ASE Science TeachMeet

4.30pm - 6.15pm Wednesday 24th April 2013

Thinktank Science Museum, Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham B4 7XG 

It is an informal and enjoyable gathering of those curious about teaching and learning. Anyone can share great ideas they've trialled in their classrooms, a teaching resource they love, a great website, a classroom activity - whatever you like! You can ask questions or simply turn up to soak up all the great ideas and enthusiasm.  It is about being engaged and inspired by our immediate colleagues and gaining a lot of of networking to boot! There will also be a 15 minute presentation by Professor Anthony Hilton Head of Biology and Biomedical Science at Aston University.

Prof. Hilton's bio:

Following a PhD in microbiology from the University of Birmingham, Professor Hilton remained at the University as a lecturer in the Institute of Public & Environmental Health for five years before moving to Aston University in 2000.  At Aston, Anthony has continued to pursue his research interest in the molecular epidemiology of foodborne pathogens and other important clinical bacteria including MRSA and Clostridium difficile.  He was appointed as Senior Lecturer and Director of Biology / Biomedical Sciences in 2005 and promoted to Reader and Head of Department in 2009.  He has served as the Honorary General Secretary of the Society for Applied Microbiology and held several journal editorial positions.  

Through his work with the media, Professor Hilton is a regular contributor to print and broadcast articles in the field of microbiology.  He featured in an eight part BBC Three series, ‘Grime Scene Investigation’ taking a mobile laboratory to visit members of the public in their homes and reveal the microbial world living around them, and more recently on The One Show.  He leads a two day microbiology road-show taking practical microbiology into schools both in the UK and internationally and is always keen to engage the public and younger students in microbiology.

Professor Antony Hilton  wants to share this link with our delegates.  It’s a link to a page of teaching resources for microbiology in schools we’ve developed.

http://bit.ly/ZNcWrc

What can you do?

You can just come along and be a member of the audience if you like, you can give a two minute nano-presentation on one of your favourite science teaching ideas, or you can give a seven minute micro-presentation on an aspect of classroom science teaching. You don't have to be an ASE member, but if you're not, we might try to persuade you to join! 

Telling Others

Please tell other science teachers about the event. If you've been to a TeachMeet before, aim to bring along someone who hasn't.

How to get there 

http://www.thinktank.ac/page.asp?section=47&sectionTitle=Visit+Us 

Tags and Twitter

Please use Twitter and other Social Media to publicise this event. We're going to use the tag #tmase - include that whenever your write or post anything about ASE Science TeachMeet.  

Please sign up either to present, or simply be inspired, so that we know approximate numbers for refreshments. Don't be limited by the number of spaces in each section!

Five minute micro - Sign up if you want to present on the night. Be Brave!!!!

Add your name and what you may talk about below. It could be about stuff that has happened in the classroom. Don't worry if it is just about showcasing a product, a piece of software, free or otherwise, or a tool or a strategy to improve learner interest or engagement or for teachers' professional learning.

1. Heidi Dobbs - did you know what the RSC can offer teachers?

3. Lorraine Kenny the new Gallery at Thinktank "we made it"

4. Dan Harvey - IPad size science bites

5. Julia Kingston - They can do all this for free! - STEM Ambassadors 

6. Linda Atherton - Creative and alternative routes to inspiring thinking in science

7. Joe Wright (@Bio_Joe http://ifitsgreenitsbiology.wordpress.com/): Science Teaching Journal Club - Using Research to Inform Practice

8. Julie Brown - Inspiring STEM – hands-on and brains-on challenges from Practical Action’  

9. Dan Cottle - Marbles and Masses - an approach to teaching concepts in Electricity at KS3,4 and 5

10. Stephen Burrowes - The Power of the Image - using images to inspire

Those coming to be inspired - Please can you sign up by clicking on the link below and taking a ticket from the eventbrite website.

This allows us to send you updates on the speakers and arrangements for the evening. 

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/5962799895

Add your name below:

1. Daniel Harvey 

2. Lorraine Kenny 

3. Gaynor Sharp 

4. Heidi Dobbs 

5. Julia Kingston 

6. Joe Wright

7. Leo Garret Langley School

8. Donna Dawkins Kings Norton Girls School

9. Sukhvinder Ubhi Great Barr School

10. Helen Hopkins  Saltley School

11. Jackie White Saltley School

12. Iftkhar Hussain - Bordesley Green Girls School & Sixth Form

13. Khadega Al-Rawni

14. Stephen Burrowes

Sign Up!

How to edit this page:

If you're looking to sign up to attend or present, then add yourself to the list above or e-mail Gaynor Sharp gaynorsharp@ase.org.uk 

How to edit the page:

Click the EDIT tab at the top of this page - you'll be prompted to login.

Note that the PBwiki system has changed, so either:

1. create a PBworks account, which is quick and simple, and login; or

2. alternatively you can login using the limited guest account - username guest password teemhcaet

Return to this page and click the EDIT tab

Add your name to the bottom of the appropriate list (with a link to your Twitter page or blog so others can follow you, plus a sentence on what you're going to be presenting on)

Click the Save button at the foot of the page...That's it!