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Dr Jo Moore
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KS3-5 Chemistry / science teacher. ECT Mentor.
NW England.
STEM / T&L / Mentoring / Literacy / Evidence based practice
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🏗️ Sentences are the tools learners use to build mental models. Teacher @benrogersedu.bsky.social shares three techniques for helping learners to construct complex sentences about chemistry 👇
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October 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Starting to think about the new term?
Teaching KS3/4 physics out of specialism?
FREE #SKPT CPD will give you the skills and confidence to bring physics to life in the classroom 💥
Find a session to suit 🙂

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“...what a fabulous experience it was - engaging, inspiring and incredibly valuable for my teaching practice.”
August 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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This has captured my essence as a teacher quite well! 😍
May 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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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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Diagram showing three beakers each containing a blue liquid with red dots to demonstrate concentration
April 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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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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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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March 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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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 🧪
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.
March 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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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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#iteachchem #stemed
2025 UK Chemistry Olympiad Round one results
The Royal Society of Chemistry announces the grade boundaries for this year's UK Chemistry Olympiad
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March 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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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
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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February 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM