Emily Rose Seeber
Emily is a chemistry teacher based in Norfolk. She is a feature writer for for Tes and keeps a blog. She is interested in a wide range of areas, but is currently carrying out three pieces of action research: ditching sets for mixed attainment grouping; the use of collaborative problem solving to engage girls in chemistry and physics; and the impact of departmental planning on the development of professional learning communities.
Emily is passionate about philosophy, and is in the process of making a massive open online course (MOOC) on the history and philosophy of science. She is currently studying for a master's in teacher education at the University of Oxford.
IdeasEncourage pupils to examine the evidence
How to structure lessons to get your students to look at ‘the science’ and pick out supporting reasons
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How to use a visualiser for successful lessons
From zooming in on chemical phenomena to explaining marking schemes, try these teacher-tested approaches
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Working with standard form
How your students can master standard form to help them solve chemistry problems
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Help students grasp the evolving nature of science
Students are expected to understand that scientific knowledge develops based on new evidence – here are four ways to illustrate how science advances
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Quick wins to deepen students' grasp of practical procedures
Approaches that build students’ understanding of practical work over time
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Enabling students to learn from practical work
Design your practical course for deeper student understanding
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Help students evaluate experiments
Tips to get all students suggesting improvements to practicals
