About
I love to share about teaching and learning. This page will collate posts that include different resources I have created as well as my thoughts about education or just things I have been up to related to teaching and education.
Astronomy in April and Drops on a Penny Video
Astronomy in April Join me tomorrow at noon as I work with UK Astronomy as part of Astronomy in April. Grab your Oreos and join us for a talk about the phases of the Moon using Oreos. You can click here to join the event at Noon, BST on April 8th, 2021! What you will […]
Reflecting on the Positives of Teaching/Learning from Home
I have been teaching from home since December 11th. First due to isolating followed by a new national lockdown that closed schools. I am now preparing to return to the school building, and in person teaching, along with fellow teachers across England on Monday (March 8th). I think we can all agree that teaching from […]
Mrs Wilson Science on YouTube
Last week we had our half term break, and I was able to work on really launching my YouTube channel. I updated the theme (and then matched it here on the blog), but the most exciting thing is of course new content. I have several videos that went live last week. A couple of them […]
Changing Roles
This year I’ve had two new roles at my school. The first one started in September (even though I interviewed and accepted the role last February), and the second one started in January of this year. Head of Chemistry Our Head of Chemistry retired at the end of the 2019-2020 school year. I was super […]
Returning to School in the Time of Covid-19
I’m worried. I’ll return to school in three weeks along with many other teachers in England. I love teaching. It’s more like a calling than a job to me. I love interacting with my students, giving them problems to solve, providing hands on experiences, making them discuss content, and seeing those lightbulb moments. I love […]
Introducing Mrs Wilson Science YouTube Channel and Reflecting on Dr Abrams Space Across the Curriculum PD
Introducing Mrs Wilson Science YouTube Channel! I am so excited to introduce the new Mrs Wilson Science YouTube channel! I’ve been posting a few videos here and there to YouTube for years, but I’d always used my personal channel. I thought it was time to get a bit more professional and to separate personal and […]
Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert for 2020-2021: My Microsoft Journey
I was so excited to learn yesterday that I have been chosen as a Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Expert for the 2020-2021 school year. I didn’t realise how much I wanted to be a part of this incredible community of educators until I saw people on Twitter posting they had been selected last Friday – […]
Have our students lost their voice?
I went into school on Tuesday to teach some year 12 students in person. Walking into my classroom was like walking into a time capsule. The date on the board still read Friday, March 20, 2020. In some ways, the reality of how long we’ve been away from school only really hit me then. And […]
Bright Future 2020-2021 FREE Digital Teacher Planner for OneNote
I am so excited to share my OneNote teacher planner with you! I have designed this planner so I can switch to digital planning next year for my teacher planner but still have the look and feel of a ‘pretty’ paper planner. I decided to use a Mid-Century Modern theme as it feels so bright […]
Doodle Notes
A few years ago, I tried using sketchnotes with my high school students. You can see some of my previous posts here. At the time, I was working with very high ability students who I had known for several years and who were used to me challenging them try new things. Also, sketchnoting as a […]