#ASEchat Archive

The Association for Science Education (ASE) promotes excellence in science teaching and learning. Follow #ASEchat Mondays at 3pm ET.

Monday February 12, 2018
3:00 PM EST

  • cleverfiend Feb 12 @ 3:01 PM EST
    Join us for our Science CPD event on 3rd March @ Derby Uni Still a few places available. The theme is "Science for Everybody" @theASE #ASEchat Previous attendees said: “Great presentations” “ ... excellent as usual” “Great sessions" Please RT https://t.co/m5WJpx5hp0
  • damianainscough Feb 12 @ 3:07 PM EST
    Probably anything with @afgoldsworthy as an author - practical and insightful. A sample.... #ASEChat
    In reply to @ViciaScience, @afgoldsworthy
  • ViciaScience Feb 12 @ 3:08 PM EST
    Investigate light sources on seedling phototropism, using time lapse video clip (15 min, 1 frame per 5 s) #ASEChat
    In reply to @wrpvincent
  • damianainscough Feb 12 @ 3:10 PM EST
    More literacy related texts... #ASEChat
    In reply to @ViciaScience
  • ViciaScience Feb 12 @ 3:12 PM EST
    So that would include AKSIS? (investigations and graphs) #asechat
    In reply to @damianainscough, @afgoldsworthy
  • ViciaScience Feb 12 @ 3:13 PM EST
    #ASEChat
    In reply to @PhysicsNews, @NeedhamL56, @UNESCO
  • hrogerson Feb 12 @ 3:14 PM EST
    I think that everyone needs the 'language of measurement' and the 'language of mathematics' in their possession these days. #asechat
  • NeedhamL56 - Moderator Feb 12 @ 3:16 PM EST
    One of my favourites always recommend for anyone struggling to understand why lit & Lang impt for science #asechat
    • damianainscough Feb 12 @ 3:03 PM EST
      Good question We underestimate the need to explicitly teach vocabulary. So here's one for starters.... #ASEChat
      In reply to @ViciaScience
  • hrogerson Feb 12 @ 3:16 PM EST
    A decent textbook is always useful, Advanced Physics for You is my favourite. #asechat
  • oboelizzy Feb 12 @ 3:17 PM EST
    Calling all sci teachers- pri and secondary - in the Midlands- come and join us at this fabulous, excellent value CPD @theASE #asechat 3rd March https://t.co/4zFKpmjJVU
    • cleverfiend Feb 12 @ 3:01 PM EST
      Join us for our Science CPD event on 3rd March @ Derby Uni Still a few places available. The theme is "Science for Everybody" @theASE #ASEchat Previous attendees said: “Great presentations” “ ... excellent as usual” “Great sessions" Please RT https://t.co/m5WJpx5hp0
  • NeedhamL56 - Moderator Feb 12 @ 3:18 PM EST
    Mmmm this made me think about the decision to have an #asechat week off. Plus some people might feel more relaxed to join in at HT
    • cleverfiend Feb 12 @ 1:10 PM EST
      It isn't half term here! Or in neighbouring LAs 😀 Interesting looking at local term dates for next year how there is less divergence between authorities than this year! (Useless fact!)
      In reply to @ViciaScience, @damianainscough
  • oboelizzy Feb 12 @ 3:19 PM EST
    #asechat - this is one of my all time favourites-should be on every sci teachers bookshelf!
    In reply to @damianainscough, @ViciaScience
  • hrogerson Feb 12 @ 3:20 PM EST
    That is what I was thinking too. I can join in because I don't have to plan for my full teaching day tomorrow. #asechat
    In reply to @NeedhamL56
  • damianainscough Feb 12 @ 3:20 PM EST
    All free pdfs - excellent and potential secondary science resources. #ASEChat
    In reply to @ViciaScience
  • hrogerson Feb 12 @ 3:21 PM EST
    Any book by Ian Abrahams on practical work is important for science teachers. I like the latest one best at the moment as it gives practical advice. #asechat
  • ViciaScience Feb 12 @ 3:22 PM EST
  • ViciaScience Feb 12 @ 3:22 PM EST
  • hrogerson Feb 12 @ 3:22 PM EST
    Just pause #asechat as it is the Only Connect Wall on TV just now.
