UPDATE: the Roulette has been massively pimped up via Carousel learning. If you want to know more about that, click here. A little while back I released the Retrieval Roulette with the aim of helping people build a simple system to... Continue Reading →
A while back I'd just finished a unit in a double lesson with my year 11s. We had about 15 minutes to go so I let them do some free revision, either making sure they had answered all questions set... Continue Reading →
I've written a lot about the problems we have faced in KS3 Science and what we have done about it. How Science Works has been a stalwart of KS3 science for a very long time but, in my experience, there... Continue Reading →
I was very fortunate to deliver a session to Teach Firsters this week on the topic of group work. It was supposed to be about other things too, but I fell down a rabbit hole mining the literature so stuck... Continue Reading →
#CogSciSci is a grassroots collective of science teachers who are interested in promoting the use of Cognitive Science in the teaching of science. No one really remembers exactly how it started and no one is "in charge." Generally, we just... Continue Reading →
This year, our faculty underwent an enormous endeavour: rebuilding and implementing a new KS3 curriculum and scheme of work from scratch. It’s the first major project I’ve led on in a school and have learnt a huge amount from the... Continue Reading →
Mary was a super scientist. Her chosen field was the study of light and colour. She applied herself with diligence to her studies and rapidly consumed a number of textbooks. She masters the nature of light, its constituent coloured parts... Continue Reading →
"Metacognition is specific to the task being undertaken and stronger where learners have a thorough grounding in subject knowledge...While some of the metacognitive strategies in this guidance can be described generically, they can only be improved through practice—and this means... Continue Reading →
Michaela Community School (MCS) is a remarkable place. Legendary for its firm behavioural environment and commitment to no-nonsense teaching, MCS has shown what is possible given a little willpower. And willpower abounds. MCS is driven by Katharine Birbalsingh who has... Continue Reading →
A Chemical Orthodoxy 