Sam Mortimer CSciTeach

Fantastic day with our Co-op Academies and @bfscitt.bsky.social Maths and Science trainees.

We explored each others curriculum and teaching approaches to more effectively support each other and ultimately students.

Thanks to our supportive ITT team and Maths Directors, Jay and Jo.

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Vacancies

Weekly Science jobs round up:

Teacher roles, some with TLRs, available at Co-op Academy Swinton and North Manchester.

A second science technician to join the outstanding Co-op Academy Belle Vue on their growth journey

Finally, you can still join me as a Trust Director of Science

Trust Director of Science

Come work with me on all things science at the Co-op Academies Trust 🤝

I love this job deeply. If you’re an excellent science teacher, expert in science curriculum, and know how to improve science outcomes, come join the journey! 📈

Deadline next week. Happy to discuss. Please share.

Lead Teacher of KS3 Science

🚨👩🏽‍🔬 This is an amazing opportunity to join our new school in Stoke as they move into their new state of the art facilities. You’ll also have unparalleled progression as the school grows.

See below or message me for more!

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Thanks for the e-introduction! Hopefully meet you both in person at the conference!

So glad one of the first thing you shared is for our techs - often overlooked but I want to make sure they get the full benefit of this membership!

I’m a big proponent of retrieval practice, when it’s done well. Good article to reflect on!

Fab - we have a number of schools with very high EAL, this will be bight up their street.

I was just talking about these last week with our maths directors - we’re doing a piece of work on our overlap. Thanks for this!

Would love some recommendations! What are some of your favourite recent articles?

This is also about thinking bigger and looking across the North West region. 🗺️

It’s a chance to work together to offer support and events to science teachers and educators across communities in our regions 🤝⭐️

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🚨It’s official!🚨

All our secondaries have @associationscied.bsky.social membership, meaning Co-op Academies scientists get access to their high quality training and support.🥼💪🏼

But beyond that… (1/2)

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Big training day today- all our science HODs together to see great practice @ Co-op Belle Vue 👩‍🏫✨

And launching the Year 1 goals for our Framework for Good Science Teaching. Preview attached💪🏼🥼

Still get a little excited and a little nervous for these key events. 😬

#coopsciences #ukedchat #teaching

Yes, I’ve been really interested in the @roysocchem.bsky.social recent resources focussed on exploring Johnson’s triangle within the topic of bonding.

The relationship between the macroscopic properties and the submicroscopic structure and components is at the heart of the challenge

So i have saved it for structure and bonding unit, starting with particle model, exploring that many solids are made of charged atoms or ions, and this how they form…

Side note - the fact we teach about rocks in ks3 and never really link them to ionic structures in ks4 is be a missed opportunity

Great q - I’ve done it both ways. Usually structure and bonding is after an atomic structure and p table unit, where they’ve met ion formation. But I don’t love that they learn how ions form and not what they are found in - it’s very abstract!

Exactly! And it’s usually so well engrained, why not build on it?

The thread I posted yesterday was the first time I’d posted this approach online but I’ve seen it work so well in my classes and those of my colleagues.

Keen for feedback / thoughts

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Urgh that was what killed threads for me

Finally explore giant covalent structures - carbon allotropes, silicon dioxide

Then you can take a deeper dive into what actually happens to form the ions / molecules - ie metallic, ionic and covalent bonds in that order. And close it all off exploring first liquids and how those giant structures can melt, and how those molecules structure can condense and freeze.

Start with particle model that they know well, and explore structure. First solids aka giant structure. In metals the ‘blobs’ are actually pos ions. But in rocks, salts etc they’re a mix of neg and pos. Then explore the gas model and how they’re molecules like ox, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, water vap

Hello world. 👋🏻

So has the Edu community found a new home..? 👨🏻‍🏫

Let’s do better than Twitter, eh? 💙