It started with a happy accident. I had finished a lesson with my Year 8s and, surprisingly, we had powered through the material with 15 minutes to spare. My plan for the next lesson was to introduce Fertilisers and Pesticides by looking at the etymology of the words. I thought, "Why not? Let’s lean into… Continue reading Chlorine is Green, Zoos Have Life and Kings are Killed: Using Etymology in Science
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