Marking exercise
After seeing Geoff Neuss' marking exercise for chemistry, I thought I would make something similar for physics. The idea is that you mark the sample investigation using the Google docs form then compare...
United World of Hats
I've been meaning to do this for years and at last I've done it. I've displayed my hat collection in my lab. I have hats from Nepal, Croatia, Mexico and Panama. My students should note that there is a...
Marking IA
I said I would mark the investigations in the holiday and its pretty much over so I've got stuck in. I don't want to say too much on this page, because my students can read it, however subscribing teachers...
Chipstorming
I like making up words, it means I can decide how to spell them and decide what they mean. When speaking Norwegian I make words up all the time without realising. Chipstorming: Brainstorming on a computer....
Lord of the board
I have just finished the first part of the new Approaches section, Approaches to Teaching . I found it quite interesting to analyse the way I teach the subject. I have coined a new term for my approach,...
Approaches
I was going to make a new section called "unit planners" but unit planners are just a way to help organise the course, encouraging teachers to think about approaches to teaching and learning. Before making...
EE progress
The EE is a major project for IB students so it's a good idea to get the bulk of the research done in he summer holiday. Better still, get the complete first draft done. If this is going to happen it...
Not much space in space
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Slinky resonance
I've just been working on the last of my lesson plans for next term. Don't worry, I wouldn't be spending all of my holiday doing this if it wasn't for this website. I was thinking about a good way of...
Unit planners
At my last workshop in Barcelona I mentioned the idea of creating unit planners for IB diploma courses. Teachers from MYP schools knew all about this but the majority didn't. It is not compulsory for...