The Teacher's Files & CD-ROMs

The Teacher's Guides work seamlessly together with the Students' Book and ActiveTeach to offer you a fully supported and differentiated solution to help you deliver Edexcel 360Science successfully from your first day of teaching.

The Teacher's Guide contains all the lesson plans, lesson ideas, coursework support and answers that you need. It provides detailed information for each topic, using the following pattern:

Introduction This gives a brief overview of the topic and sets out the learning objectives.

Edexcel Lesson scheme overview This lists the learning outcomes from the specification covered in each lesson. It also states the route (concept/context) followed in the learning material for this topic.

Notes for each double-page section The notes are laid out along the lines of a lesson plan so that you can incorporate the material easily into your teaching.The following features are included for each double-page section:

a list of the worksheets available in the Copymaster File

learning objectives

key words

ideas for a starter activity

suggestions for learning activities

points to note (e.g. common areas of confusion, more detailed notes on the science in the topic, etc.)

suggestions for plenary activities

ideas for additional homework or research activities

a guide to running practicals and/or demonstrations, including apparatus list, safety points and timing

Answers to questions Answers are provided for the questions given in the Students' Book and Copymaster File.

Edexcel lesson plans Full lesson plans for both concept and context routes for each topic are provided on the accompanying CD-ROM.


The Copymaster Files & CD-ROMs

The Copymaster File provides all the worksheets and other materials intended to be photocopied for student use. The following worksheets can be found in the Copymaster File:

Target sheets Each topic begins with a student target sheet. These provide students with a record of their own progress through the topic and help increase levels of confidence.

Practical sheets and classwork sheets

Homework sheets for each topic at Foundation Tier and Higher Tier

Practice exam-style tests The CD-ROM that accompanies the Copymaster File includes six specimen multiple-choice tiered tests two each for biology, chemistry and physics.

Sample Internal Assessment Activities (IAAs) Three sample IAAs are provided on the CD-ROM one biology, one chemistry and one physics. The assessment activities assess the 'How Science Works' criteria in context of the specification topics.