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Science virtual communities

Join our free online sessions and enhance your teaching. Meet with other science teachers, exchange ideas and share best practice.

Virtual community events

Our virtual community events are run by AQA science specialists. The aim of these sessions is to improve your understanding of the specification and support your teaching. Each term, you will get to chat to teachers in your subject area and discuss the things that are really important to you.

How our virtual communities can help you

In the video below, Ed Walsh, an Advocate and AQA CPD trainer, explains how our virtual communities can help you and your department.

Resources from past events

Here you can view and download resources from our past virtual community events.

To see resources and materials from older sessions, go to our archive page.

Spring 2023: GCSE Science

GCSE Science: Virtual communities spring 2023 presentation (1.1 MB)

GCSE Science: Virtual communities spring 2023 resources booklet (9.0 MB)

GCSE Science: Virtual communities spring 2023 facilitation pack (689.6 KB)

Autumn 2022: GCSE Science

GCSE Science: Virtual communities autumn 2022 presentation (666.3 KB)

GCSE Science: Virtual communities autumn 2022 resources booklet (6.8 MB)

GCSE Science: Virtual communities autumn 2022 facilitation pack (262.1 KB)

Spring 2022: GCSE Science

GCSE Science: Virtual communities spring 2022 presentation (1.3 MB)

GCSE Science: Virtual communities spring 2022 resources booklet (4.8 MB)

GCSE Science: Virtual communities spring 2022 facilitation pack (308.9 KB)

All subjects: Virtual communities spring 2022 programme information (349.9 KB)

Autumn 2021: GCSE Science

GCSE Science: Virtual communities autumn 2021 presentation (1.6 MB)

GCSE Science: Virtual communities autumn 2021presentation with notes (1.2 MB)

GCSE Science: Virtual communities autumn 2021 resources booklet (2.8 MB)

GCSE Science: Virtual communities autumn 2021 facilitation pack (356.1 KB)

Summer 2021: GCSE Science

GCSE Science: Virtual communities summer 2021 presentation (454.9 KB)

GCSE Science: Virtual communities summer 2021 resource booklet (4.1 MB)

Maths in science (287.7 KB)

Spring 2021: GCSE Science

GCSE Science: Virtual communities spring 2021 presentation (1.6 MB)

GCSE Science: Virtual communities spring 2021 support booklet (4.5 MB)

GCSE Science: Comments on student responses (333.3 KB)

Autumn 2020: GCSE Science

GCSE Science: Virtual communities autumn 2020 presentation (1.1 MB)

GCSE Science: Virtual communities autumn 2020 supporting materials (3.1 MB)

Spring 2020: GCSE Science

GCSE Science: Virtual communities spring 2020 presentation (4.3 MB)

Booklet 1: Guidance, student examples and commentaries (8.5 MB)

Booklet 2: Extracts from GCSE Science schemes of work (492.6 KB)

Booklet 3: Extracts from GCSE Science specifications (4.1 MB)

Booklet 4: A brief guide to virtual community resources on the AQA website (330.5 KB)

Maths skills in science: precision and decimal places

Maths skills in science: significant figures

Mock analysis: GCSE Combined Science Trilogy Paper 1 (69.5 KB)