Imaginary Ice Block Discovered in School Field Causes Writing and Reading

The whole of this blog centres on a mean trick (and I feel bad about it), which has produced something special, … More

A Kitchen Museum of Electrical History

  Since Easter I have been reading about electricity. I think it is the hardest topic to teach. Circuits are … More

Definitions

Definitio. I. Quantitas materiæ est mensura ejusdem orta ex illius densitate et magnitudine conjunctim. Definition I The quantity of matter … More

Silent Reading: What’s Going On Inside?

The student is silent. Eyes flick across the page. The page turns. It’s a good book. What could go wrong? … More

Science Teachers Are From Mars, English Teachers Are From Earth Usually.

I’m excited to have the latest ASE School Science Report (SSR) on Science, Literacy and Learning open in front of … More

An Accretion of Science Writers

Thirty science writers and teachers who write have formed a group to support and promote brilliant science writing for children … More

I Asked 100 Scientists…. My Royal Society of Chemistry Blog

I wanted to know how scientists and engineers learnt to read professional texts, so I asked some. 100 professional scientists … More

One Scientist Reads A Science Text

In my writing, I claim that scientists read differently. When a scientist reads, it doesn’t look like an English lesson. … More

High-quality textbooks won’t work without high-quality textbook reading.

Last Thursday (11th June), Nick Gibb delivered a speech titled the social justice case for an academic curriculum. As a … 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