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Revision Lesson Ticklist | Teaching Science
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SciTeachJC: Strengthening the Student Toolbox. Waves Revision (AQA P1). Disclaimer: I stole this idea from @ange01. It was saved to my notes a while back, and while planning today’s revision lessons I found the idea and decided to put it into practice. As usual, I’ve adapted it to suit what I wanted; blame me for the problems and credit her with the original idea. Each student gets a printed list. Got myself ‘unstuck’. Looked up a definition. Used an example to support my answer. Feed for this Entry.
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Science Club: Shortlist | Teaching Science
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Science Club: Building with Pasta. My son’s primary school was looking for more after-school activities. My wife was at the meeting where they discussed the possibilities. And I’m a science teacher with a bit of spare time as my current role is both part-time and out of the classroom. You can see where this is going, can’t you? Many of which were aimed more at KS3. In the end, I presented the science coordinator with two options I felt would provide interest without a huge workload. The idea of providing...
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Science Club: Building with Pasta | Teaching Science
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Science Club: Building with Pasta. Quick and easy practical, instant gratification, cheap materials (that you can eat at the end). Yes, the first in our series of science club activities was always going to be Spaghetti Towers. Spaghetti (1 pack per four kids). Marshmallows (1 pack per four kids, no eating until the end). Play, Look, Ask (from the Ri site). Make a tower from spaghetti and marshmallows. ExpeRiment with the construction of your tower to find out which shapes are best for building with.
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6 Top tips for revision. Revision – love it or hate it, it’s important to ensure exam success. And yet it’s something that teachers rarely teach, perhaps because they’re not sure how to revise either. Two great books for learning how to learn and revise are A Mind for Numbers by Barbara Oakley and Make It Stick by Brown, Roediger an McDaniel. A Mind for Numbers is the easier read (and you can take a free online Coursera course. Http:/ www.greatgradestuition.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Hexagon-...Chery...
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TV Guide w/c 8th Oct 12 | teach.it.better
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A journey into the why and how of science teaching. I really do want to teach it better. TV guide – w/c 1 October 2012. Lesson planning with the 5 Es →. TV Guide w/c 8th Oct 12. October 7, 2012. It’s been a busy week at school this week, tests and assessment, starting report writing, preparing for open day, plus I had my first NQT observation. I told my HoD that I’m like a duck – a calm exterior (currently! But lots of frantic paddling beneath the water…! The xlsx file is here: TV guide 8 Oct 12. The Lif...
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TV guide w/c 24th September | teach.it.better
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A journey into the why and how of science teaching. I really do want to teach it better. Why I think SOLO taxonomy will help my Year 13s. TV guide – w/c 1 October 2012 →. TV guide w/c 24th September. September 23, 2012. More students seem to be picking up on the TV guide on my classroom door, some are even starting to tell me about programmes that they have watched which is great! Here’s this week’s TV guide in xlsx format: TV guide 24th Sept 12. Title of the programme. Why is it so great? When is it on?
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Why I think SOLO taxonomy will help my Year 13s | teach.it.better
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A journey into the why and how of science teaching. I really do want to teach it better. TV Guide w/c 17th Sept. TV guide w/c 24th September →. Why I think SOLO taxonomy will help my Year 13s. September 21, 2012. Now, readers, I am assuming you have heard of SOLO taxonomy. If you haven’t, I recommend you check out this website. From Pam Hook, or this blog. When you’ve done that come back again. SOLO linked to summary questions – students decided which levels of thinking the questions demanded. I had deli...
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researchED Sydney 2015: A commentary, part 2 – Hypothetical Thinking
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Charlotte Pezaro, PhD Candidate. ResearchED Sydney 2015: A commentary, part 2. Corinne and I (CC-BY-NC). Date: February 27, 2015. This is part 2 of a post about my experience at researchED Sydney. Have you read researchED Sydney 2015: A commentary, part 1. Session 4: Why the 21st Century teacher should be research engaged. Is sharing his view on the Brain Gym fad – where is the peer-review research? Mdash; Debra Bourne (@dbourne) February 21, 2015. Sweeping statements that educational research is like us...
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Lesson planning with the 5 Es | teach.it.better
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A journey into the why and how of science teaching. I really do want to teach it better. TV Guide w/c 8th Oct 12. TV Guide w/c 15th October 2012 →. Lesson planning with the 5 Es. October 9, 2012. I was introduced to the 5E approach. In general, the 5E approach ( clicky for report paper. Warning, academic – see this for a nicer video. If you can ignore the soundtrack) moves towards a contstructivist. Engage – something to grab the student’s attention. I thoroughly recommend you have a look at @hrogerson.
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