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Because plants move so slowly relative to human time scales, Darwin developed a diagrammatic system to make their movements more easily perspicuous to us. Below is a cartoon of the apparatus, and one of Darwin’s diagrams. 🧪🌱🐋 #philsci #HistSTM 🦋🦫

50 books about minibeasts, including nonfiction, fiction and poetry with titles by Britta Teckentrup, David McKee, Sharon King-Chai, Eric Carle, Steve Jenkins, Giles Andreae, M.G. Leonard, Isabel Thomas and more. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/minib... #kidlit

Really interesting paper here on GenAI in assessment in HE: Corbin, T., Bearman, M., Boud, D., & Dawson, P. (2025). The wicked problem of AI and assessment. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 1–17. doi.org/10.1080/0260...

100% Amen to this. The research on its own is not enough.

Been worried about this for some time, seeing increasingly un-critical school cultures driven by edu-pushers selling silver bullets. I include some of Ofsted’s really poor research in this (see most things related to EYFS ) smithsmm.wordpress.com/2021/07/13/y...

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And if you have spotify...https://open.spotify.com/episode/0PvqhsYUhU26jCT6Dk2o5y?si=wi2PaTk_Seqe26zbS-n8Hw

Late to the party - IMO PISA 2025 Science Framework is a game changer. 1. Strong focus on Student Identity AND 2. the relevant Environmental Science Competencies required in the Age of the Anthropocene’" - pisa-framework.oecd.org/science-2025/

Thrilled to have my piece in TES today. Big thanks to @jonsevers.bsky.social as always for all his support (and not shouting at me when I kept changing the words and the deadline 😂).

So pleased. It’s only taken three years to produce a flower!!

Already well in the swing of No Mow May… waiting for Jungle June

Remember when you first learned about genetics at school? All those fascinating examples of human traits that are each apparently determined by just a single gene? Time to check in on some of your favourites to see how they’re doing. 🧬🧵🧪 1/n

Conference⤵️ Secondary Science Festival (including #chatbiology speakers): Attendees get a free copy of "Difference Maker" 👌 #SciTeachUK #iTeachBio

The @rspb.bsky.social big garden watch 2025 results now in… Top 10 below. Spoiler: sparrows retain the top spot www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

Thanks @smithsmm.bsky.social for this beautiful recommendation to add to my ever growing Humboldt collection.

Over the next two weeks, we've asked subject specialists to write about the state of their subject: what are the big challenges, debates and future trends that concern or excite them? We start with English: @barbarableiman.bsky.social on whether it has lost its soul www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

Absolutely delighted by this impartial review of my book published in the journal, School Science Review (open access): www.ase.org.uk/system/files... #EduSky #UKEd #SciTeachUK #iTeachBio

The balance of content in some subjects is ‘hindering progress and undermining standards’, curriculum review lead @beckyfrancis.bsky.social tells the @ascl-uk.bsky.social conference in Liverpool #ASCL2025

The latest Topical Science Update is now available to download for FREE! It's a free monthly newsletter for educators featuring engaging sciemce stories in the news for children to read about and do some follow up research. Find it at www.myscienceclub.com in the FREE Resources section

Can anyone help me out please? When taking a screenshot of a high-resolution pdf document the resulting cut-and-pasted 'picture' is always grainy. Is there any way of maintaining the original resolution?

The folks down @PSTT have just released their latest issue of their Why and How? magazine chock full of #prisci goodies. Available here: pstt.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?...

The bee is always a staple #prisci topic of study. Lovely to have this guy pop on my timeline everyday with a wealth of digestible bee information. Definitely worth a follow @thebeeguy.bsky.social

This won't come as any surprise to small primaries, where one teacher could be the subject lead for several subjects - but it might provide some vindication. Story by @johngroberts.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Anyone see the Ireland v England rugby and willing to give me a summary please?

📢 We Want to Hear From You! Did you attend the ASE Annual Conference 2025? We’d love your feedback! 💬 Share your thoughts with us for a chance to win a £50 One4All voucher! 🎉 But hurry—the deadline is 31st January! 🔗 ow.ly/Yr6T50UKPXw #ASEConf2025 #Feedback #WinWithASE

Lovely to introduce @universityofhertfordshire students to standing on the shoulders of giants - thanks for having me and thanks for your engagement

Have just turned on at the wrong (or right) time. Donald Trump saying that he will revoke green and drill, drill, drill for oil

We are delighted to announce that the 2025 Young Science Writers’ Award is now open for entries!  Do you know any budding science writers aged 14-16 from state-funded, non-selective schools? Encourage them to submit! Check eligibility, deadlines & details 👉 zurl.co/PqRR5. #YSWA25

Please share with #Science #GCSE #KS4 #StateSchool students in the UK.

Check these out! Super helpful exemplars showing what progression in working scientifically skills looks like

Exciting...

A photogrammetry scan on a free app, a 3D printer and viola, a replica of an Ichthyosaurus specimen for public handling and tactile multisensory education 💖

Come on - help us science teachers out!

#EduSky #UKEd Split Attention. Often cited as the first example of the practical nature of CLT. Yet the solution of integrating text with the image really isn't as simple as asserted. When you consult the experts in visual instructions (as this professor & researcher) you find it…depends.

After 2 years of head scratching and thinking, the second edition of It's Not Fair has finally been published. Great to hear such positive comments about it at @associationscied.bsky.social national conference - and that all the copies that Millgate brought to the conference were sold.

Thanks for those that came along to the @associationscied.bsky.social National Conference at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social and a special thanks to those that came to 'Developing our understanding of enquiry' types. Presentation uploaded to sched here: 2025aseannualconf.sched.com/event/e72a45...

What a great lesson stimulus! What’s happening here?

I'm doing a free giveaway to celebrate the publication of my latest book! Like and repost to enter (UK only). Winner announced on Sunday. See the link below to find out more about the book. #freebie #giveaway

Presentation now available to download on Sched 2025aseannualconf.sched.com/event/1ev8K/...

If you’re coming to the @associationscied.bsky.social national conference in Nottingham this week, don’t forget to pack your thermals.

@cmooreanderson.bsky.social is always worth listening to. Lots of ‘prompts’ to make you think

Seeing the article in the Times about “Fun”, feel again we’re missing the point, the issue isn’t about fun it’s about agency. Learning is fun or at least worthwhile when you can see a purpose. What we’ve excluded is young peoples’ voices from their education smithsmm.wordpress.com/2017/03/04/t...

Looking forward to the whole conference. But particularly hosting (and writing) the quiz on Friday night. Was a big hit last year, so get your tickets soon. Always open for bribes ;)

Many, many years ago we tweeted #attenborough following an @bbc documentary on dinosaurs. Our question was; "why are you so fascinated with dinosaurs?" Still love the response.

Free resources for teaching about Charles Macintosh here (scroll to the bottom of the page). From the resource Standing on the Shoulders of Giants pstt.org.uk/resources/st...

Nice one. You’ve genuinely beaten me to it. Been meaning to write something like this for ages. Mine’s inspired by The Warlock of Firetop Mountain