Elizabeth Mountstevens

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Infographic on the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi for the development of metal-organic frameworks. The infographic explains that metal-organic frameworks are molecular sponges built up from metal ions and organic compounds that act as linkers. Small molecules such as gases can move into and out of cavities in these frameworks. The graphic highlights some of the MOFs the laureates have developed and concludes by looking at possible future uses of MOFs, including gas storage and extracting water from air.

The 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry was awarded today for the development of metal-organic frameworks, molecular sponges with applications in gas storage, water purification and more: www.compoundchem.com/2025/10/08/2...

#ChemSky 🧪

@nimishlad.bsky.social book about Shimamura’s MARGE model of learning is perfect for busy teachers.

It explains the key ideas, illustrates how to apply them practically in the classroom and it’s short enough to read on a rainy day in October.

What’s not to love

Polar Opposites Attract on Titan As a scientist, it is a good feeling to come across something that contradicts textbooks. Better still to contribute to a discovery that could help explain chemistry on a  planetary &#821…

New chemistry on an alien world, set to rewrite textbooks. Cooler than clathrates! Great Collab with @starsarecalling.bsky.social and colleagues at NASA-JPL. #chemsky
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Delighted to share @drkellyallen.bsky.social's paper reformulating the Integrative Framework of Belonging through interviews of other esteemed belonging researchers! This open-access paper does a deep dive on the theory––a must read for anyone using the framework!

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This eBook will not extend into every detail of learning and cognition; instead, it does offer an introduction that every teacher can use as a starting point.

What’s a memorable ‘aha moment’ you’ve witnessed when a student truly grasped a concept?

Download this free eBook 👉 buff.ly/wy8dEyy

Children's prior ideas about kinetic theory and particles. Absolute gold from Osborne and Freeman
#PhysicsEd
#iTeachPhysics
#Science 🧪

Had so much fun with this #FridayFive!
Walt Grace’s Submarine Test, January 1967 - John Mayer
the last great american dynasty - Taylor Swift
Stephen’s Last Night In Town - Ben Folds Five
Rockabye - Clean Bandit
Frank D. Fixer - Jason Mraz

Great insights from @cmooreanderson.bsky.social. Identifying variables is something students find very challenging and will often learn by rote. This method would help understanding and I will definitely be trying it.

Despite best intentions and significant investment, England’s SEND system is failing too many students and their families. To fix it, we need to understand why.

Mega-thread summary of my presentation at #FestivalOfEducation today:

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Are ChatGPT and other AI tools going to lead to a ‘cognitive collapse’ in schools, colleges and elsewhere?

My new @smfthinktank.bsky.social report explores the research evidence on the risks posed by AI in our education system.

Read / download the report: bit.ly/4g7EKUR

Can you predict what happens to the current when battery resistance or wire #resistivity is changed? Explore the relationship between #voltage, #current, and #resistance in our #Circuit Construction Kit: DC. phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/circuit-construction-kit-dc/ #chatphysics #physics

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Physics PGCE Useful Links.docx Physics PGCE Useful Links [If viewing in Word Online, use the to switch to for the best experience] Contents Resources sorted by topic Learning resources General collections of resources Simulati...

If you or anyone you know is new to teaching Physics, I highly recommend this amazing resource from Richard Brock. Links to hundreds of super useful stuff 🙂
#PhysicsEd
#iTeachPhysics
#Science

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Not all wrong answers are equal. I used to think students just needed the right information to fix misconceptions but then I read the work of Michelene Chi🧵⬇️

Cogsci Book Summaries Here is a reading list of 65 books about cognitive science and its application to the classroom. 2. Here are my summaries of a selection of these books. For each book there is a pdf of my summary a…

My book summaries are now in one place! Yay! Together with the cogsci reading list of 63 books!

And which books, or series, would it be useful to do next?

itsalearningcurve.education/cogsci-book-...

#iteachphysics
#cogscisci

The effect of teacher subject-specific qualifications on student science achievement I investigate the effect of teacher subject-specific qualifications on student science achievement using data from TIMSS 2015, a large-scale assessmen…

This paper by Pietro Sarcassani is a nice illustration of the importance of subject knowledge to teacher effectiveness. In this study of Science teaching he finds that holding a subject degree in the relevant taught science (e.g. Biology, Physics...). sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Useful modern context when teaching corrosion to at GCSE.

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Come to Bluesky for the educational discourse, stay for the Mountstevens’ train journeys!

How the SCARF model helps us in the classroom: www.azimuth.org.uk/its-not-magi... I found this a novel and useful way to look at motivation and behaviour in the classroom.

Although originally written as advice for SLT, I found it useful when thinking about supporting trainees and ECTs. Activities such as identifying curriculum connections and misconceptions, creating exemplars and identifying potential pitfalls are all very useful activities.

How do you explain practice to your students? We know that retrieval practice makes students feel they are learning less than reading their notes. Analogies are a great way to overcome this barrier.

The 'Adaptive Teaching' Collection Adaptive teaching describes the moment-to-moment responsiveness that is orchestrated continuously in the classroom by expert teachers.  In the past few years, in England at least, its prominence has ...

This is a really useful collection of resources for anyone who wants to find out more about adaptive teaching. alexquigley.co.uk/the-adaptive... Thanks @alexjquigley.bsky.social!

New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.

Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.

arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...

My logic exactly!

Competency as a powerful motivator confirmed by @teachertapp.bsky.social. We mustn’t forget it takes more than saying well done. It needs careful change management, support with classroom challenges and relevant CPD.

Interesting background for teaching benzene at A Level.

Useful context for teaching colour and transition metals at A Level.

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