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Resource: Online Metro Map Creator. One of our recent, most popular and inspirational responses online has been to us promoting a modified tweet via @JamieClark85: Which was inspired by this fantastic Classroom Display created by @LauraLolder: Creating your own version of a metro map is actually quite easy, and a great activity to support pupils learning about different aspects within subjects, or even as connection maps for revision.

Click image to view larger version Crudely, we created a map, using the online tool by Beno.org.uk (click here to view in a new window). Working on a PC/Mac (site not compatible with tablets), it is simple to create your own routes, adding stations and connections as you work. Pupils could be asked to plan their routes, then create their map online using this site. Teachers are starting to share how they have used this resource to support students in their subjects. [<a href="//storify.com/ukedchat/metromaps-in-education" target="_blank">View the story "MetroMaps in Education" on Storify</a>] Protagonize: Collaborative creative writing community - fiction, poetry, stories, and great reading!

The Leblanc Process Literacy Worksheet. Diamond and Graphite differences. Better writing in Science: Point Evidence Explain. Problems with polymers Enquiry based lesson. Science GCSE Keyword Wordles. Literacy. Literacy games for science. Literacy in Science - Wall Display Posters. XKCD Plenarys & Homeworks; science comics. B7 Further Biology OCR 21st C, tarsia puzzles. Science Literacy Support Placemats. Telescopic Text. Developing Literacy in Science | ifitsgreenitsbiology. So, first day of the summer holiday and I’m in a conference suite above a museum on a training course. I’m a sucker for this sort of thing and anyway it’s about something that I think can help my students; Enhancing Literacy Skills in Science.

This is an area I think can always be developed in my teaching and something that I have found a particular challenge this year, as I feel that the level of general literacy of my students has not been great and I haven’t been able to use the methods I usually employ which have worked in other parts of the country as effectively as I wanted. Literacy also got a few mentions in the recent Ofsted report of my college where it was noted: “In too many lessons teachers do not challenge students sufficiently to provide fuller answers, justify their ideas and use appropriate subject terminology. Here are my notes and thoughts from the course which I am writing up to consolidate and figure out what I want to do next year. Developing Talk Face to Face Lists.