Real research in class

Back in January 2011 and 2014, I blogged under a similar title about science practicals and the benefit of researching in school. This post is an attempt to bring those thoughts up to date. Science teachers the world over, must be familiar with the following…

Assertions and beliefs

Originally written in 2014, when working as a head of science in a secondary school. Interesting how many of the "beliefs" are still just that - both for myself and the wider educational community. I know it’s the scientist in me, but before I can…

Migrating to Publii

I've had a number of homes on the Interweb since I first fired up my 9,600bps modem and logged into various BBS. Over the years I've gravitated towards WordPress because it's free, I can host it myself and there tons of plugins to make my…