It seems reasonable to suppose that if the Earth has a fitting and appropriate attractive potency it will also have … More
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The Versorium Needle
A draft extract from my book using narrative to teach the big ideas of physics: These are the utterly false … More
Six Big Ideas in Physics
Throughout my 21 years of teaching, physics teachers have been in short supply. There have always been science departments with … 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
Science Writers’ Circle
Children in schools should read brilliant science writing. They should have access to the best scientific ideas through excellent science texts; … 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
A Pocketful of Proxies
Progress is in the air. If we could measure progress before it was too late, we could be far clearer about what … More
Like a Bat Out Of Hell: How NOT to Read Hattie…
There isn’t enough time to read properly. Busy educators need super-condensed ideas. That’s why John Hattie’s little speedometers are so … More
Reading in the Wild
There can’t be a piece of wilderness in Britain that wouldn’t be improved by a well written information board. I love … More
What Part Don’t You Get? Part 2
In my last blog, I wrote about the four reasons why many of my secondary students couldn’t learn science through … More
Reading for Learning 