We have been looking at the new AQA GCSE specifications for next year and we thought the example in the two photos below would support teachers in tackling the “Changing pressure in a gas” topic which is physics only and HT. Note…
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New GCSE Physics and pressure in a gas
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#ASEchat 30/05/16 – How are schools preparing for the new GCSE Science?
We were once again very glad to host #asechat tonight and the topic, as always, was very relevant for practicing teachers of science. As expected, the suggestions given by the participants were very useful and some even shared resources for…
Our work in Mexico – La Ciencia en tu Escuela
We were very privileged to be able to work with the British Council Mexico between November 2015 and March 2016 on the evaluation of the online CPD platform for STEM primary and secondary teachers La Ciencia en tu Escuela, developed by…
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Innovation Clubs in Malaysia
In the last six months we were very privileged to work with British Council Malaysia and some great educators at SMK Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Klang school on the development of an Innovation Clubs resource pack for secondary schools in Malaysia.…
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#asechat summary 28/03/16 – What Science Clubs do you run?
We were glad to host #asechat tonight and we have tried to capture the most interesting threads in the Twitter Collection below. The chat was a bit quieter than usual, but that was to be expected on Easter Monday. However,…
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Is this refraction?
How many of you (like myself) has taught that the photo below shows an example of refraction in water? But if that is an example of refraction in water, how do we explain the photo below? …
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#ASEchat summary – 23/11/15 What games work well to teach science?
Tonight we were moderating a great and engaging session at #ASEchat and, as usual, we have added our summary in the form of a Twitter Collection below. As always, please forgive us if your contributions are missing, but we had…
Space to engage – #asechat summary 25/05/15
It was again a pleasure to moderate #asechat this evening and, as usual, the collection of ideas and resources suggested by the educators who took part were really good and useful! I have created a Twitter Collection that summarises the…
Numerical Reasoning with SIG-24
Last Monday we had the great pleasure of working on Numerical Reasoning with SIG-24, a group of 11 schools headed by the tireless Janet Hayward (Headteacher at Cadoxton Primary School). The schools brought some learners from their Year 4 and…
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Educational Research – why should we bother?
This post is a couple of weeks overdue, as it is an attempt to summarise my recent visit to the ASE Conference in Reading. The title of the post might startle you a little bit, but it makes sense, because…
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