Teaching resources
Mastery Science is developing a set of case studies to teach the skills and for each kind of projects:
- 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 projects in stages, each case will focus on one or two stages of the project 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.