About the science teacher
I was first hooked on science by an inspirational biology teacher at school. Since then, I have loved exploring and getting to grips with scientific ideas and enjoy finding ways to share this passion with students and teachers alike. For me, this starts with finding innovative ways to help students think about and make sense of scientific concepts.
I founded thescienceteacher.co.uk because I wanted to share resources and ideas I developed while teaching science. My approach has been to create challenging activities that require students to think hard about scientific concepts, with the ultimate aim of helping them to develop a deep and meaningful understanding of the big ideas of science. Over the years, I have become particularly interested in the role that challenge plays in learning and teaching science. Challenge can motivate students, focus their attention and promote reorganisation of ideas leading to integrated knowledge. Challenge can also instil a sense of competence when students succeed and help make their learning visible. Of course, challenge can also inhibit learning, so tread carefully – insights from cognitive science, along with broader science education research, can be useful in knowing when and when not to challenge in your classroom.
Activities on the science teacher can be found here. There are also pages to support teachers’ understanding of pedagogy, curriculum and assessment. While I am not teaching in schools anymore, I am still adding ideas to the website, as and when they come to mind.
I hope you find these resources and ideas useful. If you’ve enjoyed this website, you may want to read my book, ‘Powerful Ideas of Science and How to Teach Them‘.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed ideas and activities over the years – please keep them coming. Today, the science teacher.co.uk receives over 100,000 visits each year from users in more than 140 countries.
Jasper
Founder, thescienceteacher.co.uk
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Why science education?
In this podcast I talk to Andy Woods from Pearson about why I founded the science teacher, what powerful ideas are and why an education in science is so important. Listen here.
Reviews of the science teacher
Education in Chemistry – Published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, June 2016
Examples of publications and websites using the science teacher
- Ealing.gov.uk
- RefuNet – connecting refugees and volunteers who would like to teach them.
- OCR
- Ordnance Survey
How to cite the science teacher
If you would like to reference the science teacher in your writing, you can use this example to help:
Green, J. (2023). Coherence in the curriculum. Available at: https://thescienceteacher.co.uk/coherence-in-the-curriculum (Accessed: 17 January 2023).
Note, to help find the year the page was published or modified you can right click on the web page and then select ‘View Page Source’. Search for ‘”article:published_time” in the code and you will find the date.