For the first time, today I modelled the Earth using a scotch egg, and ketchup. An apple was used as a competitive model. Has been dubious, but they led to some great discussions about their validity.
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Blue morpho butterfly with wings open showing the blue colour.
On a school trip to the zoo today and was pleased that I managed to get a nice photo of the structural colour of the morpho butterfly.
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Montage of four book front covers, from left to right: Making Number Talks Matter, Invisible Women, Mathematical Mindsets, The Number Devil
We calculated it was high time we added to our book recommendations, so this month we’ve factored in four maths-related titles:
• 2 for teaching
• 1 for younger readers
• 1 for data lovers
#goallin #nationalyearofreading#booksky #chemed #Sciteachuk
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A diagram of the heart and a stock and flow diagram showing the causes of the flows of blood through the heart.
Today's model of the heart came out really nicely with Year 10. I dream of a day that biology teachers share their models rather than slides.
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We have two FREE, online workshops coming up on 25 April:
- 11 am BST GCSE Physics (particles and electromagnetism)
- 1 pm BST GCSE and A Level Chemistry (mole calculations), our inaugural chemistry event!
To find out more, and book your place(s), visit isaacscience.org/events
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Thoughts and prayers with anyone teaching organic chemistry lessons about the thermal decomposition of long-chain hydrocarbons.
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Let’s talk about talking in science lessons. The recent curriculum and assessment review in England is encouraging oracy, and science teacher Naomi Hennah is all for talking in class
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It's already a week since @ttradioofficial.bsky.social's Connect event. Such a great day with so many talented, enthusiastic, knowledgeable and generous teachers. If you enjoyed the day, why not check out some related content...
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Having told my Y11 class about having a strawberry Frube taken off me by a school bully, two of them bought me a box of strawberry Frubes today. They’re too cute (gigantic 16 year old lads) 😭😭😭
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Three stock and flow models representing water poured into a beaker, water pouring in and out of a bath, and water pouring out of a cylinder.
A post long overdue:
● How I introduce stock and flow models to students
christianmooreanderson.com/how-i-introd...
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I‘m at #TTRConnect posting my first video! And looking forward to some great #scienceteacher talks
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Illustration of a woman teacher sat at a desk, marking papers. Behind her on the wall is a periodic table. On the desk are clamp stands, flasks and test tubes, some containing coloured liquids
Marking exams – great for your CPD and great for your learners’ outcomes. Find out how in this article by chemistry teacher Becky Kell from @boltonsch.bsky.social
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Thinking about training to teach chemistry? Read a first-hand account from PGCE student May as she starts her second school placement
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Graphic of four people climbing a mountain. They are roped together and one is at the top. There is a folding stool, a flask and other equipment on the ground. In the background are more mountains and a sky with a few white clouds.
Remember starting out in the chemistry classroom? Jog your memory with PGCE student May’s story of starting her second school placement
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As tungsten halogen lamps give out some UV I wondered if I could use a vintage Rank Aldis Tutor 2 slide projector to show UV beyond the visible light in a spectrum
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Two simple ways to reveal the UV beyond the violet end of the visible light specturm
youtu.be/8lr-LA-0xzc
Delivered my first INSET CPD to my new department today regarding embedding vocabulary in our lessons. It landed well and I’m looking forward to seeing how the work we did today works in the classroom over the course of the week.
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Graphic image of world map with the UK and Ireland singled out in red. The map is covered with cartoon heads in different outfits, each with a speech bubble containing hello in different languages. Each head has an arrow pointing to the UK and Ireland
Say salut or hola to teacher trainees from around the world. And read this advice from @mosssafari.bsky.social to help them settle in and strengthen your science department
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Maybe one for folks on #sciteachuk?
The breaking stress of a crunchie bar practical is a standard for my physics lessons during the materials topic so I made this video describing it.
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Making good use of the Radiacode 110 which they kindly sent me for using in my YouTube videos I made this video about radioactive things you can buy relatively cheaply. I hope you like it.
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Radiacode kindly agreed to send me one of their gamma ray detectors (the Radiacode 110) so that I could see how it might be used in physics teaching. Here is the first video making a gamma ray spectrum from the school cobalt 60 source
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Photo of a pile of books with a pair of spectacles on top. They're on a soft grey throw, with cushions behind and a laptop open to the left.
What will you read next? Check out the first six of our recommended reads to celebrate the National year of reading.
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#booksky #sciteachuk #iteachchem
This week in models:
Year 7: the role of fungi
Year 10: lung ventilation
Year 11: xylem
IB2: Sliding filament
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Last chance to book a place on our online GCSE Physics Workshop taking place this Saturday, 11am-1pm GMT: isaacscience.org/events/20260...
Make sure to also complete the consent form!
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Hello to science teachers with long memories. Who remembers using Science in Society AS or A level units for extension with Y9? I can't find anything about that online any more. Did any of you do it? Which units?
Inspired by @harvard.edu natural sciences lecture demonstrations video which shows a projected absorption spectrum of sodium I created this version with an extension to then project the emission spectrum. I hope you like it.
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Week 3 in and the honeymoon period is over. I’ve been trying to move as many of my classes into classrooms as possible, due to my lab having desks arranged around the edge of the room and all looking in. Row-based seating FTW!!!
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Thanks for posting Dan - you have saved me a job that was on my to do list. #SciTeachUK
Here is the trailer video: youtu.be/Ni5s2HXCzXI
This is exactly how we treat Year 7.
The trouble is with curriculum. Many Year 7 science courses begin with "design an experiment", then just learn "content".
Instead, we focus on metacontent: building, inferring from, and developing an explanation, from models.
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When teaching about celestial bodies to Y7, I got hijacked by a question.
“Is Santa’s reindeer, Comet, called Comet because of comets in the Universe?”
As the lesson headed South, I joined them in the discussion of the existence of Santa. The bar graphs that we should’ve done will wait 🫣
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