Science Teaching

Water - from analogy to model for teaching circuits

The invisible and abstracted nature of electricity in simple circuits makes it hard for students to develop an accurate mental model....

Generative AI on steroids for science students

A ready-to-go example mini assignment to up skill you and your students to use GenAi as creators not consumers. I thought nothing is a...

Let them Steer

Two recent gems of educational research are of immediate relevance to all teachers and especially those in remote and regional settings....

13 Top tips for teachers wondering about Generative AI (ChatGPT, Bing, etc)

Start learning-by-doing yourself, because education is the antidote to fear (that's why we are teachers, remember). Get to know the beast...

Out-lying in the Science Classroom

I was taken aback. It was the 3rd student that week who had confidently reassured me, "it was an outlier, so I removed it". I've found...