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  • June 22nd, 2015Teaching Tips
    Owen’s bean stalk keeps on growing

    Back in March a reception class visited the Playbarn where we looked at life on a farm and everyone took

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  • June 4th, 2015Teaching Tips
    Solar System

    Pippa aged 6 has been busy in the kitchen making a model of the Solar System! Next she will be trying the

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  • June 4th, 2015Teaching Tips
    Volcanoes, Plate Tectonics And Natural Processes

    For World Book Day last week I was in Settle School, building a planet with Year 3. We started with

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  • June 4th, 2015Teaching Tips
    Make A Floating Ghost

    Here is a year 3 project comparing the force of gravity with that of a magnet. First make a ghost out

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  • June 4th, 2015Teaching Tips
    Owl Pellet Dissection

    One of my granddaughters, Tabitha, has read every Harry Potter book at least three times and thinks owls are the

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  • May 11th, 2015Teaching Tips
    Owl Pellet Dissection

    One of my granddaughters, Tabitha, has read every Harry Potter book at least three times and thinks owls are the

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  • May 5th, 2015Teaching Tips
    My first Skype classroom, taking science across the world!

    I took part in my first Skype classroom last week, it was also my first experience with Skype! The class

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  • April 23rd, 2015Science Exhibition Gallery, Teaching Tips
    The beanstalks keep on growing

    Continuing on from my previous post about children at Settle school planting beanstalks, more reports on their progress have been

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  • April 7th, 2015Field trips, Science Around Us, Science Exhibition Gallery, Teaching Tips
    How to make a rain gauge for measuring rainfall

    In my last post I described visiting Towneley hall and seeing Richard Towneley's rain gauge which was built in the

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  • March 30th, 2015Science Exhibition Gallery, Teaching Tips
    Primary Science : Teaching the scientific method by growing beans

    The nursery and reception classes at Settle School have been looking after their bean seeds since they received them at

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This website is dedicated to Ken Walker who was my first head of science back in 1971 who set me on a journey writing educational materials by asking me to make a booklet for 250 children visiting a zoo. He often reminded me of this but more importantly he was my mentor back in those days, letting me set up brand new science laboratories and run field courses at the schools outdoor pursuits centre and his advice stayed with me as I progressed in my teaching career and into my writing career too. Thanks Ken.

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