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.
ResourceSymbols and formulas | Structure strip | 11–14 years
Use scaffolded prompts to support learners to write about symbols and formulas with confidence
ResourceAtoms and molecules | Structure strip | 11–14 years
Use scaffolded prompts to support learners to write about atoms and molecules with confidence
ResourceScaffolding titration calculations
Use the table method to support learners to answer calculation questions related to titration
ResourceProperties of elements and compounds | Structure strip | 11–14 years
Develop writing skills and recall with these scaffolded prompts about the physical properties of elements and compounds
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
Ideas5 ways to teach gas tests
Kristy Turner shares approaches to secure your 11–14 and 14–16 learners’ knowledge and build confidence
PosterHow to balance chemical equations
Simple steps to success, confidence and fluency with balancing equations for 14–16 learners
Ideas4 ways to teach organic compounds at 14–16
Use these teacher-tested ideas to compound learners’ knowledge of carbon atoms
IdeasCapture learners’ attention with video feedback
Record a video mark scheme for exams and watch your learners’ engagement with feedback soar
Ideas5 ways to teach neutralisation and pH
Teacher-tested approaches to build 11–14 students’ basic understanding of acids, alkalis and indicators
IdeasWays to teach atoms and ions
Use these six approaches to ensure learners master ion formation at 14–16
IdeasWays to teach formation of salts
Secure your learners’ understanding of this core topic with teacher-tested recall strategies and experiments
ResourceSolutions | Structure strip | 11–14 years
Support learners to retrieve information and write about solutions
ResourceStates of matter | Structure strip | 11–14 years
Support learners to recall and write about the properties of solids, liquids and gases
ResourceDiffusion | Structure strip | 11–14 years
Use scaffolded prompts to support learners to write about diffusion
NewsExam board issues unprecedented statement about the inductive effect
What implications will this have for the curriculum and for teachers?
Ideas5 ways to teach excess and limiting reagents to 14–16 learners
Tips for helping learners get to grips with this tricky part of quantitative chemistry
ResourceChanges of state | Structure strip | 11–14 years
Use scaffolded prompts to support learners to write about changes of state
IdeasWays to teach the mole at 14–16
Use these four ideas to effectively teach and contextualise this crucial chemistry unit
IdeasFfyrdd o addysgu’r môl i ddysgwyr 14–16 oed
Defnyddiwch y pedwar syniad hyn i addysgu’r uned gemeg hanfodol hon yn effeithiol a’i rhoi mewn cyd-destun