The Adelphi Genetics Forum A-level Teacher conference is running again next year & I’ve been asked to help organise. Guest speakers are current researchers in various fields of genetics. Big question - what do you want to hear about? Comment below please!

Calling all science teachers: let's share our favourite mnemonics/ acronyms! (I'll collate all of them into a poster and post it here so you can share them with your kiddos!) #edutwitter #sciencegcs #scienceteacher #scienceeducation

Forget-me-not fun fact: the yellow ring at the flower’s centre fades to white after pollination, signalling to insects there’s no more nectar. The insects therefore learn to visit the flowers that haven’t yet been pollinated, ensuring no forget-me-not flower is forgotten 🤙

***WHOLE CLASS FEEDBACK*** A focus on using feedback to feedforward 🔁 Clear success criteria ✅ Clear action steps ✅ READ their feedback against the success criteria REVIEW their middle step REAPPLY to different knowledge to feedforward The Feedback Pendulum: A

Just uploaded this guided reading task on specific and non-specific defense mechanisms of the immune system on tes. Feel free to use: tes.com/resource-detai… #edutwitter #chatbiology Chat Biology

💬Start a discussion in your school using the Model for Great Teaching and these Qs. Does anything here surprise you? If you had to pick one area to learn more about, which would you choose & why? As a school, is there one area you think we should all focus on & why?

This post is for early career Physics and Science teachers. These two free documents from Institute of Physics and The ASE are fantastic for getting to grips with accepted terminology in our subject: ase.org.uk/download/file/… spark.iop.org/sites/default/…

Finished with my handy science experimental write-up guide and editable structure strips, now on tes. #edutwitter #sciEd #sciComm tes.com/resource-detai…

🧄Not just for keeping vampires away, garlic can provide a useful and easy-to-source resource for the biology lab, for looking at topics including mitosis and the cell cycle. 🧄 👀saps.org.uk/teaching-resou… #GYOforWellbeing #plantsci #growyourown

🧠📈📊🔍 This week I’ve have a couple of stand-alone lessons with Y12, trying to develop their AO3 evaluation skills. 🧠 📈📊🔍 I made them a booklet concentrated with “evaluate this conclusion” type questions. ⭐️Resources to download on link below ⭐️ pedagoggles.wordpress.com/2023/06/10/imp…

Last term we decided to focus on teaching behaviour explicitly to our pupils. We had recently maintained our outstanding grade but felt like behaviour wasn't quite where we wanted it to be. We decided to explicitly teach pupils our values. This is how it went 🧵

Key Behaviour Management techniques with Walkthrus. A free-to-share CPD session from the masterclasses series. teacherhead.com/2023/06/18/key…

🚨 Worksheet/SLOP/Booklet Generator Create your own bespoke KS3 or KS4 worksheets or booklets *WITH ANSWERS* in literally seconds. Includes extended response and 3 to 6 mark questions. Not sure there is anything like it in the world. Watch this video below👇

Updated practical booklets for A level biology! These were made for Edexcel A but can be adapted for other specs. Each practical includes pre-lab questions, a method page, space for results, analysis and exam questions. Link to resources in my bio. Chat Biology CogSciSci

Article on how DNA repair alters the epigenome to erase youthful information and drive aging, and how to reset the system #informationtheoryofaging tinyurl.com/yf4d4zy8

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We have just had our first data entry for Y13. As HoD, I have sat down with 12 students who are clearly not where we or they want them to be. They filled out this in advance of some 1:1 chats with me and Y13 Parents Evening next week. Illuminating...

NEW! Go granular with Element 4.5 of the GTT-33 hyperlinked retrieval practice and spaced practice strategies from the brilliant books of Kate Jones. Special mention to L A U R A 🌍 for her sharing of some of the resources. RT if you would like a copy Robert Coe Evidence Based Education

▶️Coherent Curriculum Design ▶️Inspired by Kat Howard & Claire Hill 6⃣ Principles

I've completed the Topic 6 SLOP booklet! Which means ALL booklets for the A Level Edexcel Biology A are now complete! In my drive (link in bio) you'll now find a year 12 and year 13 SLOP book. You just need to add a front cover for your school! CogSciSci Chat Biology