Martin Thomas

My very belated Class of 2020 graduation encouraged me to look back over that chaotic time. So I thought I’d write about it! I found a silver lining even in a pandemic-sized cloud, and it helped bring back the joy and wonder of science🎓 rachelthescientist.wordpress.com/2023/07/29/cla…

@mikegalsworthy I’ll have the nut roast.

This is brilliant.

This Week's Golden Nugget from OPAL -mailchi.mp/olevi.com/opal… #collaboration #growth-minded #leadership

Did the Big Bang begin from a singularity? Not anymore. - Big Think bigthink.com/starts-with-a-…

It was great to welcome some of the gems from educational leadership to our @OPAL_OLEVI conference!

The @UniSouthWales Rocketry team had an amazing launch 🚀🚀 of our rocket, "Yr Enillydd" (The winner), yesterday at the Mach-23 Rocketry Competition. Team is having a fantastic time up in Scotland, and great to see such enthusiasm and dedication. The team will keep pushing🚀

In this photo taken from the ISS, the rising Sun casts long shadows across the Philippine Sea. Credit: NASA

⭐️ NEW BLOG ⭐️ I recently saw @Doug_Lemov present on Thinking Ratio & Participation Ratio. Was a bit of a game changer for me. Afterwards I interviewed him about his thoughts on it. You can read it here (as well 2 recent cog sci studies that support it): blog.innerdrive.co.uk/thinking-and-p…

Fezics revision! Getting outstanding grades just like that! @TCMTPhysics @CollegeMerthyr

In 1978, James Burke made this perfectly timed shot on television and is widely considered "The Greatest Shot In Television History"

Understanding cognitive load theory and its implications for the classroom is one of the most important things teachers can do to improve their instruction. Here's one key application: teachlikeachampion.org/blog/show-call…

Brian Cox Home - Professor Brian Cox Live briancoxlive.co.uk

A stunning achievement! Congratulations to all our learners and staff.

NACE would like to congratulate The College Merthyr Tydfil who are the first further education college to receive Challenge Award accreditation! Brilliant news as we go into the bank holiday weekend... @CollegeMerthyr

How did the @CMSExperiment prepare for #LHCRun3? Watch to find out what upgrades were made in preparation for #LHCRun3. #DidYouKnow that the @CMSExperiment is one of the largest international scientific collaborations in history, involving about 4603 particle physicists, engineers, technicians, students and support staff from 249 institutes in 57 countries? Find out more: home.cern/news/news/phys…

What would you like to #AskAPhysicist? If you want to know more about the #LHC – the world's largest particle accelerator – its experiments, and CERN’s #physics research, leave your questions below with the hashtag #AskAPhysicist by Friday, 5 May 2023. The most liked ones will be answered by CERN’s physicists. 👇 Stay tuned to find out the answer to your question.

Explorer’s final flight

All systems are Go! For @CollegeMerthyr at UKROC.@TCMTPhysics

An important message from @gleonhard “Your mindset contains your future” #worldcongress2023 @wales_global @ColegauCymru