The RSC Education Community (Scotland) is excited to share that applications are open for the Inspiring Young Chemists Fund for 2025-2026 (Deadline 3 October 2025).
In the 2024-2025 session, the IYC Fund provided over £3000 of support for the 14 successful applicants.
forms.office.com/e/Y9XnquQ7yM

You told us #literacy skills is a key challenge when teaching science and we listened. @julietkennard.bsky.social‬ introduces our new literacy support packages, why we made them and why we want to hear from you👇
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📝Download a wealth of new resources to help improve learners’ literacy skills, including language support, structure strips for scaffolding writing and activities to promote oracy - and once you've used them, let us know what you think! ⬇️
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#iteachchem

Our colleagues in the Education resources team have launched new literacy resources and we want to hear your feedback. Discover what's on offer and how you can get in touch 👇
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@rsc-educomscot.bsky.social Committee is excited to launch the Inspiring Young Chemists Fund 2025/2026!

Upto £200 for single setting, or upto £500 for multi-setting application.

In 2024/2025, IYC Fund supported 14 projects from across ten local authorities.

Deadline : 3 October 2025.

Here's this week's round-up!
@wendychem.bsky.social investigates AI in education: edu.rsc.org/feature/the-...
The bright side of making mistakes from @sci-drscott.bsky.social: edu.rsc.org/education-re...
Fizzy drink chemistry: edu.rsc.org/everyday-che...

#scied #chemed

NEW - Downloadable INSET resources from @ImpactWales

In our first series:
🧠How learning happens
🧠Managing cognitive load
🧠Desirable difficulties
🧠Retrieval practice

Sign up for a professional ImpactPlus membership £12pm & get 4 presentations with complete notes, tasks Qs, ready to use today!

all set up @sfed-rsc.bsky.social stand with @ianjstew.bsky.social at @associationscied.bsky.social #Scotland Conference at Kinross High School today! #aseconf

Great to see @phoare1963.bsky.social in person!!
Brilliant opportunity to also showcase the offerings of @cerg.bsky.social and @rsc-educomscot.bsky.social

Our 2024 Science Teaching Survey results showed that only 3% of teachers found AI greatly reduced their workload. @wendychem.bsky.social‬ investigates
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Last call for #MICER25

#ChemEdResearch
@cerg.bsky.social

‘Fundamental shift’ in behaviour in schools since Covid, education secretary tells @sstatradeunion.bsky.social annual conference in Stirling www.tes.com/magazine/new... @tesmagazine.bsky.social

After a burst of emails asking about extensions, the deadline for #ViCEPHEC25 abstracts has been moved by one week to 23:59 on Friday May 16th.

There have already been over 60 submissions for talks alone - it's going to be a really lively conference. forms.microsoft.com/Pages/Respon...

The stereotype of the pale, male scientist in a white lab coat may still exist — let's challenge it to start conversations with learners about how science careers are for everyone 👇
edu.rsc.org/endpoint/why...
#stemed

NEW - Differentiation isn't 3 different tasks. It's different levels of support and practice. Look at our new sketchnote which brings together Sweller's Cognitive Load Theory & differentiation. We use research to shape all our professional learning for schools. Contact us [email protected]

Recording of @aud2526.bsky.social presentation "Signing to Know: Unlocking chemistry concepts" from symposium in her honour last week is now on @cerg.bsky.social YouTube channel. Thanks to Dr Helen Pain for her warm introduction to Audrey and the symposium youtu.be/9cWN4oD39kw

The third episode of Talking Scottish Education is available now.

In it @stuartphysics.bsky.social & I speak with Carole Ford & Lindsay Paterson on the importance of a knowledge-based curriculum, the role of assessment, and the need for coherence in educational practices.

Engage your learners with the science of smelly sweat with this story and accompanying TikTok: edu.rsc.org/everyday-che...
#scienceteachers #sciteachuk

This Department for Education short course on ‘Supporting reading in secondary school’ is an excellent free resource with useful video to build understanding for this crucial area:

www.gov.uk/government/p...