Nat 5 biologists did a great job investigating how villi & alveoli increase surface area to make absorption more efficient 🙌 great job folks!

Health sector pupils enjoyed taking physiological measurements with S1 pupils acting as their patients. A great effort by all #RRSA # article29

Science Club were investigating rotor width in science club today 🚁 fab job folks!

Great to have our STEM Leaders with us at SLT today - really interesting discussions and lovely to hear about how they are supporting younger pupils! #RRSA #Article29

Well done to our fab STEM seniors who organised a fantastic week of STEM activities in class & at lunchtimes- making sparklers, exploring fruit volcanoes, designing, water filtration systems, building balloon cars & making a huge S1/3 Super Science Quiz 🌟 A-MA-ZING! @braeshighschool.bsky.social

Biology classes have been Drawing Together by designing cupcakes to represent different topics in biology #bigdraw2025

S3 pupils enjoyed taking part in the Braes Big Draw event - drawn together. Some excellent pieces of artwork produced #article29

Biology classes getting involved with the starter tasks for #challengepovertyweek its sparked some good discussions around raising awareness and reducing stigma! @onandupbhs.bsky.social

Next week is #ChallengePovertyWeek and our amazing COSD Pupil Group @braeshighschool.bsky.social have some great activities planned to raise awareness of the challenges facing those living in poverty and to address the stigma caused by poverty. We’ll also be collecting donations for our Braes Pantry

Fantastic work team COSD! 🌟

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Science club Slime Week! 😁 #rrsa #article29 #STEAM #WeLiveScience

Playing a musical instrument at school develops skills that are valuable in a wide range of careers, from finance to medicine and engineering, new research shows

Our fantastic Pupil #COSD group @braeshighschool.bsky.social have been out and about upgrading and restocking our TakeWhatYouNeed/ShareWhatYouCan trolleys. We’re adding new items like hair ties and tights and grab and go hygiene packs with hand gel, deodorant, toothpaste and soap. #braescommunity

The Nat 5 Biologists have done a great job coding proteins from DNA today 🧬 Great job folks! ⭐

On Thursday, our Senior pupils had a great morning at the Forth Valley College Healthcare event finding out a range of healthcare careers and taking part in lots of exciting activities #DYW #RRSA #Article29

2/4L have completed a fantastic scientific investigation into how fertiliser concentration affects mung bean growth 😍 fabulous practical work and write ups! 🌟

Lovely words from Miss Mackie to the Onwards and Upwards group who are having their end of year celebration with their families. Check out their celebration video youtu.be/E0gPk2BLLTc?...

Wishing these wee crackers all the best as they move on from school! We've been so lucky to keep them in the department for 6 years. We know you'll smash it! 🌟 #GOATS

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The STEM at Braes team are visiting Kantonsschule Im Lee, Winterthur in Switzerland to share how they lead their learning and the many leadership opportunities young people can be part of!

Our new S2 classes have had an excellent start to s2 biology learning about food chains & making worksheets to teach each other. Fab work folks! #rrsa #article29 #FutureScienceCommunicators @braeshighschool.bsky.social

It's all go for Team Braes at STEM@TheHelix! #rrsa #article29

Braes Medical Girls and STEMINIST are ready to go @STEM @ The Helix! Looking forward to seeing the Falkirk S1s today! @braeshighschool.bsky.social #WomenInSTEM

🎉 Happy 98th Birthday to Sir David Attenborough! Our biology hero and an absolute inspiration to any budding biologist! 🎉

Yesterday we were lucky to have the fantastic Heriot Watt outreach team in to work with some of our BGE pupils. They took a Dive Into Biology, looking at pathways, careers & Sports Science. Our pupils gave it a HUGE thumbs up! Thanks so much! 😁 @braeshighschool.bsky.social

S3 biologists have been making these wonderful pyramids of energy as part of their life on Earth topic 😍 #BraesCreativity #rrsa #article29 @braeshighschool.bsky.social

