This article outlines Primary Science for All resources and ideas designed to raise engagement in science for pupils with special educational needs. The aims of the Primary Science for All project were to: (1) make science more accessible to primary school pupils with invisible special needs and to enhance their progress in science; and (2)…

"Evolution" is an area of the curriculum in which children show great interest and enthusiasm to learn more. They also bring considerable prior (though incomplete) knowledge from their informal "life worlds". Most children have encountered the term "evolution" from an early age and tend to define it in terms of…

To develop children's understanding and ability to enquire, teachers need to create the conditions that promote thinking and the expression of ideas. Opportunities to wonder aloud, speculate, and form hypotheses are essential. These can be offered through the use of visual stimuli--objects and demonstrations, pictures and dramatic scenarios,…