need to carry out their own science enquiries to answer their own scientific questions. Your teachers will also benefit in further exploring how progression in scientific enquiry skills develops across your school.

Children need to develop their scientific skills through enquiries that are clearly related to the science knowledge they are developing. Often these skills will be taught through guided enquiries but then pupils will be able to demonstrate these skills through asking their own questions and carrying out their own investigations.

The Great Science Skills Starters are a collection of eight direct to classroom videos that support pupils in learning a range of skills required to work through the scientific process. The videos aim to model the skill, provide an opportunity for pupils to practice the skill and finally challenging them to apply the skill when carrying out their own enquiries.

Each video has a set of teacher notes that explain where the skill fits in to the scientific process, suggest how to use the video in the classroom and give tips to develop the skill further with your pupils. Many of the videos also have additional supporting resources and tools to support pupils in practicing each skill in the classroom and at home.

The videos and resources can be accessed using the links below or by clicking on the appropriate icon to the right.