Archive for the ‘practicals’ Category
From the Classroom Up
So we had a Journal Club. Getting on for 200 tweets from a small (but dedicated) group of Science teachers, with some tentative conclusions as Storified elsewhere. Although participants commented on the weak results from the case study – unavoidable with small groups on a single site – it certainly seemed interesting. Could we show […]
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Tags: Education, Journal Club, Science Learning Centres, teaching
Doing an ISA – Pre-Practical
There will be a second post in a few days, if I can fit it in between coughing, marking and spending time with my family. Please excuse the brevity, but it seems highly unlikely that my broadband connection – thank you Talk Talk – will last long enough for my usual wittering. This is intended […]
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Tags: gcse, ISA, teaching
Doing an ISA with AQA
I’ve managed not to blog about GCSE ‘reform’ – despite great temptation. If you’ve not seen them, then I suggest comparing three very different viewpoints (in style as well as opinion) from LKMCo, Tom Bennett and NAHT. When I have time I might update my previous post, from the last time Gove announced a major […]
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Tags: AQA, General Certificate of Secondary Education, ISA, teaching
Uncontrolled Assessments
Despite the title, a lot of this also relates to AS and A2 – Physics, at least. (They don’t trust me with squishy stuff or cooking.) It seemed a waste to spend time answering the call for evidence from Ofqual without blogging it too. Especially because it made me realise how messed up the whole […]
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Tags: AQA, Education, General Certificate of Secondary Education, Ofqual, teaching
Guest Post: An EM Circus
(This post was generously contributed by @MissMolecules, a science teacher in Yorkshire.) When @teachingofsci asked me to do a guest post, my initial reaction was panic. I’m not a blogger, I’m sure no one would have the slightest interest in my inane ramblings. I am a teacher however, and with Biology being my specialism, teaching […]
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Tags: Electromagnetic Spectrum, Physics, Teacher
It’s always a tricky one, isn’t it? Do we show them the experiment, knowing that a half-dozen or so will be messing around at the back or comparing nail varnish with their friends? Or do we let them loose with glassware and clamp stands, waiting for the crashing noises or the blank looks to begin? […]
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Tags: Alom Shaha, David Sang, demonstrations, Education, practicals, teaching
Demonstrations (#aseconf 2/3)
I managed to make it to the 2012 ASE Conference for just one day, the Saturday. My plan is to blog it in three chunks for the sessions I attended, in order. We’ll see how it goes. These will be edited versions of my Evernote summaries of the sessions and my commentary (in italics), although […]
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Tags: 2012 ASE Conference, Alom Shaha, demonstrations, Education, Physics, practicals, students, teaching
