Expert perspectives: ASE Annual Conference Session Roundup

By ASE Content Team Tuesday 25 February 2025

The Conference provides a unique, rich and powerful professional learning opportunity for teachers, technicians, researchers and educators that updates and enthuses delegates to improve science teaching and learning. This year was no exception with over 250 keynotes, workshops and talks over the three-day event and an amazing exhibition of resources and support materials.

We've brought together a selection of write ups from the presenters at Conference to share some of the insights with our wider membership who were not able to attend this year, and for those that did attend and want to catch up on sessions they missed. Please explore the links to the write ups below.

You can also still view the full programme and access any slides updated by the speakers from our programme platform.

Chris Harrison
Conference Secretary for 2025

Day one

Spreadsheets, cooking and chemistry… approaches for tricky questions

Jennifer Marchant

Great Minds on Science Education

James de Winter – Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge

Using technology to explore authentic data in science classrooms & Why is Core Maths so important to you?

Tom Rainbow, Maths Education Support Specialist for the Advanced Maths Support Programme (AMSP)

BERG: Fostering pupils’ interest in science at Higher Education & beyond

Dr Carl Harrington, Dr George Witty & Dr Abby Onencan

Using AI in the Chemistry Classroom – Tips, Tricks, and Failures!

Dr Penny Robotham Vice Principal (External Relations & Development)

How to organise and run an A level Chemistry practical training day

Juliet Scully, Head of Chemistry at Elthorne Park High School and Peter Heffernan Head of Science at Elthorne Park High School

Prep room management with waste management & Making Spirit Burners

Tracy Sherwood-Farnfield RSciTech, MSc

Technicians - Electromagnetic Magic

John Jermy, Senior Technician Kings Ely

100 Years on from the Scopes Monkey Trial – evolution education then and now

Marianne Cutler (ASE), Michael J Reiss (ASE), Philippa Hulme (ASE), Denise Cush (Bath Spa University), Dave Francis (Big Ideas for RE)

Wildflower seed bombs - practical approaches using all three sciences

Maren Kelly Head of Science and Maths, Outreach coordinator

Cultivating Science Capital in Pupil Premium (and All) Students

Emily McRae (Pearson) and Catherine Leeson (TeachFirst)

What are executive functions and how do they help children learn maths and science?

Professor Lucy Cragg, School of Psychology, University of Nottingham

Formative assessment probes – starting points for responsive teaching in KS2

Page Keeley, Education Consultant, Florida, USA & Ed Walsh, Education Consultant, UK

Panel session: Practical work in a post-Covid era

David Montagu, Senior Policy Adviser, Royal Society (Chair)
Steve Jones, Director, CLEAPSS
Alistair Moore, Research Fellow, University of York Science Education Group
Caroline Neuberg, Senior Lecturer in Secondary Education, Leeds Trinity University
Ed Walsh, Science Education Consultant, Ed Walsh Consulting

Grappling with Graphs

Amanda Clegg AKC Educational Consultancy & Karen Collins Apogee Education, Learning and Development

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