Activate 1 Intervention Workbook (Foundation): With all you need to know for your 2021 assessments

The UK's bestselling Grade 6-9 science course, Activate, now has brand-new Intervention Workbooks to support students on their journey to GCSE success. Carefully designed Intervention tasks and a new Pinchpoint tool tackle key concepts and ideas through self-assessment to help students identify areas for improvement and extension. A large variety of practice questions, activities, and checklists provide plenty of opportunity to build skills and confidence throughout the course. Key features: The Intervention Workbooks are designed to tackle key concepts and ideas in Grade 6-9 science with intervention strategies designed by assessment expert Dr Andrew Chandler-Grevatt. They include: - carefully designed 'Pinchpoint' diagnostic questions for self-assessment, which will help students identify areas for improvement - tailored follow-up activities to help students address problem areas and make progress - structured activities linked to the differentiated Developing, Secure, and Extending outcomes of the Activate course - further revision questions linked to learning outcomes for further support. The activities and interventions in this Foundation workbook focus on helping students to progress through difficult concepts and address problem areas.

Philippa has 15 years' experience teaching secondary science and is now a science tutor on the PGCE course at the University of Oxford. Philippa also has experience examining for OCR and KS3 SATs, and is an experienced science textbook author for KS3, GCSE and IGCSE. She has an honours degree in Chemistry, Resources and the Environment from York University, an MEd degree from Bristol University and a PGCE from the University of Oxford. Jo Locke has 11 years' experience teaching secondary science,working on KS3 through to A-level and with experience as a Head of Science. She is an experienced examiner, and has previously examined for International Baccalaureate and Edexcel A-levels. Jo is an author, and has written material for GCSE, BTEC, Entry Level Certificate and A-levels. Jo has an honours degree in Biology and a PGCE from the University of Bath. Dr Andrew Chandler-Grevatt has a PhD in school assessment, and a real passion forscience teaching and learning. Having worked as a science teacher for ten years, of which five were spent as an AST, Andy has a real understanding of the pressures and joys of teaching in the classroom. Alongside his national and international research in school assessment, Andy is a teaching fellow on the PGCE course at the University of Sussex, and is a successful published assessment author.