BTEC Level 2 First Applied Science Teacher Planning Pack

Part of the BTEC Level 2 First Applied Science series

BTEC's resources for the 2010 Applied Science specification

This Teacher Planning Pack supports the Edexcel BTEC Level 2 First Applied Science QCF specification for first teaching from September 2010.

The BTEC Level 2 First Teacher Planning Pack offers you teaching support, with schemes of work, lesson plans and activities for you to use, saving you valuable planning time.

• Covers all 22 units of the new specification, including extended coverage of all of the first six units, giving you complete support for the course, from a single pack.
• Save planning time: Schemes of work and lesson plans help you make the most of your planning time — use them as they stand or edit them to suit your needs.
• Closely mapped to the Student Book covering mandatory and optional units.
• Skills sheets for learners include writing frames and help with graphs.
• Practical work and skills-building material stretch and support your learners. Everything can be photocopied as many times as you like.
• Guidance on writing a good assignment giving you the confidence to approach assessments and help your learners improve.
• Mapping grid to GCSE - helping you to manage your key stage 4 science portfolio.
• FREE VLE disk with all the files from the pack in an editable format, so that you can focus the resources to suit your needs, and upload them to your VLE.

Unit Listing:
Unit 1    Chemistry and our Earth
Unit 2    Energy and our Universe
Unit 3    Biology and our environment
Unit 4    Applications of chemical substances
Unit 5    Applications of physical science
Unit 6    Health applications of life science
Unit 7    Practical scientific project
Unit 8    Science and the world of work
Unit 9    Working in a science-based organisation
Unit 10  The living body
Unit 11  Monitoring the environment
Unit 12  Growing plants for food
Unit 13  Investigating a crime scene
Unit 14  Science in medicine
Unit 15  Using mathematical tools in science
Unit 16  Designing and making useful devices in science
Unit 17  Chemical analysis and detection
Unit 18  Exploring our Universe
Unit 19  Electronics in action
Unit 20  Biotechnology procedures and applications
Unit 21  Science in the world
Unit 22  Investigating human behaviour

Author Team:

Adeline Cogill, Peter Gale, Sue Hocking, James Irvine, Roy Llewellyn, Ismail Musa, Patricia Rhodes, Nigel Saunders and Mark Winterbottom

All have years of experience of teaching Science in Schools and Colleges. The team includes External and Senior Verifiers. They have created an innovative range of planning and delivery materials designed to engage, support, stretch and motivate learners.

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