Dr Jo Moore

This has captured my essence as a teacher quite well! 😍

22.05.2025 17:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Diagram showing three beakers each containing a blue liquid with red dots to demonstrate concentration

Teaching 14–16 learners about solubility? Here's everything you need to concentrate their minds
✍🏻 by @catsmi.bsky.social sky.social
#chemed #iteachchem #SciTeachUK
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01.04.2025 12:23 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

5 strategies to support students who aren’t ready for exams Some students are heading towards exam season fully prepped and ready to go. But how can we help those who aren’t? Mark Enser offers his advice

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How can we support pupils who are struggling with exams?

5 strategies that I have found helpful.

1. Search and destroy
2. Task level analysis
3. Procedural DIN
4. Scaffolding revision
5. Watching-talking mocks.

Details here

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31.03.2025 13:42 — 👍 17    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

Infographic on the chemistry of Guinness. It details how a mix of carbon dioxide and nitrogen is responsible for the bubbles, iso-alpha-acids are responsible for bitterness, and melanoidins are responsible for the beer's dark colour.

Happy #StPatricksDay! ☘️

What makes the bubbles in a glass of Guinness fall, and what gives the beer its dark colour?

This graphic in @cenmag.bsky.social has the answers: cen.acs.org/articles/93/...

#ChemSky 🧪

17.03.2025 15:43 — 👍 128    🔁 59    💬 0    📌 9

2025 UK Chemistry Olympiad Round one results The Royal Society of Chemistry announces the grade boundaries for this year's UK Chemistry Olympiad

16,216 students from 1502 schools sat the Round one UK Chemistry Olympiad paper this year. But how many achieved bronze, silver or gold awards?
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12.03.2025 15:42 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Oliver: Time to rethink length of summer holidays Chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver warns pupils can be ‘dysregulated’ after long summer break

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As if the recruitment crisis wasn't bad enough?
I'm going to say this. If it wasn't for the holidays. I would not do the job. With science qualifications I've got plenty of options

14.02.2025 17:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0