Last Thursday (11th June), Nick Gibb delivered a speech titled the social justice case for an academic curriculum. As a … More
Author: BenRogers
18 years secondary teacher: 4 years primary. MA in SciEd. Author of 'Big Ideas of Physics and How to Teach Them.' Director of Curriculum and Pedagogy for Paradigm Trust.
Talking Science
This blog is the first of three on talking, reading and writing in science. Students like to talk. Even in … More
Teaching Reading Comprehension – Which Texts Work?
Grant Wiggins is writing a great book on reading as blogs (here): each new chapter arrives in my inbox as he … More
Science For Parents
Following a twitter query about school science events for parents from @paulcoxon and @drlucyrogers, I thought I’d share a text I wrote … More
Of The Cells and Pores of Frothy Bodies
Science is a practical subject. It is also a literary subject. Reading science texts is important. It is the key … More
A Hippo Banquet
Adapting Writers More Read About than Read Mary Kingsley, the Victorian scientific explorer and writer, is the subject of many Key … More
Writing to Learn (not Learning to Write)
Writing is a process of deep thinking. It slows and clarifies thought: paragraph by paragraph; sentence by sentence; word by word. … More
Finding Nonfiction Texts
I find it difficult to find the nonfiction text I want to use in class. I’m fussy, yes, but the … More
Top Trump Assessment – What Reading Levels Can Tell Science Teachers
So, Mary is a level 4b reader…. Your year seven’s reading level is a little like a Top Trump score: … More
Let Me Be The Judge Of That
Why wait to be told you need to change your practice, when you can do it yourself? For generations of teachers, the three … More
Reading for Learning 