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Physics teacher. Always looking for ideas for STEM Clubs. Hunting out that science cultural capital.
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Too late for my book, but nice to have a spot of local Roman road!
Roman road discovered in Manchester city centre
Archaeologists say the dig uncovered one of the best Roman finds in the city in more than 20 years.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Too late for my book, but nice to have a spot of local Roman road!
It is green week at school so science craft club have been making tetra pack wallets. 1 leather wallet needs 3422 litres of water to make it. 1 tetra pack needs 200ml
July 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
It is green week at school so science craft club have been making tetra pack wallets. 1 leather wallet needs 3422 litres of water to make it. 1 tetra pack needs 200ml
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My #linocut of Italian #neurobiologist Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909 – 2012) who won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with for her co-discovery of nerve growth factor (NGF) 🧪🐡👩🏼🔬
Youngest of 4 of a Turin Jewish family, she planned to be a writer but the death of a nanny to cancer inspired🧵
Youngest of 4 of a Turin Jewish family, she planned to be a writer but the death of a nanny to cancer inspired🧵
June 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
My #linocut of Italian #neurobiologist Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909 – 2012) who won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with for her co-discovery of nerve growth factor (NGF) 🧪🐡👩🏼🔬
Youngest of 4 of a Turin Jewish family, she planned to be a writer but the death of a nanny to cancer inspired🧵
Youngest of 4 of a Turin Jewish family, she planned to be a writer but the death of a nanny to cancer inspired🧵
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🎉 Exciting news: Chain Reactions: A Hopeful History of Uranium is coming out in paperback this July!
If you missed it the first time around, the paperback is a great chance to pick it up (or share it with a curious friend).
📚 Pre-orders available now!
If you missed it the first time around, the paperback is a great chance to pick it up (or share it with a curious friend).
📚 Pre-orders available now!
May 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🎉 Exciting news: Chain Reactions: A Hopeful History of Uranium is coming out in paperback this July!
If you missed it the first time around, the paperback is a great chance to pick it up (or share it with a curious friend).
📚 Pre-orders available now!
If you missed it the first time around, the paperback is a great chance to pick it up (or share it with a curious friend).
📚 Pre-orders available now!
Made a wildlife pond tank for the classroom with eco-club. Students enjoying spotting the shrimps!
May 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Made a wildlife pond tank for the classroom with eco-club. Students enjoying spotting the shrimps!
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George Cole narrates a piece on Michael Faraday:
#PhysicsEd
#iTeachPhysics
#SciTeachUK
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#PhysicsEd
#iTeachPhysics
#SciTeachUK
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Sexton's Tales - Series 2 - 4. Michael Faraday - BBC Sounds
George Cole profiles an extraordinary Victorian physicist.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
George Cole narrates a piece on Michael Faraday:
#PhysicsEd
#iTeachPhysics
#SciTeachUK
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#PhysicsEd
#iTeachPhysics
#SciTeachUK
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Physics teachers. The latest issue of Classroom Physics is now available. The focus is on Satellites and space probes:
#PhysicsEd
#iTeachPhysics
#SciTeachUK
spark.iop.org/sites/defaul...
#PhysicsEd
#iTeachPhysics
#SciTeachUK
spark.iop.org/sites/defaul...
May 9, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Physics teachers. The latest issue of Classroom Physics is now available. The focus is on Satellites and space probes:
#PhysicsEd
#iTeachPhysics
#SciTeachUK
spark.iop.org/sites/defaul...
#PhysicsEd
#iTeachPhysics
#SciTeachUK
spark.iop.org/sites/defaul...
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Question: to what extent is your subject about understanding the world and how much about preparation for the next stage in learning? I think it's something like this for science.
May 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Question: to what extent is your subject about understanding the world and how much about preparation for the next stage in learning? I think it's something like this for science.
Made marshmallow catapults for science club today. Found some instructions online, and how no time to test. It didn't work. But great opportunity for students to problem solve and get it working...
April 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Made marshmallow catapults for science club today. Found some instructions online, and how no time to test. It didn't work. But great opportunity for students to problem solve and get it working...
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Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round and calculated its circumference over 2,000 years ago.
April 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round and calculated its circumference over 2,000 years ago.