Morning, does anyone know of companies that specialise in the refurb of science labs? We need to get someone on site fairly quickly to do a survey and report for us as part of summer works application. TIA #edchatie

Summer reading and relevance to teaching the electrochemistry portion of the new Chemistry specification. No rest for the wicked. #edchatie #lcreform

That school’s out sound. 🎵 Now just to organise all of the paperwork for the new Biology and Chemistry specifications #edchatie #teachershaveiteasy

Would anybody have a pdf for the attached image? We want it for planning new LC specifications. ResearchGate are slow to approve me (going into months waiting) as my academic research is all in my maiden name. I haven’t been able to source it anywhere else. Thanks in advance. #edchatie #AEN #SEND

I hope everyone has read Section 5 and Section 6 that the unions are voting on with the lens of “will this help me deliver the new Senior Cycle specification?”. Talk so some Tranche 1 teachers about the “quality” of their experiences so far. I am voting “no”. #edchatie

Busy week: #Oide collaboratives in #ITeachChem and #ITeachBio, back stage for school musical, Form 6 Biologists doing a 2nd mock and Form 1 Parent teacher evening. I really don’t need to see my kids! #edchatie

Finally got around to watching @trythisteaching.bsky.social webinar on Adaptive Teaching; Low Effort, High Impact T&L Ideas to support students. Going to try do better with my word banks and use “so that”, refine my visuals and ditch focus on neatness. #edusky #iteachchem #iteachbio

This will be useful for the new Chemistry specification #edchatie #iteachchem

Ideas for the accessibility portion of the new LC subject plans to be found here. #edchatie

Super day at the @irishsciteach.bsky.social annual conference. Great to see some of the textbooks in the flesh, listen to lots of great discussions and ideas and have chats with other science teachers. Well done to the Kildare branch on a super programme. #edchatie #ISTA25

This might be of interest to teachers prepping for the change to LC Biology in September #edchatie

Super night with the Carlow/KK branch of @irishsciteach.bsky.social with a workshop on the MiniOne DNA electrophoresis kit. See them at the annual conference on April 5th. #IteachBio #lcreform #edchatie

(1/2) A Sunday morning scroll while listening to Morgan Wallen and this line from his new song reasonates “Knowin' I'm a little crazy, but the world's insane” - from respected journals towing the non-sensical American line to non-medical doctors running vaccine research to just the pure lack of

Oide/SEC webinar dates for discussion about the sample papers. School management to book from 31/03 until 10/04. #edchatie

Am I the only one to see the irony of an Irishman in a foreign country, on the day the Irish worldwide celebrate a foreigner’s achievements in Ireland, talking negatively about foreigners in a country built by foreigners?

Took our first year’s to see the #MuseumoftheMoon at St. Canice’s Cathedral. It was lots of fun getting them to find the names of the craters and finding the landing site. Plus it looked amazing. #ES4 #JCScience

Too cloudy in the “sunny” South-East of Ireland to see the #lunareclipse for #ES4 in #JCScience 😢

There's a countdown... going to be great! With @carlhendrick.substack.com and @hugheshaili.bsky.social ... can't wait! #iteachphysics www.youtube.com/watch?v=xswW...

It’s been a busy week so far. Had Cluster Day 2 for Biology and we had an excellent presenter. We have 7 Biology teachers in school but can only go to Oide sessions 2 at a time. Still no closer to making teaching sequence decisions but feeling better about it all. #edchatie #lcrefrom

Looking forward to getting my hands on this at the end of the month. Liked the idea of thematic approach (before I had an Oide days) and the types questioning. #edchatie

Some great science speakers on the list. About to listen to @rsc.org Dr Kirsty Turner. Always love listening to her #edchatie #iteachchem

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@brucenextlevel.bsky.social new book finally arrived. Looking forward to reading it. #edchatie #iteachchem #iteachbio

Happiness is the freedom to roam like a loon, thanks to #WooflandPortlaoise.

