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Creativity & Curiosity
About MeWhy the website?
I am an educator with vision to create and share educational resources to support innovative teaching and learning. As an Apple Distinguished Educator, I am an advocate for the use of technology in schools and an author of innovation and creativity. The website is a growing collection of downloadable content that you can try in your classroom as well as links to projects I have created for leading companies in the education sector.
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Creativity and curiosity for every classroom
60 Second Science
For Science Week, the YouTube channel, Little Filmmakers, plays host to a collection of 60 Second Science films, designed to showcase how easy it is to learn science in 60 seconds through fun and engaging investigations.
The Why Use Series
Following on from the popularity of the Top Ten blog I have now published a series of books looking at the content in more detail. There are over 30 books in the series with more than 1,000,000 downloads.
Over 30 million Humpty views
Some things can't be explained. Following my work on slow motion filmmaking in science, my son made a short film about Humpty Dumpty using slo-mo techniques and it's gone viral!
World Book Day 2021
Inspired by the Creativity for Kids activities by Apple, I developed a number of resources to inspire drawing, photography, video and music through some of my favourite children's stories.
"Simon's contribution to education already extends well beyond the school in which he teaches"
John Coe