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Simon Flynn
@simonflynn.bsky.social
Science teacher, chiefly Chemistry (and A Level Psychology from Sept '24). Soon to start a History / History of Science PhD. Author of 'The Curious World of Science'.
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I’m not sure. I use an Ipevo and sometimes stand it on its box or similar to give it more height. I bring things into the picture as and when they’re relevant and the students by this point have this equipment in front of them. I often use a pencil or something to pint at things.

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For KS3, take them very slowly and control the set up process as much as possible. E.g. show or two items of equipment under a visualiser and ask one in a practical pair to collect them. Then do the same again with the other etc. the. Talk through the practical using the visualiser etc

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I haven’t and, if I’m honest, what I’m most interested in is how Darwin’s contemporaries read him (making meaning) and how those readings influenced early Darwinism and its effects.

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I think he was quite happy to make the change. Very few people at the time, including Huxley, really bought into natural selection. There was also concern that it implied personification.

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Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’ went through six editions in his lifetime. It grew by a third and many passages were rewritten. The phrase ‘Survival of the Fittest’, coined by Herbert Spencer, first appeared in the 5th edition on Alfred Russel Wallace’s recommendation.

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No problem!

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The Olympiad and Cambridge Chemistry Challenge will certainly be made available to sixth-form students. #chatchemistry

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Simon Flynn
@simonflynn.bsky.social
Science teacher, chiefly Chemistry (and A Level Psychology from Sept '24). Soon to start a History / History of Science PhD. Author of 'The Curious World of Science'.
313 followers348 following50 posts