Sam Perry

@perrysc.bsky.social

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#Teaching Fellow in Physical #Chemistry at @unisouthampton.bsky.social. Passionate about #ChemicalEducation. Avid runner, sporadic guitarist and rugby fan. Always listening to music. Constantly caffeinated.

A collection of character name tags for use in a murder mystery game. The pictures for each character have been taken from the movie "Clue".
An adorable little glass beaker mug in a lecture hall
An "Elf on the shelf" relaxing in a sonic water bath in a University chemistry teaching laboratory.
A code segment written in Python. The code looks at an x-y dataset, performs a linear regression and then plots the data along with a linear trendline. The code is supposed to use the numpy module in order to carry out the linear fit, but the student has accidentally written numpty instead!
A poster presentation entitled "what does it take to encourage students to use their voice?" The poster details findings from a study into how to encourage students to complete feedback surveys to allow us to integrate the student voice into course design. Discussions with students suggest that student interaction could be increased with easier access to the surveys, integration of surveys within the course structure, further opportunities for discussion, regular sharing of outcomes, and, of course, rewards.
A laptop open with a screen of Python code. In front is a lego construction holding an Arduino board and some other electronic connectors.