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Significant episodes

A Significant Episode is an event, or a small series of linked events, that has impacted on educators professionally and has helped develop or change the way they teach and think about teaching.

Radioactivity

“There was a sense of excitement as they grasped the concept, and so we then used the concept to estimate how long it would take a radioactive substance to break down completely, and this lead to some interesting answers..."

Chocolate cake

"The key outcome for me was the power of a meaningful and conceptually relevant context for investigating mathematical ideas."