Mar 21, 2023 | Partnerships, Primary, Science, Secondary, Updates
Some young people are put off studying physics because of mistaken stereotypes. Planet Possibility is a consortium working to change this. Read on to find out what we are doing and how parents and teachers can be part of the story. If you close your eyes, what image comes to mind when you hear the word “physicist”? Fig 1 shows a recent Google image search for “physicist”. Does it confirm or shatter your own opinion? Fig 1. Google image search for “physicist” conducted on 29 September 2022 To those of us working in physics this...
Oct 19, 2022 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Partnerships, Primary, Professional development, Science, Secondary, Updates
This is an article based on a talk given at the WomenEd Global Unconference on Saturday 1st October 2022 by Christina Astin (Chair of Planet Possibility), Marilyn Comrie (Director of The Blair Project) and Olivia Keenan (SEPnet and QMUL). Some young people, including girls, are put off studying physics because of misconceived stereotypes. Planet Possibility is a consortium working to change this, radically. Read on to find out what we are doing and how education leaders can be part of the solution. In this article we want...
Jan 17, 2022 | Leadership, Partnerships, Primary, Science, Secondary
Announcing the launch of a project to bring together best practice in school science partnerships – read on for your invitation to contribute (and click here to upload your contribution). Crocodiles and birds would seem unlikely friends. But their symbiotic relationship means that they can do something together which they cannot do on their own. The Nile crocodile feeds the Plover bird whilst getting its teeth cleaned. We call it mutualism. So it is with school partnerships, at least those which are genuinely mutually...
Jun 18, 2021 | Communication, Primary, Science, Updates
This week I delivered a workshop on plastics and their eco-friendly alternatives to an entire primary school – VIA ZOOM! As somebody once said “we don’t grow when things are easy; we grow when we face challenges”. But it doesn’t half help if there are others around to give you a hand! I thought I’d mastered the art of delivering CPD via Zoom/Teams/Adobe/Google. I can use polls, virtual whiteboards, breakouts, chat and padlet. I have my gorgeous visualiser for small experiments and live...
