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Andrew Smyth holding a baked Alaska
Date
25 September 2018 - 07:22

Andrew Smyth's recipe for teaching science concepts

Andrew Smyth is an aerospace engineer, Famelab UK judge, and finalist of the Great British Bake Off. Here are his best ingredients for explaining tricky science concepts.

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Science
Knitted baby shoes
Date
04 September 2018 - 12:03

How researchers developed an app that decodes babies' cries

Anastasia Ntracha is part of the team that developed the iCry2Talk app, which tells parents and carers what babies are saying when they cry. 

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Science
Smoke against a dark background
Date
08 June 2018 - 13:18

How can researchers encourage people to have smoke-free homes?

Dr Sean Semple, Associate Professor at University of Stirling, describes the effects of second-hand smoke and what some researchers are doing to reduce it.

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Science
Person walking away from the camera on a dark road in the mist
Date
31 October 2017 - 13:03

Are you afraid of the dark (matter)?

How do we begin to visualise dark matter, and how does it differ from dark energy? Dark matter enthusiast Anna Christodoulou takes us on a tour of the unseen world this Halloween.

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Science, Scientific research
Acoustic guitar in a field. Photo (c) SplitShire, licensed under CC0 1.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
04 October 2017 - 14:36

Why use rhythm, rhyme and repetition in language class?

Researcher Dr Jessica Mordsley explains, on the examples of Welsh and Spanish, why rhyme, repetition, and rhythm are so effective in helping us learn a language.

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Music, Schools
'Once you have a set of cards, they can be adapted and reused with counters and pencils.' Image (c) fielperson, licensed under CC0 and adapted from the original.
Date
12 May 2017 - 17:50

Classroom activities to teach narrative tenses

Are you looking for new grammar games for the classroom? Award-winning blogger Mike Astbury shares some resources to download and print.

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Schools, Teaching resources, Learning resources, English language
'Who would expect to hear students talking about la Gran Vía in Madrid as if they had just met there?' Image (c) Jose Maria Cuellar, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
09 March 2017 - 17:00

Eight ways to improve your secondary school language project

Are you curious about setting up an international, inter-school language project? Spanish teacher Cristina Sánchez explains how to make it a success.

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Teaching resources, Teaching, Schools
Town and snowy, mountain landscapes
Date
26 January 2017 - 19:06

A few differences between French spoken in Québec and France

We asked John McEvoy, who took part in the British Council's English Language Assistant programme in Québec, how Canadian French differs from the French spoken in France.

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Work outside the UK, Teaching, Schools
Date
14 November 2016 - 09:00

Six ways to make your school more international

Do you want to build links with schools overseas, but don’t know where to begin? Tom Canning OBE, head teacher at Tollgate Primary School in East London, shares his advice.

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Schools
Date
21 October 2016 - 11:35

What to consider when writing stories for children

Have you ever dreamed of writing stories for children? New Zealand children’s author and editor Don Long offers a few tips to lift your writing to the next level.

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Literature, Schools
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