ChatChemistry
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A collective set up by teachers to support chemistry teaching worldwide. Use #ChatChemistry and add the ChatChemistry feed to join the discussion! Chats on Wednesdays at 8 pm (UK time)
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January 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
SKPT residential is back by popular demand!
Fully funded CPD for teachers teaching KS3/4 physics out of specialism covering content and required practical's for💡electricity 🔋energy ➡️ forces!
Check out the link for more information: loom.ly/X5NLmHo
Fully funded CPD for teachers teaching KS3/4 physics out of specialism covering content and required practical's for💡electricity 🔋energy ➡️ forces!
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@ocrexams.bsky.social are looking for UK teachers with lab access for an exciting assessment opportunity for the new Biomedical Techniques unit.
If you’re interested please get in touch or share with colleagues.
If you’re interested please get in touch or share with colleagues.
January 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
@ocrexams.bsky.social are looking for UK teachers with lab access for an exciting assessment opportunity for the new Biomedical Techniques unit.
If you’re interested please get in touch or share with colleagues.
If you’re interested please get in touch or share with colleagues.
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Hi @chatchemistry.bsky.social Have a year 12 student who wants to study chemistry at Uni. They want some extra enrichment activities to do as there is no real relevant work experience. Does anyone have any ideas? MOOCs? @adamboxereducation.bsky.social please repost
January 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Hi @chatchemistry.bsky.social Have a year 12 student who wants to study chemistry at Uni. They want some extra enrichment activities to do as there is no real relevant work experience. Does anyone have any ideas? MOOCs? @adamboxereducation.bsky.social please repost
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Hey @chatchemistry.bsky.social and any other #edusky
At Alevel what apparatus can students be asked to draw in the exam.
I have
SHE
Reflux
Distillation
Reduced pressure filtration
Any others?
At Alevel what apparatus can students be asked to draw in the exam.
I have
SHE
Reflux
Distillation
Reduced pressure filtration
Any others?
January 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Hey @chatchemistry.bsky.social and any other #edusky
At Alevel what apparatus can students be asked to draw in the exam.
I have
SHE
Reflux
Distillation
Reduced pressure filtration
Any others?
At Alevel what apparatus can students be asked to draw in the exam.
I have
SHE
Reflux
Distillation
Reduced pressure filtration
Any others?
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We're excited to join the @bsky.app community! Looking forward to connecting with fellow science educators. Give us a follow and let us know if you're here too!
#chemistryeducation #scienceteachers #chatchemistry
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January 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
We're excited to join the @bsky.app community! Looking forward to connecting with fellow science educators. Give us a follow and let us know if you're here too!
#chemistryeducation #scienceteachers #chatchemistry
#chemistryeducation #scienceteachers #chatchemistry
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Teaching chemistry for the first time in a long while so had a flick through this excellent book - the diagrams from @adamboxereducation.bsky.social were on my board the next day! Would definitely recommend Cracking Key Concepts in Secondary Science @chatchemistry.bsky.social
December 17, 2024 at 11:50 PM
Teaching chemistry for the first time in a long while so had a flick through this excellent book - the diagrams from @adamboxereducation.bsky.social were on my board the next day! Would definitely recommend Cracking Key Concepts in Secondary Science @chatchemistry.bsky.social
No more #ChatChemistry chats for this year, but we’ll be rebooting in January. We’re looking for additional admins to help run chats and manage the account, so let us know if you’re interested!
December 18, 2024 at 8:05 AM
No more #ChatChemistry chats for this year, but we’ll be rebooting in January. We’re looking for additional admins to help run chats and manage the account, so let us know if you’re interested!
What are your thoughts #ChatChemistry?
Which do you find is the "hardest" chemistry required practical (the one trainee science teachers would benefit most from training on)?
@chatchemistry.bsky.social
#iTeachChem
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#iTeachChem
December 9, 2024 at 6:57 PM
What are your thoughts #ChatChemistry?
