Jon M Hale
@jmhale.bsky.social
Biology teacher & AHT (Assessment & Reporting) CSciTeach through the ASE MRSB, MRSC Part-time PhD researching the impact of the Daffodil DNA Project
6/7 winners have been decided in the @rsb.org.uk Biology Week Spelling Bee 2025. Four year groups went to tiebreaks! The highest score was 54 in two minutes, phenomenal! #Biolobee @chatbiology.bsky.social
This week we have the tiebreakers for the Biology Week Spelling Bee sponsored by @rsb.org.uk There have been loads of phenomenal scores from across the UK! It’s definitely the high mean score since the competition started! #Biolobee @chatbiology.bsky.social
Currently over 150 schools are signed up to the @royalsocbio.bsky.social sponsored #SpellingBee to celebrate #BiologyWeek2025 Any secondary schools in the UK, IoM or CI can take part and win prizes app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/dundee/bio... #SciTeachUK #ChatBiology #Science #Biolobee
#SciTeachUK Registration is open for this year’s @royalsocbio.bsky.social Biology Week Spelling Bee! It’s free for any teachers of students aged 11-18 years old to enter, there are prizes! app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/dundee/bio... please share widely!
Biology Week Spelling Bee 2025
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You can also explore the Young Researcher Zone, where schools and colleges will be showcasing their exciting Royal Society-funded #PartnershipGrants projects, from daffodil diversity to the whiffs of worms! See more here: royalsociety.org/science-even... #SummerScience
One of the coolest exhibits at the @royalsociety.org Summer Science Event! LEGO model of @nanoporetech.com sequencing! Well done @jmhale.bsky.social #partnershipgrants
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Science and Plants for Schools (SAPS)@saps-news.bsky.social · last yr.Are you looking to build your confidence in microscopy? Join us in partnership with @associationscied.bsky.social on 04/06 for a twilight event (1/3). Suitable for teachers with all levels of experience🔬🌱🧑🏫 For more: www.ase.org.uk/events/build... @stemlearning.bsky.social @royalsocbio.bsky.social
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
Can everyone in the world please complete this survey about genome-editing crops forms.office.com/e/b7RJQ726w6 for the amazing @ljcompton.bsky.social and her undergrad @chatbiology.bsky.social @saps-news.bsky.social @associationscied.bsky.social please share #SciTeachUK #Science
Microsoft Forms
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So after half term we have some “soft” open evening events so spruced up the displays @achilleosandri.bsky.social @cmooreanderson.bsky.social @chrisgraham.bsky.social @engagewcs.bsky.social @missbird90.bsky.social @chatbiology.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org The return of the Velcro board…
New blog post ✍🏻 Using whole class feedback from mini whiteboards: www.educake.co.uk/whole-class-...
Using whole class feedback from mini whiteboards | Educake
A Head of Science explains how the use of mini whiteboards not only boosts the think-participation ratio, but helps to check understanding.
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Right, are you ready for some of the recent #GWITT @missbird90.bsky.social @kfbiology.bsky.social @dewhurst-ben.bsky.social @chrisgraham.bsky.social @saps-news.bsky.social @associationscied.bsky.social @chatbiology.bsky.social (I'll drip feed)
Our Arctic-Alpine research group is now looking ahead to some public engagement, reliving this one from 2022.
