Teaching can be incredibly rewarding, but also challenging at times, and I know how valuable it is to share ideas that actually work in the classroom. These blog posts aren’t based on research papers or academic studies — they come from my own day-to-day experiences as a science teacher. While there’s so much focus now on “what the research shows,” I feel that sometimes practical experience gives us a different, equally valuable perspective. My aim here is simply to share honest, tried-and-tested approaches that have helped me, in the hope that they might support you in your own teaching journey.