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Browse AI use cases from science teachers.
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ScienceMiddle schoolKey Stage 3
How to differentiate instruction in science
Differentiation in science by pace: each student skips the steps they already know and gets a new explanation when stuck, shown with a free density activity.
ScienceMiddle schoolKey Stage 3
How to give formative feedback in middle school science
How to give formative feedback in middle school science: ask each student one question at a time about their own lab answer until they fix it. Shown with a free pendulum activity where Sparky asks about each student's claim, evidence and reasoning.
ScienceMiddle schoolKey Stage 3
How to prepare middle school students for end-of-year exams
How to prepare middle school students for end-of-year exams in any subject: a practice test for each unit built from your own notes, questions worded like the exam, and a reply to every answer, shown with a free grade 7 science activity.
ScienceMiddle schoolKey Stage 3
How to teach amplitude and frequency
How to teach amplitude and frequency: what each one changes in a sound wave, and a free Flint activity where students make a note louder without making it higher on a sound wave maker they can hear.
ScienceElementaryPrimary
How to teach Earth's spheres
How to teach Earth's spheres: the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere, and how a change in one changes the others. In a free Flint activity, students set off a volcano, a wildfire or a storm in a simulator, and Sparky gives a hint when they miss a sphere.
ScienceHigh schoolKey Stages 4 and 5
How to teach electromagnetic induction
An electromagnetic induction lab in a simulator: every student builds a generator to charge a phone, and a student who says the magnet inside the coil makes the current is sent back to the run where the magnet sat still and the meter read 0 mA. Shown with one student's chat and a free activity.
ScienceMiddle schoolKey Stage 3
How to teach energy flow in ecosystems
How to teach energy flow in ecosystems: energy comes from the sun and leaves as heat, while matter cycles. In a free Flint activity, students draw the Isle Royale food web on a whiteboard, and Sparky reads every arrow and asks about one that sends energy in a circle.
ScienceElementaryPrimary
How to teach food webs
A free food web activity: each student draws the arrows of a food web Sparky builds around their favorite animal, then takes one animal out. A backwards arrow gets a question about where the energy goes, and a right answer gets a harder question.
ScienceElementaryPrimary
How to teach properties of matter
How to teach properties of matter with a free Flint activity: students drop water on six materials, sort them as absorbent or waterproof, then pick a material for a raincoat for their own pet. A soft but soggy pick gets sent back to the water test.
ScienceHigh schoolKey Stages 4 and 5
How to teach stoichiometry
How to teach stoichiometry: the three steps from grams of one substance to grams of another, and a free Flint activity where students test their answer on an airbag that overfills when the mole ratio is wrong.
ScienceElementaryPrimary
How to teach the law of conservation of mass
How to teach the law of conservation of mass with a free Flint lab: students weigh baking soda and vinegar in an open cup and a capped bottle, send Sparky photos of the scale, and explain where the missing grams went.
ScienceHigh schoolKey Stages 4 and 5
How to teach the parts of a cell
How to teach the parts of a cell so students know what each organelle does: each student diagnoses a patient built around their own sport by searching a 3D cell. A guess of the nucleus gets a hint back to the cell, and finding the mitochondria earns a harder case about Tay-Sachs disease, with a narrated video.
ScienceHigh schoolKey Stages 4 and 5
How to teach the periodic table
A free periodic table activity: students sort element cards the way Mendeleev had them, find the empty square, and predict the missing element's mass and density. A student who orders by mass alone is sent back to the cards, and a right answer gets a harder question.
ScienceMiddle schoolKey Stage 3
How to teach the rock cycle
How to teach the rock cycle: the three rock types and the processes that turn one into another. In a free Flint activity, each student photographs a rock they found, works out its type with Sparky, traces it through the rock cycle and writes a claim, evidence and reasoning.
ScienceMiddle schoolKey Stage 3
How to teach weather fronts
How to teach weather fronts: students push a cold front into warm air on a simulator Sparky builds, find out the rain comes from the warm, humid air, then forecast their own weekend in a free Flint activity.
