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The Ogden Trust @ogdentrust.bsky.social · Jan 28

SKPT residential is back by popular demand!

Fully funded CPD for teachers teaching KS3/4 physics out of specialism covering content and required practical's for💡electricity 🔋energy ➡️ forces!

Check out the link for more information: loom.ly/X5NLmHo

(York) Subject Knowledge for Physics Teaching: Electricity, Forces and Energy | STEM

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Amy Brewer @amybrewer.bsky.social · Jan 28

@ocrexams.bsky.social are looking for UK teachers with lab access for an exciting assessment opportunity for the new Biomedical Techniques unit.
If you’re interested please get in touch or share with colleagues.

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Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · Jan 21

Hi @chatchemistry.bsky.social Have a year 12 student who wants to study chemistry at Uni. They want some extra enrichment activities to do as there is no real relevant work experience. Does anyone have any ideas? MOOCs? @adamboxereducation.bsky.social please repost

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Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · Jan 15

Hey @chatchemistry.bsky.social and any other #edusky
At Alevel what apparatus can students be asked to draw in the exam.

I have
SHE
Reflux
Distillation
Reduced pressure filtration

Any others?

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Education in Chemistry @rsc-eic.bsky.social · Jan 9

We're excited to join the @bsky.app community! Looking forward to connecting with fellow science educators. Give us a follow and let us know if you're here too!

#chemistryeducation #scienceteachers #chatchemistry

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MissGBiology @missgbiology.bsky.social · Dec 17

Teaching chemistry for the first time in a long while so had a flick through this excellent book - the diagrams from @adamboxereducation.bsky.social were on my board the next day! Would definitely recommend Cracking Key Concepts in Secondary Science @chatchemistry.bsky.social

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ChatChemistry @chatchemistry.bsky.social · Dec 18

No more #ChatChemistry chats for this year, but we’ll be rebooting in January. We’re looking for additional admins to help run chats and manage the account, so let us know if you’re interested!

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ChatChemistry @chatchemistry.bsky.social · Dec 9

What are your thoughts #ChatChemistry?

Matt Perks @dodiscimus.bsky.social · Dec 9

Which do you find is the "hardest" chemistry required practical (the one trainee science teachers would benefit most from training on)?
@chatchemistry.bsky.social
#iTeachChem

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Isaac Physics @isaacphysics.org · Dec 7

Find our festive Isaac calendar, featuring themed Isaac questions released every other day on our site: isaacphysics.org/pages/2024_1...

🧪How do Christmas crackers work? Test your chemistry knowledge and skills while learning some history of chemistry: isaacphysics.org/questions/ch...
#ChemSky

A photo of two Christmas crackers lying parallel next to one another.

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ChatChemistry @chatchemistry.bsky.social · Dec 4

Sorry for no #ChatChemistry this week… we had @janeteachesscience.bsky.social lined up to run a chat but then I forgot it was Wednesday 🤦🏻‍♂️

As previously mentioned, we’re short of active admins here, so if anyone is interested in helping out, drop us a DM

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ChatChemistry @chatchemistry.bsky.social · Dec 4

Just FYI, #ChatChemistry is for chemistry education chat and posts

ChatChemistry @chatchemistry.bsky.social · Dec 4

Just FYI, #ChatChemistry is for chemistry education chat

ChatChemistry @chatchemistry.bsky.social · Nov 29

Recordings from a recent symposium on language in chemistry education now available here #ChatChemistry

Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · Nov 29

Update for #ITeachChem #ChemEdResearch
- the @cerg.bsky.social recordings on language in chemistry education are now posted on the symposium website.

