IT in Secondary Science

A whole book of ideas for using generic ICT tools in science

Lesson idea. This popular guidebook, now released as 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.

Teaching approach. This book provides resources and lesson ideas with ICT⁽ⁱ⁾ as a key focus for use in inquiry^(ta) based learning and the scientific method^(ta). It offers opportunities for use of group work^(ta) and collaboration^(ta) as well as whole class^(ta) questioning^(ta).

Resource details
Title	IT in Secondary Science
Topic	[[Topics/ICT|ICT]]
Teaching approach	[[Teaching Approaches/Questioning|Questioning]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Whole class|Whole class]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Group work|Group work]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Inquiry|Inquiry]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Collaboration|Collaboration]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Scientific method|Scientific method]]
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
Subject	[[Resources/Science|Science]]
Age of students / grade	[[Resources/Secondary age 11-16|Secondary age 11-16]],  [[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]]
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
Files and resources to view and download	The resource is available in a number of formats printable PDF format - 132 pages File:IT in Secondary Science.pdf editable .doc format - 200 pages File:IT in Secondary Science.doc Use to extract individual pages. Large file! browsable html web format which can be viewed on our wiki http://orbit.educ.cam.ac.uk/resources/books/IT_in_Secondary_Science/index.htm Preview of some activities from 'IT in Secondary Science' by Roger Frost

This resource was created by Roger Frost, and is under the ORBIT's CC licence.