Claire C 📚🍎🪴🧪🔬

BSc Hons Forensic Investigation @ Caledonian University
Science Technician
PGDE Chemistry @ Strathclyde
Chemistry Teacher 💫

[Claire C 📚🍎🪴🧪🔬 @MissCMarriee]

@ClaireDunn01 That's amazing !Well done 👍

[Claire C 📚🍎🪴🧪🔬 @MissCMarriee]

It has been the hardest 6 months of my life.

A diagnosis of stage 4b ovarian cancer was/is difficult to accept.

Making this wee video has helped me realise how far I've come.

Life is so precious. Don't take it for granted ❤️

[Claire C 📚🍎🪴🧪🔬 @MissCMarriee]

@PGS_ScienceDept excited to try the Chemistry of Chocolate experiment. #ScienceofAromas#whoateallthechocolate

[Claire C 📚🍎🪴🧪🔬 @MissCMarriee]

Pupils @PGS_ScienceDept working out how many moles of chalk (Calcium carbonate) to write their names!#creativelearning#outdoorlearning#sidewalkchalk

[Claire C 📚🍎🪴🧪🔬 @MissCMarriee]

Lots of fun had in @PGS_ScienceDept this week. Investigating the effectiveness of the neutralisation capacities of different antacids. Pupils learning essential practical skills #chemistryincontext

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

Important! 🙌

[Grace Hudson @MissH_biology]

How I’ve missed drawing diagrams! When teaching this I would draw live using a visualiser, narrating each atomic model in more detail and asking lots of questions. Students would then practise constructing the diagram from memory and talk through it in pairs 🧠

[InnerDrive @Inner_Drive]

If you're looking for study strategies to recommend to your students, why not try flashcards?

Here's how to use them 👇
https://t.co/onGKtg0pUX

[Claire C 📚🍎🪴🧪🔬 @MissCMarriee]

@rubbiology These look great! I will DM

[Claire C 📚🍎🪴🧪🔬 @MissCMarriee]

The Tollens Test for Aldehydes, also known as the Silver Mirror Test, is a great way to confirm if an unknown carbonyl is an aldehyde or not!#HigherChemistry @PGS_ScienceDept

[Claire C 📚🍎🪴🧪🔬 @MissCMarriee]

@mrdissent @PGS_ScienceDept Thank you! I've also been using these 'spinny arrows' to help pupils when naming esters. One card would have all the alcohols in a circle and one with all the carboxylic acids. They spin both arrows and have to name the ester formed.

[Claire C 📚🍎🪴🧪🔬 @MissCMarriee]

Revising how to answer 'using your knowledge questions' in Chemistry by spinning the arrow and talking about whatever topic it lands on for 2 whole minutes. #metacognition @PGS_ScienceDept 🔬⚛️👩‍💻👨‍🔬🧠

[🇬🇧 TeacherToolkit.co.uk @TeacherToolkit]

⚠️ Avoid bias in your research inquiry.

For example, ‘How does verbal feedback improve pupil outcomes?’ suggests that it already does.

🔬 This, plus 99 other tips for teachers working like a researcher.

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#edchat #phdchat #EdDchat #phdlife #research

[Claire C 📚🍎🪴🧪🔬 @MissCMarriee]

Higher Chemistry revising for their December assessment ! Who said revising wasn't fun ???@PGS_ScienceDept

[STEM Ambassadors in Scotland @ScotSTEMAmb]

With Christmas fast approaching, we thought we'd share some fun Christmas STEM-themed activities! 🎅⚗️📡

This collection of Christmas paper science experiments is super fun! Make spinning sleighs, Christmas tree shadow puppets and opening holly! 🎄☃️

https://t.co/vDsT6KKpMY

[Claire C 📚🍎🪴🧪🔬 @MissCMarriee]

S4 using the latest techniques in Science - Microscale chemistry. As the name suggests, this technique uses very small quantities of solutions. S4 used this method to demonstrate the electrolysis of Copper chloride 👏

[Claire C 📚🍎🪴🧪🔬 @MissCMarriee]

Higher Chemistry using maths links cubes to 3D graph the Periodic Table trends! Well done @Paisley_Grammar

[PGS Science Dept @PGS_ScienceDept]

The Science Department are the Stranger Things crew for Halloween 🎃

[Paisley Grammar School @Paisley_Grammar]

Well done to all staff and pupils who organised our 80s themed #MacMillanCoffeeMorning on Friday and to everyone who made a donation. We raised £260 and had some tasty cakes in the process! #WeArePGS @PgsSkye @PgsMull @pgsiona1

[Claire C 📚🍎🪴🧪🔬 @MissCMarriee]

Getting creative @PGS_ScienceDept using Cheerios to represent particles in different states of matter ☕