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Explore PiXL Stretch for Secondary and Post-16 science students, and dive into deep thinking about data from PiXL in Conversation, featuring Laura McInerny, co-founder of Teacher Tapp!
PiXL Stretch: The Science Behind…
PiXL Stretch aims to challenge students’ thinking and to broaden their experiences of subjects beyond the curriculum. We have a library of over 40 talks, filmed especially for PiXL, from experts and academics across a whole range of fields. Each talk is around 15-20 minutes in length and comes with a set of resources that students can use as they watch, and which includes follow up activities.
The talks are designed to be a jumping off points for students to do their own independent exploration of subjects they are interested in, beyond what they experience in lessons. The talks cover a wide variety of topics, but are particularly useful for students interested in STEM.
Our The Science Behind series looks at the real science behind pop culture and media, from Line of Duty to Dracula, Love Island to The Great Pottery Throwdown. (You can access our talk on Stranger Things below!)
As well as this series, we also have talks on a whole range of other STEM topics: a series from the Environment Agency on climate change and sustainability; medical and healthcare talks on the impact of concussion on brain health, stroke rehabilitation, and nursing in A&E; technology-centred talks on block-chain technology and the first computers on the moon.
PiXL members have access to our full library of videos as part of their membership, but in the meantime, we hope you enjoy this episode on 'The Science behind Bake Off!' and 'The Science behind Stranger Things'!
PiXL in Conversation
Our PiXL in Conversation series brings our members the latest thinking from experts in education and related fields. They are one-to-one interviews with PiXL CEO, Rachel Johnson, and are deep dives into key issues affecting school leadership: from the impact of COVID-19 on schools to teacher wellbeing, unpacking inclusive education to decolonising the curriculum.
We are pleased to share with you, in honour of STEM Week, the episode with the brilliant Laura McInerney from TeacherTapp. TeacherTapp is an app that gathers on-the-ground insights from over 8,000 teachers every day by asking three multiple-choice questions. In this video, you’ll hear all about some of the things they have learned from this data.
To celebrate STEM Week, we are sharing one episode from our growing library of episodes. We know that drawing meaningful connections between curriculum areas can really bring learning alive for children and adults.
In this episode, we sit down with Laura McInerney - journalist, educator, and co-founder of TeacherTapp – to discuss the sometimes-surprising intelligence she is gathering from teachers on the ground. TeacherTapp is a daily survey app for teachers that poses new multiple-choice questions every day. This means that the team are able to gather statistically significant feedback from teachers on a daily basis, allowing us to get a picture of national opinions and trends across the education system.
Rachel and Laura discuss a number of important issues in this episode – from behaviour to workload, from Trust leadership to free tea and coffee. Sometimes as leaders, we may be guilty of assuming we know how our colleagues feel about certain issues – and you may just be surprised by some of the things discussed in this episode!
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