Teaching resources
For the Practising Science course, Mastery Science is developing a set of case studies to teach the skills for each kind of enquiry project:
- Investigation cases: actual contemporary or historical examples of how scientists have puzzled out a phenomenon
- Design cases: examples of how engineers have solved a real-world problem
- Research cases: examples of how people have investigated socio-scientific issues
The cases will be set in contexts designed to spark curiosity and provide insight into a range of STEM careers. Consistent with our approach of teaching enquiry stage-by-stage, each case will focus on one or two stages of the enquiry process. The resources provide for each case study will include:
- Introduction and narrative for the case
- Scaffolded challenges for students
- Structured help sheets for the skills involved
- Teachers guide with assessment guidance
Each case is designed to last around 2 lessons. The resources are flexible and their cognitive demand can be adjusted by varying the amount of structure and scaffolding.