All articles by Kristy Turner – Page 3
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Feature
Don’t worry about summer learning loss
Kristy Turner arms you with the knowledge to understand and mitigate students’ forgetting over the holidays
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Ideas
Effective questioning in organic chemistry
How to use conversation to help stuck students solve their own problems
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Opinion
Developing chemical common sense
Eliminate students’ silly mistakes with this advice from Kristy Turner
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4 ways to boost students’ understanding of organic chemistry
Alcohols, carboxylic acids and esters don’t have to be difficult – try these practical tips in your classroom
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5 ways to explain rate and equilibrium
Help your students understand the synergy between rate and equilibrium and answer exam questions successfully
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5 ways to explain titration
From modelling to scaffolding, these tips will help students master this tricky topic
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Packaging promise
From polymers to nanoparticles, the new technologies helping to reduce food and wrapper waste
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5 ways to explain electrolysis
From building good foundations to memorising the rules, these tips will help your students grasp this tricky topic
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Feature
Can UV light help tackle the coronavirus?
Engage students with some highly topical cross-curricular science
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CPD
How to run a quiz for distance learning
Kristy Turner shares the structure for a lesson using a semi-live approach to quizzing
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How to use multiple choice questions
Learn how to design effective MCQs – and use them successfully
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CPD
How to teach non-metals
Showcasing samples and gas tests are imperative when introducing non-metal elements to students
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Opinion
School’s out, exams are off: what are educators thinking?
Join us as we eavesdrop on school teacher fellow Kristy Turner and HE lecturer Katherine Haxton as they discuss school closures, exams and motivation
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Temperature-controlling textiles
Nina Notman gets a feel for the high-tech fabrics that can help us maintain our preferred temperature
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Ideas
Help students find reliable internet resources for organic chemistry
Teach your pupils to make the right research choices in a never-ending ocean of options
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Strategies for six-mark questions
Get your students practising answering these within the time limit