Did you spot that @braeshighschool.bsky.social have their Starter Pack started? go.bsky.app/7D7opD9 Don't worry if your establishment has a lot of educator accounts - Starter Packs can be edited any time. A great way to keep an accurate and curated list of the Bluesky users in your establishment. 📃

Advance highers have rounded off the course with an eye dissection. A very neat and thorough job from all! Fab work folks! #rrsa #article29

Look at these fantastic phagocytosis animations by Airlie and Sophie! 😍 Fantastic work! #BraesCreativity #rrsa #article29

The fantastic Heriot Watt visited our S2 GirlsIntoSTEAM group today to run a Thermochromatic screen printing workshop. We're loving our cool new tote bags! Thanks so much to Emilie and Emily, it was so much fun for all! @heriotwattuni.bsky.social @braeshighschool.bsky.social #rrsa #BraesCreativity

As part of our #BritishScienceWeek2025 celebrations, Science Club were exploring detergents and how they work. #rrsa #article29 @britsciassoc.bsky.social @braeshighschool.bsky.social

To celebrate #BritishScienceWeek2025 we had Chemical Engineers from Heriot Watt visit to run a workshop exploring stereotypes. It was so useful to have time to discuss this and our S1 classes loved the activities! #rrsa #article12 @britsciassoc.bsky.social @braeshighschool.bsky.social

1/5 Best Foot Forward's fantastic World Book Day Door. Loving all the creativity on show & their fab teamwork throughout ❤️ #WorldBookDay2025 @braeseng-media.bsky.social @braeshighschool.bsky.social

Yesterday we had our final #GirlsIntoSTEM activity working with our brilliant home economics department! Our STEAM pamper party workshops have been a huge success. Could not be prouder of this wonderful group of pupils who masterminded and led these fantastic events! @braeshighschool.bsky.social

Happy #InternationalWomenAndGirlsInSTEMday from our amazing Braes STEMinists! They have been leading STEAM Pamper Party Workshops with our S1 & 2s. What a super morning for all! Thank you to Heriot Watt Outreach for their fantastic Sublimation Printing workshop! #RRSA #Article29 #rrsa #GlobalGoal5

Our Fantastic Braes STEMinists visited Heriot Watt to take part in a Thermochromatic screen printing workshop & campus tour. It was such a fab day! Thank you so much to Grace, Rodger & Emily for all of your help and time! Can't wait to see how they take this forward at @braeshighschool.bsky.social

Great to see so many of our N5 and Higher @braesbiology.bsky.social pupils and their families learning together at this evening's Assignment Academy. #RRSA #Article5 #Article29

Some fabulous microscope work from 1/11P today! Can't believe this was their first time using the microscopes 🔬Well done folks! #rrsa #article29 #FutureBiologists

Today Science Club were creating secret messages 🕵️‍♀️ Great job folks! #rrsa #article29

Team Science scrub up well! 😁

🎄Such a great way to end the term with our Advanced Higher Biology Bake Off. As always, this class understood the assignment and delivered! Well done and thank you to this fantastic group and a huge congratulations to Gemma and her winning Christmas pud fudge 👏👏👏 #BraesCreativity #rrsa

Thank you to the fabulous Dr Wilson McCaw from our RMPS department for organising a stem cell ethics IDL lesson with our S3 biologists. So interesting to link the biology of stem cells with the ethics! #rrsa #article12

🌟 What a fantastic bunch of Captains! 🌟

Our @braeshighschool.bsky.social S3 Biologists @braesbiology.bsky.social shared their knowledge and views brilliantly while taking part in our Stem Cell IDL workshop with RMPS today #RRSA #article12 #article13 #article17

1/9 did a great job today investigating parallel circuits. They were troubleshooting away finding faulty wires and bulbs and replacing them to get their circuits working 🤩 excellent practical work! 👌 #rrsa #article29

Excited to be part of the Braes High Christmas Door Competition. This year the Science Department are celebrating the 12 Days of Science 🎄🔬🧪⚛️ thank you to @mrvosser.bsky.social for spreading the Christmas cheer with the competition 😁