Tag: Science

What does innovative science teaching look like for you? #ASEChat summary 12th May 2014

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It was again a pleasure to moderate #ASEChat as @asober tonight. The topic was “What does innovative science teaching look like for you?”. Below is a custom timeline generated from the chat and embedded in this Blog post. I really like custom timelines and if

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What routines do you use in your classroom? #ASEChat summary 10th March 2014

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It was a pleasure to moderate #ASEChat again as @asober last week. Sorry it has taken so long to upload, but I have been rather busy in the last few days. I have, as usual, generated a custom timeline from

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Comparing the old and new Science Curriculum in England

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With the “gap” year off the curriculum to give schools time to review their existing provision and adapt their curriculum with the now published Curriculum 2014 that will become statutory from September 2014 I thought Heads of Science would find

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Impact Calculator – A great simulator

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I was at TeachMeet Cardiff last night and among other great presentations Paul Roche showed a great simulator he developed with his team called Impact Calculator. What does it do? Well, as the name suggests Impact Calculator works out various parameter from the

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Custom Twitter Timelines – great fun and extremely useful

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When I first heard about the new Twitter Timelines that can be customised I immediately thought #asechat and other Twitter #hash tags chats. These custom timelines are a Moderator’s dream for a number of reasons, but you can use them

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Tellagami and the Writing across the curriculum strand in the LNF

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I’ve recently come across a really interesting app for developing literacy across the curriculum called Tellagami and I think it would be perfect to develop writing across the curriculum in the Literacy Framework in Wales and in particular the Writing

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Efficiency of a ball with Vernier Video Physics app!

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Today we run some training at King Edward VI School in Southampton and among the activities our delegates were asked to run they had to measure the efficiency of a ball using the excellent app Vernier Video Physics. Check the

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iMotion HD – Lapse Photography and Crystal Formation

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In this short post we want to show you what you can do with a pretty nice free app for iOS devices. iMotion HD lets you take time lapsed photos of anything you want and you can decide the interval

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Science Apps – Educator’s Choice!

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Wallwisher was one of my favourite collaborative tools until it began to get really buggy and break down all the time. But I recently discovered that it had a phoenix like rebirth as Padlet! And what a rebirth! The tool

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Padlet – Collaborative Notes Everywhere

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Since the days it used to be called Wallwisher, Padlet (as it has now been rebranded) promised to be a great asset for educators and learners worldwide. In fact, Wallwisher allowed you to create virtual walls where anyone with the

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