  • ViciaScience Feb 12 @ 3:25 PM EST
  • ViciaScience Feb 12 @ 3:25 PM EST
  • ViciaScience Feb 12 @ 3:28 PM EST
    Or Advanced Biology by Simpkins and Williams #ASEChat
    In reply to @hrogerson
  • hrogerson Feb 12 @ 3:29 PM EST
    I thought 'Roberts' was the definitive Biology Textbook? #asechat #whatdoIknow
    In reply to @ViciaScience
  • damianainscough Feb 12 @ 3:29 PM EST
    Yes, but I lent my copy and never got it back - I am VERY annoyed about that. If anyone has a spare....? #ASEChat
    In reply to @ViciaScience, @afgoldsworthy
  • oboelizzy Feb 12 @ 3:29 PM EST
    #asechat - and this is just a tiny bit of my sci ed bookshelf!!!!! All still with their weight in gold imo
  • ViciaScience Feb 12 @ 3:30 PM EST
    But I am going to an equally good Scottish @theASE conference in Edinburgh on that day #ASEChat
    In reply to @oboelizzy, @theASE, @theASE
  • ViciaScience Feb 12 @ 3:31 PM EST
    Yes - Also Catalyst, and Big Picture from Wellcome #ASEChat
    In reply to @damianainscough
  • hrogerson Feb 12 @ 3:31 PM EST
    Also trying to read more poplar science books. #asechat
  • hrogerson Feb 12 @ 3:32 PM EST
    Ooo, a bit of 'making sense of secondary science' I see there. Very useful book. #asechat
    In reply to @oboelizzy
  • ViciaScience Feb 12 @ 3:32 PM EST
    Each to their own! ®Roberts slightly more superficial? #ASEchat
    In reply to @hrogerson
  • ViciaScience Feb 12 @ 3:33 PM EST
    I have a copy of investigations but not graphs - hens teeth! #ASEchat
    In reply to @damianainscough, @afgoldsworthy
  • damianainscough Feb 12 @ 3:33 PM EST
    #ASEChat Probably the most mentioned book and idea in the schools I visit.
  • NeedhamL56 - Moderator Feb 12 @ 3:35 PM EST
    It has meant I could have half an eye on Only Connect and Uni Challenge @MaryUYSEG #asechat
    In reply to @MaryUYSEG
  • oboelizzy Feb 12 @ 3:35 PM EST
    Got both!! #asechat - Rod Watson was my dissertation supervisor on my MA many years ago
    In reply to @ViciaScience, @damianainscough, @afgoldsworthy
  • ViciaScience Feb 12 @ 3:35 PM EST
    Nice collection of Driver titles there Liz, and I like Meaning Making (in which I feature) but no ASE Guide to Secondary Science ? #ASEchat
    In reply to @oboelizzy
  • damianainscough Feb 12 @ 3:35 PM EST
    #ASEChat So what is missing from my shelves? Science education books. Look at the strain 🤔
  • hrogerson Feb 12 @ 3:35 PM EST
    I don't use the book anymore, but concept cartoons still a massive feature of my teaching. Big influence. #asechat
    In reply to @damianainscough
  • oboelizzy Feb 12 @ 3:37 PM EST
    If I was still in classroom would def still use ideas and have thought about adapting the idea for research with adults! #asechat
    In reply to @hrogerson, @damianainscough
  • oboelizzy Feb 12 @ 3:38 PM EST
    #asechat - does anyone know how many of these timeless books we are mentioning are still used in ITE? Really interested
  • NeedhamL56 - Moderator Feb 12 @ 3:39 PM EST
    #asechat
  • ViciaScience Feb 12 @ 3:39 PM EST
    No QCA SoW? #ASEchat
    In reply to @damianainscough
  • hrogerson Feb 12 @ 3:39 PM EST
    Have you got https://t.co/zWIWRzXcO7 ? #asechat
    In reply to @damianainscough
  • stevethedoc1 Feb 12 @ 3:39 PM EST
    #asechat oh dear!
    In reply to @ViciaScience, @damianainscough, @afgoldsworthy
  • oboelizzy Feb 12 @ 3:40 PM EST
    Some of those old QCA things had stuff worth hanging on to imo #asechat
    In reply to @ViciaScience, @damianainscough
  • hrogerson Feb 12 @ 3:40 PM EST
    What we also need is another formative assessment book from @ASEChairChris, but she'll have to write it first? #asechat
    In reply to @damianainscough, @ASEChairChris
  • hrogerson Feb 12 @ 3:41 PM EST
    Have you been to @UYSEG to see if they are on the amazing shelves of resources there? That is a science education book collection! #asechat
    In reply to @oboelizzy, @UYSEG
  • hrogerson Feb 12 @ 3:43 PM EST
    Not science specific, but currently reading 'making it stick' and I enjoyed 'ethic of excellence'. The latter really made me think. #asechat
  • ViciaScience Feb 12 @ 3:43 PM EST
    We could do with a book on assessment in all guises, to help beginning teachers see a path through the fog #ASEchat
    In reply to @hrogerson, @damianainscough, @ASEChairChris
  • oboelizzy Feb 12 @ 3:44 PM EST
    #asechat this good enough for you Richard!!!