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December 7, 2024 at 7:26 AM
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Sorry for no #ChatChemistry this week… we had @janeteachesscience.bsky.social lined up to run a chat but then I forgot it was Wednesday 🤦🏻♂️
As previously mentioned, we’re short of active admins here, so if anyone is interested in helping out, drop us a DM
As previously mentioned, we’re short of active admins here, so if anyone is interested in helping out, drop us a DM
December 4, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Sorry for no #ChatChemistry this week… we had @janeteachesscience.bsky.social lined up to run a chat but then I forgot it was Wednesday 🤦🏻♂️
As previously mentioned, we’re short of active admins here, so if anyone is interested in helping out, drop us a DM
As previously mentioned, we’re short of active admins here, so if anyone is interested in helping out, drop us a DM
Recordings from a recent symposium on language in chemistry education now available here #ChatChemistry
Update for #ITeachChem #ChemEdResearch
- the @cerg.bsky.social recordings on language in chemistry education are now posted on the symposium website.
- the @cerg.bsky.social recordings on language in chemistry education are now posted on the symposium website.
Symposium on “Language and the teaching and learning of chemistry”, 28th November [recordings now available]
On Thursday 28th November, 2 – 4.30 PM GMT, RSC CERG will be hosting a symposium on Language and the teaching and learning of chemistry. This symposium will be hosted online on Zoom. Attendan…
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November 29, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Recordings from a recent symposium on language in chemistry education now available here #ChatChemistry
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Please help us spread the word 🙂 “SKPT accommodates the workload of teachers...content is delivered in a practical manner making it easy to pick concepts you can directly apply to teaching” @associationscied.bsky.social @chatbiology.bsky.social @chatchemistry.bsky.social @teachingofsci.bsky.social
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Book your FREE #SKPT CPD
Blended learning CPD delivered by expert practitioners
Build your classroom confidence and physics subject knowledge
🗓️Sessions on #Energy and #MatterAndSpace start in January at locations across England
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November 29, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Please help us spread the word 🙂 “SKPT accommodates the workload of teachers...content is delivered in a practical manner making it easy to pick concepts you can directly apply to teaching” @associationscied.bsky.social @chatbiology.bsky.social @chatchemistry.bsky.social @teachingofsci.bsky.social
For what it’s worth, more wizards are needed since our move over to Bluesky – if anyone is interested in being more regularly involved, drop us a DM! #ChatChemistry
And thank you to the wizards behind the @chatchemistry.bsky.social curtain who keep the show on the road. It’s much appreciated.
Thanks to @drdavidboyce.bsky.social for a brilliant #ChatChemistry discussion tonight 👏
We’re still looking for hosts for the remaining three chats for this year… drop us a DM if you’ve got a topic you’d like to host on!
We’re still looking for hosts for the remaining three chats for this year… drop us a DM if you’ve got a topic you’d like to host on!
November 27, 2024 at 9:39 PM
For what it’s worth, more wizards are needed since our move over to Bluesky – if anyone is interested in being more regularly involved, drop us a DM! #ChatChemistry
Thanks to @drdavidboyce.bsky.social for a brilliant #ChatChemistry discussion tonight 👏
We’re still looking for hosts for the remaining three chats for this year… drop us a DM if you’ve got a topic you’d like to host on!
We’re still looking for hosts for the remaining three chats for this year… drop us a DM if you’ve got a topic you’d like to host on!
That draws us to an end of our hosted #ChatChemistry discussion tonight - however the questions will remain here and you can interact with them as and when you please. Let’s keep the discussions going and see you all next time for @chatchemistry.bsky.social
November 27, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Thanks to @drdavidboyce.bsky.social for a brilliant #ChatChemistry discussion tonight 👏
We’re still looking for hosts for the remaining three chats for this year… drop us a DM if you’ve got a topic you’d like to host on!
We’re still looking for hosts for the remaining three chats for this year… drop us a DM if you’ve got a topic you’d like to host on!
