Science Blog…Here I Come!
This blog supplements resources on my own homepage. The materials here are really resources for IGCSE Chemistry, MYP Science and IB Diploma Chemistry students. However, they could be useful to others...
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I changed the theme the other day and thought it might be a good idea at this point to provide some more information on the content. The static contents of the blog are almost complete. Education...
View ArticleIntro & Contents: IGCSE Chemistry Discrepant Events
Often at the beginning of a topic, students either observe a demonstration or watch a video or are given a description of a discrepant event. After sufficient materials have been covered, they are...
View ArticleIntro & Contents: MYP 2-3 Puzzlers
For students, The Puzzler is a weekly challenging, critical thinking skills question that should keep you on your toes and thinking. They are thought provoking and based on either real-life situations...
View ArticleIntro & Contents: MYP 4-5 Discrepant Events
While what I do with my students is described below, any science student may find these discrepant events useful. Often at the beginning of a topic, students will either observe a demonstration or...
View ArticleIntro & Contents: IBDP Chemistry Discrepant Events
While what I do with my students is described below, any IBDP chemistry student may find these discrepant events useful. Often at the beginning of a topic, students will either observe a demonstration...
View ArticleWhy Discrepant Events?
I have described elsewhere why I use discrepant events, or, what in my own classes, I call Magic Show. Here are some more links on the subject and some discrepant events. Motivational Power of Science...
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Crowdrise Holiday Challenge:…Teach a Man to Fish…
The NGO I am one of the Directors at is running a fundraising campaign. Here are the details: Establishing a Social Business for Education project to provide sustainable free, quality education in...
View ArticleThe Burning Issue of a Candle
For this challenge, (7th in the eight-challenge series) I performed the following demonstration. After the demonstration, I asked the following questions of the students: Why did the water rise up the...
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Speed: Nothing You Can’t Take
When I used to teach, I would begin a topic with a multi-media PowerPoint presentation. The objectives were to: get across the most important concept in the topic, get my students’ imagination going,...
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Pop The Magic Corn
The challenge (the final in the eight-challenge series) was for the students to predict, with an explanation, the difference in the extent to which four different samples of microwave-popcorn pop. The...
View ArticlePreparing for a Cracker of a Lesson
With some dramatic demonstrations or experiments, I would test them out beforehand for a number of reasons, some obvious. Firstly, I had to make sure that it works the way it should. Secondly, to find...
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TISA Hot Air Ballooneys Go For Ballooney Baku
This hot-air balloon activity, I started as a teacher at Bishop Mackenzie International School (BMIS) in the small but beautiful country of Malawi, in Southern Africa. I was introduced to it by my...
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TISA Hot Air Ballooneys: Race to Enter & Fuel Analysis
One of the groups’ fuel analysis setup. My MYP year 4 students began their preparation for the “Ballooney Baku” hot air balloon race by first deciding on the category to enter their balloon in and the...
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TISA Hot Air Ballooneys: How to Make a Tissue-paper Hot Air Balloon
The tissue-paper hot air balloon I made and tested the flight of in preparation for the activity. (Of course, some colleagues and friends helped, friends and colleagues like Andy.) Browse through the...
View ArticleNo Chemistry…No Love!
In my previous incarnation as a high school Chemistry teacher, I would begin a topic with a multi-media PowerPoint presentation. The objectives were to: get across the most important concept in the...
View ArticleTISA Hot Air Ballooneys: Analyzing Fuels & Making Hot Air Balloons
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View Article“No Woman No Cry! No Woman No Cry!!”
In my previous incarnation as a high school Chemistry teacher, I would begin a topic with a multi-media PowerPoint presentation. The objectives were to: get across the most important concept in the...
View ArticleWe Shall Have Music, We Shall Have Dancing, We Shall Have Great Rejoicing in...
In my previous incarnation as a high school Chemistry teacher, I would begin a topic with a multi-media PowerPoint presentation. The objectives were to: introduce the most important concept in the...
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Video-Based Lesson: Ecosystem and Adaptations
The following documentary is the Ice Worlds episode from the BBC Planet Earth series. (Incidentally, a brilliant series.) Watch and answer the questions in the worksheet below. For a PDF format of the...
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