    In reply to @ViciaScience
  • hrogerson Feb 12 @ 3:45 PM EST
    Agreed. I wonder if @teacherhead has considered this. When he spoke the other week on tracking and assessment it is clear he's though a lot about it. #asechat
    In reply to @ViciaScience, @damianainscough, @ASEChairChris, @teacherhead
  • damianainscough Feb 12 @ 3:46 PM EST
    #ASEChat Keep an eye out for this.... on assessment. Whether or not it's #formative is up to you. https://t.co/uXl0HoSiJE
  • hrogerson Feb 12 @ 3:46 PM EST
    Everyone must have 'inside the black box'? Whatever you think about formative assessment in practice it's a very important place to start when thinking about the topic. #asechat
  • oboelizzy Feb 12 @ 3:46 PM EST
    Not specifically sci but can recommend it as a bloody good book (I will admit to slight bias here though!-the author is rather well known to me these days but wasn't when I first read it) #asechat
  • oboelizzy Feb 12 @ 3:48 PM EST
    Agree completely with this Helen #asechat
    • hrogerson Feb 12 @ 3:46 PM EST
      Everyone must have 'inside the black box'? Whatever you think about formative assessment in practice it's a very important place to start when thinking about the topic. #asechat
  • ViciaScience Feb 12 @ 3:48 PM EST
    @oboelizzy I was thinking more of these #asechat
  • hrogerson Feb 12 @ 3:49 PM EST
    I have the one you haven't that Mary Radcliffe edited. Is there a new one coming? #asechat
    In reply to @ViciaScience, @oboelizzy
  • Newmanphysics Feb 12 @ 3:49 PM EST
    #asechat These and Kieth Gibbs https://t.co/N1yXOe8WHN you can download the book as pdf where the books I have used since PGCE
    In reply to @oboelizzy, @ViciaScience
  • hrogerson Feb 12 @ 3:50 PM EST
    If you are new head of science I have to recommend this book, very useful on things like health and safety that you won't find anywhere else. #asechat
  • ViciaScience Feb 12 @ 3:50 PM EST
    Yes. New edition should be out in next few weeks and there should be a new edition of the research guide soon after.#ASEchat
    In reply to @hrogerson, @oboelizzy
  • Newmanphysics Feb 12 @ 3:50 PM EST
    #asechat These and Kieth Gibbs https://t.co/N1yXOe8WHN you can download the book as pdf were the books I have used since PGCE
    In reply to @oboelizzy, @ViciaScience
  • damianainscough Feb 12 @ 3:51 PM EST
    On a different bookcase... #ASEChat
    In reply to @hrogerson
  • hrogerson Feb 12 @ 3:51 PM EST
    YES! If you don't have the Resourceful Physics Teacher and you teach physics then invest. Keith Gibbs - what a legend. https://t.co/JSxQiBmeyB #asechat
  • oboelizzy Feb 12 @ 3:52 PM EST
    #asechat - is it any wonder I need more bookshelves!!!!
    In reply to @ViciaScience
  • hrogerson Feb 12 @ 3:54 PM EST
    I do too! So I dread to think what your spare room looks like. #asechat
    In reply to @oboelizzy, @ViciaScience
  • ViciaScience Feb 12 @ 3:55 PM EST
    I wonder if anyone will invent a gadget so that all these books could be stored digitally? #ASEChat
    In reply to @hrogerson, @oboelizzy
  • damianainscough Feb 12 @ 3:56 PM EST
    #ASEChat My final offerings tonight... great books for science teachers. (I don't think we need more books on formative assessment, do we?)
  • hrogerson Feb 12 @ 3:56 PM EST
    It's never the same. Novels I can do, but I need the physical copy of a reference book. #asechat
    In reply to @ViciaScience, @oboelizzy
  • Glazgow Feb 12 @ 3:56 PM EST
    I have 2 book collections - one at home that my wife knows about and one at school which she doesn't!! #asechat
  • oboelizzy Feb 12 @ 3:58 PM EST
    I'm exactly the same - academic books I have to have hard copy- tons of fiction on my kindle but I struggle to read proper stuff(!) on there! #asechat
    In reply to @hrogerson, @ViciaScience
  • ViciaScience Feb 12 @ 3:58 PM EST
    time to give your phone a rest? Thanks for all these titles - many of which I had forgotten #ASEchat
    In reply to @damianainscough
  • oboelizzy Feb 12 @ 3:59 PM EST
    forgotten?! - shame on you Richard! :) #asechat
    In reply to @ViciaScience, @damianainscough