IT in secondary science

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Lesson idea. This popular guidebook, now released below, provided content for the drive to adopt technology for teaching science in classrooms. It collected countless ideas for using IT tools in science and provided practical examples of how they can work to good effect. In summary, the ideas within are classified as follows:

• Communicating – using graphics, publishing and word processing tools
• Handling information – using a spreadsheet or database
• Measuring in science – using electronic sensors and data loggers
• Modelling ideas – using a spreadsheet; modelling software; simulation or animation
• The book pre-dated the use of the internet for communicating and research, hence the use of the term IT and not ICT in secondary science.

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Learning Objectives	Typically using IT or ICT leads to situations where the following can more become part of the culture Can collaborate with others and refine their work Can create a model to explore an idea Can use appropriate media and graphs to communicate their findings Are aware of the measuring tools available investigate to investigate an idea Compare their findings with those of others across the world
Format / structure	Online book - licensed to ORBIT
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Useful information	Book data: ISBN 0-9520257-2-8. 132pp spiral bound. First published 1994 revised x 11 to 2003. Copies 6,000. Price £16.50. Author: http://rogerfrost.com Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Roger-Frost/e/B0034PHJ5M
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Files and resources to view and download	SIMON'S LINK TO open complete version of 'IT in Secondary Science' Preview of some activities from 'IT in Secondary Science' by Roger Frost
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