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FeatureFive reasons you should use structure strips
Explore the reasons for incorporating structure strips in the chemistry classroom, including to build students’ confidence and scaffold writing structure
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FeatureWhat challenges face learners starting secondary science?
For learners moving from primary to new routines and labs in secondary school can be daunting, but a smooth move is possible
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FeatureHow many hours do you work?
50 hours a week and little personal life is not unusual for science teachers. We find out how they’re coping
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FeatureAm I a teacher yet?
May’s halfway through her training, suffering cognitive overload, but rejoicing in call and response in her chemistry classroom
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FeatureLook after your well-being as a new science teacher
Teaching science is hard work, particularly in the first few years. The good news is, being an excellent teacher and looking after yourself aren’t mutually exclusive
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FeatureHow safe are practicals in the hands of AI?
Help your learners become creative, critical and conscious consumers of GenAI by being aware of its limitations
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FeatureHow my exam marking will improve your learners’ outcomes
Chemistry teacher Becky Kell distils what she’s learning about teaching moles, methods and bonding as a marker for an exam board
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FeatureGuaranteed success for international trainees and your school
How helping them settle in can build their confidence and strengthen your science department
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FeatureWhy school trips matter
Tips for planning an outing to build positive relationships, raise learners’ science capital and bring a fresh perspective back to the classroom
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FeatureBe an inclusive science teacher with these research-informed tips
Making chemistry lessons and practicals more accessible for learners with additional support needs will benefit everyone in your class
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FeatureWhat is the best revision technique?
There’s not just one. Use these evidence-based strategies to set your students up for science exam success
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FeatureComparing AI-generated and students’ work
Research-informed tips to spot when your learners use artificial intelligence tools and how to test them, not AI
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FeatureYour guide to post-16 pathways
Confused by post-16 qualifications? We explain the choices available in your region to help you advise your learners
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FeatureMake flexible working work for you and your school
See how other schools and trusts flex working arrangements to recruit and retain skilled teachers
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FeatureAre practicals becoming impractical?
Teachers’ perspectives on making experiments more practical in overloaded curriculums
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FeatureFlipped learning builds solid foundations
Discover how this approach can boost learners’ understanding and engagement with the first year of post-16 chemistry
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FeatureContextualising core practicals
How to use students’ everyday experiences to aid understanding in experiments
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FeatureMicroscale makes teachers (and learners) mighty confident
Discover how CPD leads to improved practical skills and confidence for early career and trainee teachers
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FeatureResearch-informed tips for using dialogic teaching
Use extended periods of talk between students to improve the quality of their responses in chemistry