Got tax credit certificate from Revenue today for 2025. Did you know that you have to reapply for flat rate expenses and if you don’t do this, you won’t be getting the credit. Very easy to do via MyAccount. Watch from 8 min 40 in the video www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPh7... #edchatie

With 4 exam classes this year, got some time to work on new LC Chemistry specification teaching sequence. Felt stuck for awhile but generated “themes” & started writing retrieval practise statements and feeling excited about teaching it. Good progress made. #edchatie #cogscisci #iteachchemistry

I am one of them 👩‍🔬⚗️🧪⚛️

I think teaching the new specs is a great chance to use #cogsci to help our students deal with the huge amount of content they are going to have to deal with, in less time then they have now. I just need time to figure out how I am going to do it. Anyone have any bottled and going spare? #edchatie

Chele. Post-primary Science, Chemistry and Biology teacher. Fell down the #cogscisci rabbit hole last year and may never come out. Looking forward to this evening’s chat #edchatie

us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #edchatie #aieducation

And this to come from @magicschoolai.bsky.social - further evidence to support a flawed AAS plan when used in the wrong hands. #edchatie youtu.be/DfY1e0UhhAo?...

I keep coming back to this painting. The colours are just wow. It soothes me to look at it.

If you are new to #cogscisci or just interested in hearing @drchendrick.bsky.social talk, this is the way to do it. #edchatie

Enjoyed the first in-person meeting (in a few years) of the Carlow/KK branch of @irishsciteach.bsky.social with a great #cogscisci talk by @humphreyjones.bsky.social. Left laden down with resources after great chats and yummy treats. 🧁 #edchatie

If you know, you know. 😉 That time of the year.

Chemistry Cluster Day 2 today. Not enough time for Session 1 and 3 which involved getting to grips with the specification. 😢 #edchatie

Loved listening to this DOAC podcast, lots of it resonated but this: how impactful changing a game name from “community” to “Wall Street” was in terms of people’s “profits”. Something I will be using more in the classroom. “We’re all in this together” - HSM 🎤 youtu.be/VHUrdELKjDw?...

Heard Bruce’s excellent talk at ResearchEd Belfast in September. Have this pre-ordered and looking forward to it. #edchatie

Had a super CPD today with @roysocchem.bsky.social on Rosenshine’s Principles in the chemistry classroom. Had opportunities to chat to other teachers and now working on ideas to embed monthly review into lessons #cogscisci #iteachchemistry

If I could turn America off for the next 4 years, I would. But have to watch with eyes wide open to call out any of our politicians who think his way is the way to go!

Shelly here. Sci, Chem & Bio teacher. I use Magic School AI, particularly for its student rooms, ChatGPT and more recently Google Notebook LM all for resource generation or teaching ideas. You definitely have to understand the content to find its errors. #edchatie

Looking for recommendations for Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership. #edchatie

Still mulling over Cluster Day 1 for Science. I think it was a missed opportunity. Doing all 4 sciences together was pointless. Loved getting to work with my department at the end. Roll on Cluster Day 2! #edchatie

Delighted to reach this milestone with @teachertapp.bsky.social. In the app, you get asked 3 short teacher relevant questions every day with results posted the next day. The data is really interesting & it would be great to have more Irish education input into the final results. #edchatie

The journey down the rabbit hole continues. #cogscisci #edchatie

Worth a read now that Science teachers in Ireland are planning for new specifications #edchatie #cogscisci #lcreform

It’s been a hell of a term and the timetable Gods have shined on me… off for first four lessons tomorrow so Christmas break starts today. Now to turn my alarms off.

Hopefully this will help the powers that be listen. #edchatie

Here’s hoping this decision by the @irishsciteach.bsky.social has the desired impact. The outcomes for our students if it stays as it is will add to their woes, not take them away. #edchatie #lcreform

When your #SpotifyWrapped is going well and then you get to the school holidays and find it is all your daughter’s favourites! 😂