School-based training

These materials are free to download, and are designed to help schools or individual teachers who are starting to teach Twenty First Century Science for the first time.

Training pack

This Training pack 2 is designed for Subject Leaders, Local Authority advisers, and others providing training for leadership teams and teachers in schools. There are seven units to download, each with PowerPoint presentations.

Please note that this pack was written for the 2006 specifications and whilst much of the material is still relevant some sections may now be out of date. We are working to update the pack for the 2011 sepcifications.

Planning and organising the courses

Resources to support planning and organinsing the courses, include a departmental progress check, coursework support and spreadsheets to track student attainment.

CPD units

These CPD units can be used for departmental INSET. They contain general guidance for teachers delivering particular types of activity in Twenty First Century Science, e.g. running small group discussions and teaching controversial issues.

Please note that these units were written for the 2006 specifications and whilst much of the material is still relevant some sections may now be out of date. We are working to update the units for the 2011 sepcifications.

Internal science department discussions

These 3 cartoons have been designed to stimulate thinking in department discussions.
>> Download C21 CPD cartoons (1.3 MB)

About Twenty First Century Science courses

Information about GCSE Science, GCSE Additional Science, GCSE Additional Applied Science, Triple Science GCSEs and Entry Level Science can be found in The Courses section of this website.

Videos

These seven short films introduce the Twenty First Century Science courses, and will help you better understand the purpose and features of the courses and the links between them.

Teachers TV videos about the 2004-5 pilot course

Twenty First Century Science at Haggerston School 1 

Twenty First Century Science at Haggerston School 2