6 resources that add WOW to Science

When it comes to Science subjects, EdTech can provide a route for incredible insight and engagement. Gone are the days where pupils were limited to looking at diagrams of the human body – now, learners can use augmented reality to see recreations of organs working away in real-time. VR can let students look around at a subatomic level a la Ant Man. Topics that might seem a bit dry for some can now be gamified, with each pupils’ needs met via personalised learning.

Below (in alphabetical order) are six EdTech resources that educators have been raving about on our platform. Be sure to check them out!

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Developing Experts Science – 700+ lesson plans and experiments

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Developing Experts Science provides a growing library of over 700 interactive online Science lessons, plus exciting experiments, handouts and assessment for learning activities that are fully mapped against multiple curricula. Teachers track each child’s progress through the interactive online science quizzes, while parents can check out the science lesson content from home.

“The staff at Developing Experts are so quick to get back to you,” says Abbots Green Primary Academy deputy head Jo Uttley. “The website is easy to use – staff have found it very helpful. There isn’t anything that is missing – everything that you need is there ready for you. I would strongly recommend to others.

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Doddle Science – 2,000 ready-made, curriculum-specific resources

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Make Science a doddle with this online learning platform for teachers who aim to deliver and tailor a huge curriculum to meet students’ individual needs. Doddle Science provides interactive resources to help teachers embed tricky concepts and develop key scientific skills while engaging students with their learning across KS3 and KS4.

“Doddle has been fantastic and those that work for Doddle providing support and training,” observes Abbi Williams, assistant principal at Pool Hayes Academy. “We have gone from using it as a homework platform to progress and parental engagement. It’s brilliant and I cannot fault it. Its pupil, staff and parent friendly and due to it being assessable for all it works well. It would be ace if there was an app that you could access then it can be completed/data entered/viewed at any point on a smart device.”

Encounter Edu – Focusing on STEM and global issues

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An award-winning online platform, Encounter Edu provides full lessons, activities, multimedia resources and live broadcasts with a focus on STEM and global issues. Live lessons feature live broadcast lessons with experts and extreme locations, from the Arctic to the deep ocean and local fieldwork.

“The amount of information, research, live lessons, experiments and live discussion with explorers and scientists are of significant importance for education and future jobs choice,” remarks Liudmyla Talashkevych, an EFL Teacher at Novoyegorivka School, Ukraine.

“Teachers and students with their parents can find a lot of explanations on how to solve problems we face today and how to make this world better! I personally learned so much about underwater life, plastic pollution, soils, and so on! Working with teacher resources, my lessons are filled with up to date information and that make my students amazed!”

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GCSEPod – Learn and revise Science from any location

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Ideal for learning or revising for GCSE/ IGCSE Science exams, using GCSEPod students are learning and revising from wherever they are on their computers, phones and tablets, with pedagogical content knowledge for 27 subjects in total. The format and the key exam content in these Pods makes it easy to learn, understand and – most importantly – to recall.

Edward O’Connor, head at St Edmund’s School Canterbury, enthuses: “GCSEPod offer syllabus specific resources, customisable assessment systems, flipped learning opportunities and outstanding customer care. Brilliant service. Teachers particularly like the online assessment tools and the capacity GCSEPod provides to support flipped learning approaches.

“Customisable online assessments reduce marking time. Pods themselves provide focused and user friendly information which students can replay to consolidate knowledge. This can save valuable time in lessons.”

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Tassomai – Adaptive Science learning

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With adaptive learning program Tassomai, GCSE Science content is tailored to each individual exam board, with all written by subject specialists and teachers. The multiple choice micro-quizzes reinforce knowledge through targeted repetition, like a flashcard. Simultaneously, the algorithm is learning each student’s strengths and weaknesses, using this information to target the gaps in a student’s knowledge and provide feedback to teachers on areas with which individuals and entire classes need help. English and Maths are also covered.

“Tassomai has completely revolutionised our revision strategy, helping us to gain above national average results across all sciences for 3 years in a row!” notes Abbie Telford, teacher in charge of KS4 Science Stokesley School in North Yorkshire. 

“Students often answer questions before we have even done the topic and always say ‘that was on Tassomai’. We can use it to help support any significant changes in our data entry or use it as evidence for ambition score entries.”

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Twig World – Thousands of high-quality videos

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4.3/5 from 33 reviews

Designed to be as user-friendly as possible, Twig features thousands of high-quality, curriculum-aligned Science videos for students aged 11–16, along with worksheets, lesson plans, quizzes and diagrams. It slots into existing lesson plans, with Team Twig taking pride that the resource is particularly suited to distance learning, as well as boasting an built-in assignment feature that lets teachers set homework and view progress. Maths and Geography are also included.

“Twig is hands-down my #1 favorite and most valued teaching resources,” praises Kristen DePass, an MS Science teacher at The American School In Japan. “I used Twig in my last school (Jakarta Intercultural school) for 8 years, and begged my current team and administrators to purchase a subscription for our students and school. My team immediately understood how the quality, versatility and supportive nature of the ever-expanding video collection could positively impact our classroom environment, and jumped right on board.”