Research-2-Practice (R2P) - Secondary Collection

This is a useful collection of research informed secondary science lesson plans produced as part of the Research-2-Practice project undertaken by research teams at the University of Roehampton, University of Lincoln, York St John University and KYRA research school, between 2020 and 2021, which was funded by Wellcome. The overall aim of the project was to enhance the quality of teaching and learning in science by giving time-pressed teachers quick and easy access to relevant research to inform their practice.

The project identified issues that prevented the effective teaching of science at both primary and secondary level and then created concise summaries of the relevant research on how to address these issues. The best practice identified from this research was then translated into exemplar lesson plans which can be found in the collections below.

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Relationships in an ecosystem - R2P

This resource provides a lesson plan showing how to use system thinking to teach about ecosystems. The approach used in the lesson is based on education research which is summarised in a separate research summary document.

The lesson includes an activity where individual pupils are given an organism. They...

The Sun - Earth - Moon system - R2P

This resource provides a lesson plan showing how to use mental model building to teach about the Sun-Earth-Moon system. The approach used in the lesson is based on education research which is summarised in a separate research summary document.

The lesson includes an activity where pupils look at different...

The particulate nature of matter - R2P

This resource provides a lesson plan showing how to use enquiry based instruction to teach the particulate nature of matter. The approach used in the lesson is based on education research which is summarised in a separate research summary document.

The lesson leads pupils through a series of activities....

Rate and extent of chemical change - chemical equilibrium - R2P

This resource provides a lesson plan showing how to use modelling-based teaching to teach about chemical equilibrium. The approach used in the lesson is based on education research which is summarised in a separate research summary document.

The lesson outlines how to use a demonstration of the appearance of...

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