Dr Cameron Carpenter-Warren MRSC
Winner: 2023 Early Career Prize for Excellence in Secondary and Further Education
Beauchamp City Sixth Form
For demonstrating passion and enthusiasm for chemistry, as well as inspiration in communicating these to students, and supporting them to explore the subject in greater depth.
Celebrate Dr Cameron Carpenter-Warren
Cameron teaches A-level chemistry full-time. He has also been tasked with challenging the students at his school above and beyond the A-level curriculum. To do this, he has established ties with local universities to give students the experience of using specialist techniques and equipment not available in school and hear live talks about cutting-edge science from experts in the field.
Cameron has also designed and resourced a custom course, which he delivers in a series of weekly after-school sessions. Each session includes a short talk about some fun and current chemistry, not covered in the national curriculum, and then a problem-solving session based on the topic.
The aim of these sessions is to motivate students by showing them the amazing range of chemistry happening right now, as well as giving them the opportunity to develop valuable lateral thinking skills that will help them succeed in interviews and national Olympiad competitions.
Cameron has written and resourced two interactive murder mysteries, where students must interview suspects and order and interpret analytical tests, over a period of weeks, to identify the murderer(s). As well as making learning fun, these activities emphasise the real-world application of knowledge, showing students how chemistry can be used as a tool to solve complex problems.
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