I'm a primary teacher too, but I work as an MFL specialist teacher so I only teach science when I'm on supply.
I would certainly start by looking at the units of work for my year group and then extracting whatever experiments I could from it. We know that the experiments are what capture the children's interest and can open the way for a better understanding of the theoretical concepts - especially for the kinaesthetic learners.
Under resourcing is a definite problem for science, but there are lots of schemes that offer ideas with resources that can be found around school generally, or you could consider trying interactive experiments from the net (always a good way to get in some ICT!)
That's all I can think of for now, but I want to commend you for wanting to get your enjoyment of science back. I think that shows a real respect for your children and makes me believe you're a great teacher.
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on 2010-01-30 01:29 pm (UTC)I'm a primary teacher too, but I work as an MFL specialist teacher so I only teach science when I'm on supply.
I would certainly start by looking at the units of work for my year group and then extracting whatever experiments I could from it. We know that the experiments are what capture the children's interest and can open the way for a better understanding of the theoretical concepts - especially for the kinaesthetic learners.
Under resourcing is a definite problem for science, but there are lots of schemes that offer ideas with resources that can be found around school generally, or you could consider trying interactive experiments from the net (always a good way to get in some ICT!)
That's all I can think of for now, but I want to commend you for wanting to get your enjoyment of science back. I think that shows a real respect for your children and makes me believe you're a great teacher.
Good luck!