Catherine Cross

Science teacher in the East Midlands. Teaching all sciences Y7 - Y11 & Chemistry A level. Love Twitter for sharing ideas, motivation and CPD.

[EiC @RSC_EiC]

Use book margin-sized prompts to help learners independently write focused answers with these 5 teacher-tested tips from @doc_kristy ⏬

https://t.co/HG6SyG0MQI

#edchat #iteachchem #STEMed #scied

[Teach Like a Champion @TeachLikeAChamp]

To support you in getting ready for the upcoming year we’re making our TLAC Online modules on Classroom Culture (What To Do, Radar, Positive Framing, etc.) free to everyone this week.

Scroll down in link to where you see “Free access: try it out."

https://t.co/Tag3MlPSJq

[Stephen Tierney FRSA FCCT @LeadingLearner]

BOOK GIVEAWAY
I have a set of @WALKTHRUs_5 books (thanks @teacherhead) and a couple of my own @JohnCattEd leadership books for an end of term giveaway.
RT = If you'd like Walkthru books
Like = #LeadershipBKD books
Or you can do both!
I'll pick the winners at 9am Mon 17th July

[Doug Lemov @Doug_Lemov]

No judgment, but 'Cold Call' is not 'Popsicle Sticks.' Here's why the distinction matters.

https://t.co/uNicTs52br

[Tom Sherrington @teacherhead]

Responsive Teaching in action: An idealised sequence. https://t.co/oDyoKlktAv

[Jade Pearce @PearceMrs]

THREAD: Sometimes, blogs/articles can be more time efficient, easily accessible and give more practical ideas for classroom implemented, than academic research papers. A potential reading list of 30+ such blogs/articles by aspect of T&L below:

[Catherine Cross @Crosschemistry]

@MaChemGuy Fantastic! What’s your secret?!

[EiC @RSC_EiC]

Use these decision trees from @MrARobbins to help your students make the right choices when answering synoptic questions independently ⬇

https://t.co/y4A98wmUms

#STEMeducation #iteachchem #chemistryteacher

[Peps @PepsMccrea]

QUIZ TIME

Teachers, how well do you know your science of learning?

Let's find out. Here's 21 questions:

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[Tom Sherrington @teacherhead]

Cold Call Forensics: purpose; spirit; details. https://t.co/6nnnOGh1cC ..,

[Jon Severs @jon_severs]

Retrieval practice, dual coding, metacognition and more, all stripped back to simple explanations, an @EducEndowFoundn research summary and further reading lists...

Check out Tes Explains, our new content partnership with @EducEndowFoundn

https://t.co/K1wFVy5lUP

[Claudia Lewis @MBDscience]

*NEW (shortish) POST* Because what else is there to do at 5am that write about pace?
https://t.co/paEYpdlWML

[David Goodwin @MrGoodwin23]

Have you found our (@teacherhead and me) ‘Five Ways’ one-pagers useful? If so, don't miss this. Here are all ten in a free-to-download booklet, all with links to the original blog posts; perfect for busy teachers looking for concise bites of CPD. https://t.co/FicHX2Dqem

[Impact @ImpactWales]

Forgetting is inevitable. Use retrieval practice to protect against it. Like this 👇

[Catherine Cross @Crosschemistry]

Lots to think about from @DiddygirlRuth @researchEDNotts Making Science Inclusive for All #rEDNotts

[Catherine Cross @Crosschemistry]

Great session on Creating Feedback Classrooms @researchEDNotts @JGProfDev #rEdnotts

[Tom Sherrington @teacherhead]

Five Ways To.. The Collection https://t.co/1uh909qmtO All 10 posts in the series linked here. 9 of them now with superb one-page summaries by @MrGoodwin23 to download and share.

[Catherine Cross @Crosschemistry]

@ITeachBoys92 Thank you for sharing! I found your booklets really useful last year and I’m sure I’ll be using them again.

[LambHeartTea (she/her) @lamb_heart_tea]

See my pinned tweet for embedding a literacy strategy across a secondary curriculum that I talked about today @researchED1 #rEd22

Thank you to @senorcordero for the lovely notes taken!