Symposium on “Language and the teaching and learning of chemistry”, 28th November [recordings now available]

On Thursday 28th November, 2 – 4.30 PM GMT, RSC CERG will be hosting a symposium on Language and the teaching and learning of chemistry. This symposium will be hosted online on Zoom. Attendan…

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The Ogden Trust @ogdentrust.bsky.social · Nov 29

Please help us spread the word 🙂 “SKPT accommodates the workload of teachers...content is delivered in a practical manner making it easy to pick concepts you can directly apply to teaching” @associationscied.bsky.social @chatbiology.bsky.social @chatchemistry.bsky.social @teachingofsci.bsky.social

The Ogden Trust @ogdentrust.bsky.social · Nov 21

Teaching KS3/4 physics out of specialism?
Book your FREE #SKPT CPD
Blended learning CPD delivered by expert practitioners
Build your classroom confidence and physics subject knowledge

🗓️Sessions on #Energy and #MatterAndSpace start in January at locations across England
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'Subject Knowledge for Physics Teaching'
'The delivery of the SKPT course has been brilliant- the in-person sessions & all the support online has been thought provoking & enabled me to reflect on my current practice & approach improvement head-on'

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ChatChemistry @chatchemistry.bsky.social · Nov 27

We’re following you now (didn’t realise we weren’t) so now it should work!

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ChatChemistry @chatchemistry.bsky.social · Nov 27

For what it’s worth, more wizards are needed since our move over to Bluesky – if anyone is interested in being more regularly involved, drop us a DM! #ChatChemistry

Jane @janeteachesscience.bsky.social · Nov 27

And thank you to the wizards behind the @chatchemistry.bsky.social curtain who keep the show on the road. It’s much appreciated.

ChatChemistry @chatchemistry.bsky.social · Nov 27

Thanks to @drdavidboyce.bsky.social for a brilliant #ChatChemistry discussion tonight 👏

We’re still looking for hosts for the remaining three chats for this year… drop us a DM if you’ve got a topic you’d like to host on!

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ChatChemistry @chatchemistry.bsky.social · Nov 27

Thanks to @drdavidboyce.bsky.social for a brilliant #ChatChemistry discussion tonight 👏

We’re still looking for hosts for the remaining three chats for this year… drop us a DM if you’ve got a topic you’d like to host on!

Dr David Boyce @drdavidboyce.bsky.social · Nov 27

That draws us to an end of our hosted #ChatChemistry discussion tonight - however the questions will remain here and you can interact with them as and when you please. Let’s keep the discussions going and see you all next time for @chatchemistry.bsky.social

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Dr David Boyce @drdavidboyce.bsky.social · Nov 27

That draws us to an end of our hosted #ChatChemistry discussion tonight - however the questions will remain here and you can interact with them as and when you please. Let’s keep the discussions going and see you all next time for @chatchemistry.bsky.social

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Dr David Boyce @drdavidboyce.bsky.social · Nov 27

Interesting. Does it do colour change? I would like something that times a certain colour change. The PAG 10.3 is really hard to tell when it goes the final shade of yellow at lower temperatures. #ChatChemistry

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Jane @janeteachesscience.bsky.social · Nov 27

Also breaking up vitamin tablets to varying degrees and timing how long it takes for them to dissolve. Similarly different size alkaline agar cubes with phenolphthalein added. React and time the colour change.
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Jane @janeteachesscience.bsky.social · Nov 27

My favourite, although the data are subjective, is to investigate the rate of a glow stick reaction based. Submerge them in different temperatures of water. You can make a nice scale from dimmest to brightest.
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ChatChemistry @chatchemistry.bsky.social · Nov 27

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Duvet Gecko @duvetgecko.bsky.social · Nov 27

I don't know if they are still available, but I had coloured propelling pencils when I was at uni. Very helpful for organic chem diagrams as well as graphs, and about as easy to rub out as hb

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Dr David Boyce @drdavidboyce.bsky.social · Nov 27

Third question - looking not at graphs but the experiments that might produce the data for one. Hit me with every cool and interesting rate of reaction practical and demo that you know. #ChatChemistry

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Dr Crascall @lecrascall.bsky.social · Nov 27

#ChatChemistry I think line of best fit always a challenge. We are fighting against Maths! But it’s also a timing and language issue My Y9 recently really struggled—plotting points and understanding x y axis. Let alone scales. It’s a big cog load.

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Dr David Boyce @drdavidboyce.bsky.social · Nov 27

I have tried Desmos - positives - it is great for drawing tangents on rate graphs, giving you coefficients of power laws and fantastic at plotting mathematical functions - like the first derivative of a function fitted to data. Downside - the learning curve is second order. #ChatChemistry

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