Science
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Doncaster business challenges
Secondary school pupils in Doncaster work with pupils from primary schools on challenges set by local companies, helped by company engineers.
Science and technology day
Pupils in Year 9 work on projects with local companies, solving science problems as part of a Science and technology day.
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'Science provides opportunities to promote enterprise and entrepreneurial skills through pupils learning about the work of scientists and of the ways in which scientific ideas are used in technological products and processes.'
The importance of Science - National Curriculum for England
Science stimulates and excites pupils' curiosity about phenomena and events in the world around them. Scientific method is about developing and evaluating explanations through experimental evidence and modeling. This is a spur to critical and creative thought. Through Science, pupils understand how major scientific ideas contribute to technological change - impacting on industry, business and medicine and improving quality of life.
Characteristics of enterprise are discussed further in About enterprise.
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Learning through enterprise - contributes to improving motivation and raising achievement by helping pupils make connections between what they learn in the classroom with the world outside.
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It provides opportunities for pupils to gain knowledge, skills and understanding through:
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a range of domestic, industrial and environmental contexts; |
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carrying out whole practical investigations, which develop the skills of planning, obtaining evidence, considering evidence and evaluating. |
Learning about enterprise - helps pupils develop an understanding of enterprise in business and the wider community.
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learn about the ways in which scientists work today and how they worked in the past, including the roles of experimentation, evidence and creative thought in the development of scientific ideas; |
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consider ways in which science is applied in technological developments. |
Learning for enterprise - provides an opportunity for pupils to develop and practise entrepreneurial skills.
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use scientific knowledge and understanding to turn ideas into a form that can be investigated, and to decide on an appropriate approach; |
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use a range of equipment and materials appropriately and take action to control risks to themselves and to others; |
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use observations, measurements and other data to draw conclusions; |
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suggest improvements to the methods used, where appropriate; |
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use ICT to gather, record, process and present data; |
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develop and practise a number of key skills and entrepreneurial skills, including creativity, problem solving and working with others. |
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Guidance on how to incorporate enterprise approaches into your teaching can be found in Good practice in enterprise education.
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