Kristy Turner
Kristy Turner is a school teacher fellow at University of Manchester/Bolton School, UK
Kristy uniquely splits her time between teaching chemistry at the University of Manchester and Bolton School. She was the Royal Society of Chemistry school teacher fellow 2011–12 at the University of Manchester and has a range of experience teaching in state and independent schools in the north-west of England.
Kristy is the author of the popular RSC resource Starters for Ten. She is an active member of the chemistry education community and has research interests in assessment, development of conceptual models within curriculums and transition between school and university level chemistry study.
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Conserving the periodic table
How paper conservators preserved the one of the world’s oldest periodic tables
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8 surprising things I learned in TV show
Travelling through 100 years of science education with the BBC
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The most important village in chemistry
How one small Swedish hamlet contributed to the periodic table
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Why teachers should attend education conferences
A powerful part of your professional development
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Finding the fake booze
Ever wondered what Raman spectrometry is? Here’s how it can find out what’s in a bottle without opening it.
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Six tips for teaching chemical formulas
Formulas are chemistry’s vocabulary so let’s learn from modern foreign language teaching techniques
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Chromatography fights food fraud
How chromatography helped solve a food safety crisis – includes classroom resources.
