Dr Simon Crook
@simoncrook
Excited by learning, endeavouring to excite others! • Founder of CrookED Science • Honorary Associate, USyd Physics • Networker • Speaker • Teacher
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http://crookedscience.com/ 26-05-2008 07:17:10
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A great article by @contacthelen and Dr Sally Larsen Are Australian students really falling behind? It depends which test you look at theconversation.com/are-australian… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
The Pentaquarks did it again for trivia Dr Simon Crook Tom Tracy Getts Sue Farroukh. We missed you @contacthelen, Vatche. Petr Lebedev 🚀 @Cosmic_Horizons. Looking forward to you joining us again Veritasium
Annual reposting re Band 6/E4 false comparisons blog.aare.edu.au/the-amazing-se… EduResearch Matters Lucy Carroll The Sydney Morning Herald #HSC #NSW
The one report on teaching you need to read blog.aare.edu.au/the-one-report… by Rachel Wilson via @AustAssocResEd
Think all chemicals are bad? From our food to your phone, modern life relies on them theconversation.com/think-all-chem… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
"Teaching and learning is complex and nuanced. Thus, there is no one way for teachers to act in every classroom irrespective ot school type". Explicit teaching mandate - a pushback now is critical blog.aare.edu.au/explicit-teach… by Jill BROWN via @AustAssocResEd #edchat
From the 60s textbook 'Science for High School Students' by University of Sydney's Harry Messell et al: The atomic model hasn't changed since 1932, but they speculate a new model, just not "some violent overthrow", ~2000CE. A couple of years later, quarks! Sydney Science #scichat #scied
