Rick Simpson 🧪🦠🔭

Senior Science technician and STEM Lead at @coopmanchester - sharing my love of all things Science-y / All views my own

[Rick Simpson 🧪🦠🔭 @MrSimpsonSci]

Tonight, Mars will be the closest it will be to Earth during the current “close approach”. You can see Mars if you look east tonight towards our Moon, Mars will be a bright dot, top right of the Moon.

[Beyond Tomorrow @OrgPhysics]

The Clearest picture of Mars ever taken!!

[Rick Simpson 🧪🦠🔭 @MrSimpsonSci]

@MrJonesSci

[Dr David Gash FCCT @DJGteaching]

If you're not using videos like this to introduce energy stores, are you even a teacher of physics?
@ChatPhysics

[David Goodwin @MrGoodwin23]

Retrieval Practice and the Art of Schema Building - my research, musings and why I would argue that retrieval practice is the most impactful tool at our disposal https://t.co/Cu3LpooEVc

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Great effort from the Eco Warriors team in planting around the academy tree in plant hill park, huge thanks to @FOPlanthillpark for all their help. Roll on Wednesday! @MCCHBlackley #inbloom

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The Eco Warriors team have spent the past couple of weeks planting 420 tree saplings courtesy of @WoodlandTrust. Continuing our transformation of the school grounds to increase biodiversity. Well done girls! #eco #green #nature #science

[Erik Solheim @ErikSolheim]

Wow!
Turkey is using the wind from passing busses to rotate wind turbines. Generates power for 20 000 homes.
The innovative solutions are here - time for implementation!

[Rick Simpson 🧪🦠🔭 @MrSimpsonSci]

Wildlife patch @CoopManchester Fat balls made by students are up for the birds. Please visit our website for more info https://t.co/oj4zKaiXut #birdsandthebees

[Department for Education @educationgovuk]

Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 👩‍🔬

Let’s all work together to break down barriers, challenge misconceptions about #WomenInSTEM 🧪 and empower future #GirlsInStem 🔬

👉 https://t.co/yboR8QdPCI #WomenInScience @UN_Women @4womeninscience

[Rick Simpson 🧪🦠🔭 @MrSimpsonSci]

The Science department wishes everybody a very merry Christmas for next week. Here’s a look at this years chemistree!

[Rick Simpson 🧪🦠🔭 @MrSimpsonSci]

Team Plantastic! Winners of “Most innovative” garden idea in the Manchester Green Plan-it challenge. Big thank you to the @RHSBridgewater team and to @SalfordUni for a fantastic day, Well done girls! #proud

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Highly exothermic reaction between molten Potassium Chlorate and an unfortunate Jelly Baby, sorry for the smoke Mr Chechi

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A little late on uploading, but we brought some Halloween into year 10. Elephants toothpaste in a pumpkin!

[Rick Simpson 🧪🦠🔭 @MrSimpsonSci]

Chromatography with Mr Chechi!

[MCC HigherBlackley @MCCHBlackley]

Bee Blackley Launch Fun Day
Amazing day enjoyed by hundreds of residents.

[Rick Simpson 🧪🦠🔭 @MrSimpsonSci]

Reaction between sodium tetraborate (borax) and PVA glue has been the focus of many a lesson today, here’s a fine example of the result. #polymers

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Brilliant day at @OfficialUoM for the science and technology challenge day. Congratulations to the year 9 pupils that represented the school with distinction. #proudsciencedepartment

[Greenpeace UK @GreenpeaceUK]

Brilliant idea!! Would you like to see your supermarket do the same? RT if so!
@Tesco @sainsburys @AldiUK @coopfoodstores @marksandspencer @LidlUK @IcelandFoods @waitrose @asda

#pointlessplastic
#endoceanplastic https://t.co/9Q4Pt9sACi

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

Sponges are the only animals whose cells can reassemble when broken apart.