Ever had students who can label particle diagrams perfectly but still hold surprising ideas about what particles actually do? @helenharden.bsky.social shares simple ways to build stronger understanding and tackle those hidden misconceptions 🔍✨ edu.rsc.org/ideas/build-... #edusky #iteachchem

Build stronger particle understanding

Three simple strategies to minimise misconceptions and solidify learners' understanding of the particle model

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Today has been a fascinating experience.Sharing insights into science education and hearing back about the future challenges facing the chemical industries.

Association for Science Education@associationscied.bsky.social · last yr.

Our CEO Lynn Ladbrook and former ASE Chair Helen Harden are at CHEMUK today! 🎤 Helen is taking part in The Big Education Debate, tackling the big question: "Where is the UK now?" in science and education. #CHEMUK2025 #ScienceEducation #ASEInAction #BigEducationDebate

Calling all ECT ASE members! Want a free science education book? ow.ly/SrOq50VCm3U We’re giving away Primary Science in a Nutshell & Grappling with Graphs to the first 3 ECTs who send a 1-min video sharing how ASE has helped you. Email your video to comms@ase.org.uk

We are entering the last week of this important survey. Please do all you can to push the survey with your networks as well as answering yourself. We particularly need more responses from Wales, Scotland and NI to make by nation analysis possible. The deadline is 7th April! 🔗 ow.ly/chk550VpJF0

New post from TheSciEd Distillery! Over 90% of students in one study thought that if you react a blue substance with a yellow substance, the resulting product would be green. Overcoming this requires a shift from additive to emergent thinking. thescieddistillery.blogspot.com/2025/03/comp...

Compounds: The importance of emergent thinking

Featured article T alanquer, V. (2008). Students’ predictions about the sensory properties of chemical compounds: Additive versus emerge...

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Today I finally got out my microscope and went on a Moss Safari. My aunt (retired biology teacher) loved it and we were both jubilant to find a tardigrade (in fairness she found it!) Thank you for the info @mosssafari.bsky.social

@chatchemistry.bsky.social Help!

Helen Harden@helenharden.bsky.social · 2y ago

I am seeing lots of online sources categorise bending/cutting as physical changes. The curriculum focus here at age 9-11 is only on reversible changes of state/ mixing/dissolving but should bending/cutting be included as irreversible physical change? Where can I find a trustworthy definition?

I am seeing lots of online sources categorise bending/cutting as physical changes. The curriculum focus here at age 9-11 is only on reversible changes of state/ mixing/dissolving but should bending/cutting be included as irreversible physical change? Where can I find a trustworthy definition?

A new post from the SciEd Distillery. This one gives food for thought for anyone involved in chemistry curriculum development and anyone who uses the word "acid" in their teaching. #chatchemistry thescieddistillery.blogspot.com/2025/02/acid...

Acids and bases: A curriculum in layers

Featured article De Vos, W., & Pilot, A. (2001). Acids and bases in layers: The stratal structure of an ancient topic. Journal of Chemic...

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I was really excited when @drgarethbates.bsky.social proposed this as an article for @associationscied.bsky.social 11-19 SciEd journal SSR. Well worth a read!

Association for Science Education@associationscied.bsky.social · 2y ago

Check Out Our Open Access Article in SSR Depth! In this insightful piece, Gareth Bates explores how retrieval practice can be an effective method for supporting learning. Read the full article here 👉 ow.ly/hZJ750UTSlY

@katesutton70.bsky.social So wonderful to be followed by someone I know and respect rather than the random accounts I have been getting recently! Have been feeling a bit discouraged on here but I think if I post more again I can get the positive interactions back! I have tightly curated feeds!

@natcowley.bsky.social You may regret following me. I mainly post about niche chemistry education topics!!

Hi BlueSky - I'm doing a mock interview for a student applying for biomedical engineering at Imperial. This is outside of my expertise so would appreciate ideas/inspiration/questions. Any idea what the interview would focus on?

Latest post from the SciEd Distillery. Do all your students understand how far air pollutants can move? This understanding is critical to comprehending increases in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. thescieddistillery.blogspot.com/2025/01/move... #ChatChemistry

📢Nominations are open for the Teacher of Physics Awards -part of the #IOPAwards25 ▶️ The Teacher of Physics Award honours secondary-level physics teachers who go above and beyond to inspire their students and raise the profile of physics in schools and colleges 🔗 Nominate now: iop.org/about/awards...

Sometimes it is worth stepping outside and looking up.

I am currently writing some resources linked to the mole and quantitative chemistry. It has got me thinking. Is there a hidden curriculum that should lie behind the assessed curriculum? A specification only details the latter.

@amystrachan.bsky.social Hi Amy! Welcome.

Looking forward to presenting with Natasha Serret at ASE 2025 in Nottingham next month on metacognition. 2025aseannualconf.sched.com/event/1gerd/...

ASE 2025 Annual Conference: Enabling learners to think about their t...

View more about this event at ASE 2025 Annual Conference

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I know that @associationscied.bsky.social is running a series of International Teachers and Trainee Network Sessions. www.ase.org.uk/events/revis...

I have just posted my latest distillation called "The mole-unit and concept" based on a fascinating paper about a content analysis of the mole concept. If you have access I do recommend reading the original paper. If not, I hope my post is helpful. thescieddistillery.blogspot.com #chatchemistry

You hear about fiction authors being guided by their characters. Today I started writing a resource on relative atomic mass and it has become one on molar mass. Not sure you can be guided by chemistry as an author but it is feeling like it...

Whilst I am trying to keep this channel exclusively for professional posts about science education I did want to share a little musical something at the start of the advent season and welcome my choir to BlueSky!

Hertfordshire Chorus@hertfordshirechorus.org.uk · 2y ago

Hearing ourselves on #BBCradio3 this morning was a nice start to December! Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day can be found around the 1hr 33min mark of the program. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (Or you can listen it with other festive songs on our Nova Nova album lnk.to/NovaNova)

Wonderful to hear a carol recording by my choir @hertfordshirechorus.org.uk on BBC Radio 3 this morning! 1hr 33 mins into the programme. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Carols Across the Country - a Seasonal Journey - with Tom McKinney from Martin Mere Wetland Centre, Lancashire - BBC Sounds

As Advent dawns, we begin our seasonal journey live from Martin Mere Wetland Centre.

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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 · 2y ago

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 loom.ly/MKcNfqo

Just getting set up on here... Are you out there primary school science peeps?!

The rationale for using the sequence metallic, ionic then covalent in @bestevsciteach.bsky.social was based on chapter 10 in Taber and Coll (2002) Chemical Education Towards Research Based Practice. Rationale below. #chatchemistry

Jane@janeteachesscience.bsky.social · 2y ago

At school we teach covalent, then ionic, then metallic. I'm pretty certain that, at a STEM centre course, their best practise was to do it in reverse to that but I can't remember the rationale. Does anyone know? #ChatChemistry

So pleased that @bestevsciteach.bsky.social are now on BlueSky! Do give them a follow. #chatbiology #chatchemistry #chatphysics

@bestevsciteach.bsky.social Welcome! So glad you have joined. I can now tag you!

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Helen Harden@helenharden.bsky.social · 2y ago

I was aware of the BSL Glossary that has been developed for curriculum terms including science. Interesting to read about this US development linked to organic chemistry. www.ssc.education.ed.ac.uk/BSL/c.html