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That draws us to an end of our hosted #ChatChemistry discussion tonight - however the questions will remain here and you can interact with them as and when you please. Let’s keep the discussions going and see you all next time for @chatchemistry.bsky.social
November 27, 2024 at 9:02 PM
That draws us to an end of our hosted #ChatChemistry discussion tonight - however the questions will remain here and you can interact with them as and when you please. Let’s keep the discussions going and see you all next time for @chatchemistry.bsky.social
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Interesting. Does it do colour change? I would like something that times a certain colour change. The PAG 10.3 is really hard to tell when it goes the final shade of yellow at lower temperatures. #ChatChemistry
November 27, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Interesting. Does it do colour change? I would like something that times a certain colour change. The PAG 10.3 is really hard to tell when it goes the final shade of yellow at lower temperatures. #ChatChemistry
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Also breaking up vitamin tablets to varying degrees and timing how long it takes for them to dissolve. Similarly different size alkaline agar cubes with phenolphthalein added. React and time the colour change.
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November 27, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Also breaking up vitamin tablets to varying degrees and timing how long it takes for them to dissolve. Similarly different size alkaline agar cubes with phenolphthalein added. React and time the colour change.
#ChatChemistry
#ChatChemistry
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My favourite, although the data are subjective, is to investigate the rate of a glow stick reaction based. Submerge them in different temperatures of water. You can make a nice scale from dimmest to brightest.
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November 27, 2024 at 8:48 PM
My favourite, although the data are subjective, is to investigate the rate of a glow stick reaction based. Submerge them in different temperatures of water. You can make a nice scale from dimmest to brightest.
#ChatChemistry
#ChatChemistry
I don't know if they are still available, but I had coloured propelling pencils when I was at uni. Very helpful for organic chem diagrams as well as graphs, and about as easy to rub out as hb
November 27, 2024 at 8:46 PM
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Third question - looking not at graphs but the experiments that might produce the data for one. Hit me with every cool and interesting rate of reaction practical and demo that you know. #ChatChemistry
November 27, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Third question - looking not at graphs but the experiments that might produce the data for one. Hit me with every cool and interesting rate of reaction practical and demo that you know. #ChatChemistry
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#ChatChemistry I think line of best fit always a challenge. We are fighting against Maths! But it’s also a timing and language issue My Y9 recently really struggled—plotting points and understanding x y axis. Let alone scales. It’s a big cog load.
November 27, 2024 at 8:37 PM
#ChatChemistry I think line of best fit always a challenge. We are fighting against Maths! But it’s also a timing and language issue My Y9 recently really struggled—plotting points and understanding x y axis. Let alone scales. It’s a big cog load.
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I have tried Desmos - positives - it is great for drawing tangents on rate graphs, giving you coefficients of power laws and fantastic at plotting mathematical functions - like the first derivative of a function fitted to data. Downside - the learning curve is second order. #ChatChemistry
November 27, 2024 at 8:37 PM
I have tried Desmos - positives - it is great for drawing tangents on rate graphs, giving you coefficients of power laws and fantastic at plotting mathematical functions - like the first derivative of a function fitted to data. Downside - the learning curve is second order. #ChatChemistry
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Draw by hand and make sure students know that the line of best fit might be curved. The maths department drums into them that it’s a straight line. So that’s what they do for every graph.
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November 27, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Draw by hand and make sure students know that the line of best fit might be curved. The maths department drums into them that it’s a straight line. So that’s what they do for every graph.
#ChatChemistry
#ChatChemistry
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How do you discuss the subjectivity of a line of best fit? With software it finds the best fit by linear regression - are humans as good? 🤔 #ChatChemistry
Draw by hand as they have to it in the exam
On GCSE axis tends to be given but they have been some tricky scales
On GCSE axis tends to be given but they have been some tricky scales
November 27, 2024 at 8:25 PM
How do you discuss the subjectivity of a line of best fit? With software it finds the best fit by linear regression - are humans as good? 🤔 #ChatChemistry
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Here comes question 2. It’s all about graph drawing. Do you use software? How important is the lost art of using a pencil and ruler? What is your best advice? #ChatChemistry
November 27, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Here comes question 2. It’s all about graph drawing. Do you use software? How important is the lost art of using a pencil and ruler? What is your best advice? #ChatChemistry