Quick Poll: What do you prioritise most when buying a microscope for your school? 🔬

Our next LaBLiFe Drop-In is Brewing... 📅 26th March at 2.30pm 📢 Spring Cleaning & Summer Shutdown: Organisation, Moving & Storage Join us with a brew, and bring your questions and any tips you’d like to share. Register: bit.ly/4ir8ZGi #LaBLiFe #WellbeingWednesday

"When I inherited mine, it wasn’t very user-friendly, or short-person friendly (the last techs were 6ft men), and so I stripped it all back and was ruthless in what we kept..." Zoe gives us a tour of her prep room 👉 bit.ly/4aMTYdO #LaBLiFe #technician #science

📢 Spring Cleaning & Summer Shutdown: Organisation, Moving & Storage - join us to troubleshoot, share best practice and ideas 💛

Let's do a Convection Tube demo with Emma ♨️ You need: 🧪 1 x Retort stand and clamps 🌡️ 1 x Convection tube 🔶 1 x Funnel 💧 1 x Beaker of cold water 🕯️ 1 x Tealight 💜 Potassium permanganate 🍴 1 x Spatula 👩‍🔬 Method: lablife.co.uk/how-to-do-a-co… #LaBLiFe #physics #science

Looking forward to our monthly LaBLiFe Drop-In this afternoon 💛 📅 TODAY at 2.30pm 📢 Spring Cleaning & Summer Shutdown: Organisation, Moving & Storage Join us with a brew, and bring your questions and tips! Register: bit.ly/4ir8ZGi #LaBLiFe #WellbeingWednesday

Happy #TECHOGNITION - a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the vital contributions of school and FE technicians across the UK 🙌 👩‍🔬🥼🧪🧫🔬🥽🧑‍🔬 Get to know our LaBLiFe ambassadors and if you're a technician get involved: bit.ly/4avImwr 💛 #LaBLiFe #BSW25 #TECHOGNITION

Move over 'Through The Keyhole', it's time for 'Behind The Prep Room Door' 🗝️ Showcase and receive recognition for your awesome prep room, tips and advice, as well as a LaBLiFe lab coat patch! Learn more and enter: buff.ly/3COPsAe #LaBLiFe #Technicians #ScienceTwitter

LaBLiFer and chemistry magician Emma shows you how to measure the force-extension relationship, with a hands-on demo of how elastic materials follow Hooke’s Law - within their elastic limit! 🪝 🧑‍🔬 Kit & Method: lablife.co.uk/how-to-demonst… #LaBLiFe #physics #science

Setting up experiments efficiently is key to delivering a smooth lesson; however, with the increasing complexity and varying levels of staff expertise, it can sometimes feel like a challenge 🙈 Here are some tips from LaBLiFers: lablife.co.uk/insulation-inn… #LaBLiFe #STEM #science

📢 Christopher Rees proudly gives us a tour of his prep room and set up at Tudor Grange Academy Worcester, a thriving academy where efficiency is the key! 🙌 Explore: lablife.co.uk/behind-the-pre… #LaBLiFe #technicians #science

Ready to do a chimney convection box demo with Emma? You need a candle, chimney convection box and a safe workspace 🔥 👩‍🔬 Kit & Method: lablife.co.uk/how-to-do-a-ch… 💛 Use code ‘LaBLiFe04’ to get 10% off Convection in Air Apparatus at VITTA Education. #LaBLiFe #STEM #physics

Proper chemical storage not only protects staff and students but also ensures compliance with health and safety regulations ⚠️ Here are some tips and best practices rom LaBLiFers: lablife.co.uk/top-tips-for-a… #LaBLiFe #STEM #science #chemicals

Move over 'Through The Keyhole', it's time for 'Behind The Prep Room Door' 🗝️ Showcase and receive recognition for your awesome prep room, tips and advice, as well as a LaBLiFe lab coat patch! Learn more and enter: buff.ly/3COPsAe #LaBLiFe #Technicians #ScienceTwitter

Wishing you all a cracking Easter! 🐣 We hope you enjoy a well-deserved long weekend of relaxation and fun. We will be back and ready to support you on Tuesday, 22nd April- until then, enjoy the break! 💛 #LaBLiFe #HappyEaster #Easter2025

Make space to put practicals that you have made up in advance. We have three wooden racks that we put practicals on when rec sheets come in. These have clear labels on them... 📥 Chris shares his top tips: lablife.co.uk/behind-the-pre… #LaBLiFe #technicians #science

Ready to demo Polymers in Action with Denise (Denise Ralph (MIScT RSciTech) WH Tech)? You need: 🛍️ Resealable plastic bag ✏️ Pencils (at least 2) 💦 Water 📤 A Gratnells to catch any potential spills 🧽 A cloth for any clean-up 👩‍🔬 Kit & Method: lablife.co.uk/polymers-in-ac… #LaBLiFe #physics #science #chemistry

Watch as we visualise how warm water rises and cooler water sinks by adding a small amount of dye, creating a continuous cycle of motion ♨️ LaBLiFe ambassador Emma demonstrates convection in this quick video. 👩‍🔬 Kit & Method: lablife.co.uk/how-to-do-a-co… #LaBLiFe #physics #science

"That is soo COOL!! how does it not leak out!!!" 🟰 Science LaBLiFer and tech-expert Denise Ralph (Denise Ralph (MIScT RSciTech) WH Tech) demonstrates polymers in action in this quick video. 💦✏️ 🧑‍🔬 Kit & Method: lablife.co.uk/polymers-in-ac… #LaBLiFe #physics #science #chemistry