BeckRSaunders
@beckrsaunders.bsky.social
IBDP/VCE Biology teacher
MYP Science teacher
IBDP ToK teacher
Professional Learning Coach
Co-Teacher Biology Method (B.Ed/M.Teach - Monash University)
MYP Science teacher
IBDP ToK teacher
Professional Learning Coach
Co-Teacher Biology Method (B.Ed/M.Teach - Monash University)
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39. Find the Front Runner: Shifting Students from Passengers to Active Learners
Podcast Episode · Educate to Self-Regulate · 29/10/2025 · 21m
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Self-regulated learning. Sam and I had a great time chatting to @shyambarr.bsky.social about how we are introducing self-regulated learning into our middle school science classes. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e...
Self-regulated learning. Sam and I had a great time chatting to @shyambarr.bsky.social about how we are introducing self-regulated learning into our middle school science classes. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e...
39. Find the Front Runner: Shifting Students from Passengers to Active Learners
Podcast Episode · Educate to Self-Regulate · 29/10/2025 · 21m
podcasts.apple.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Self-regulated learning. Sam and I had a great time chatting to @shyambarr.bsky.social about how we are introducing self-regulated learning into our middle school science classes. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e...
A great IB Bio lesson - Are African and Asian elephants the same species?
⭐️Thinking Routines
⭐️Critical Thinking
⭐️ ToK in Bio
⭐️ Metacognition
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⭐️Thinking Routines
⭐️Critical Thinking
⭐️ ToK in Bio
⭐️ Metacognition
#EduSky
#EduSkyAu
#ITeachBio
March 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
A great IB Bio lesson - Are African and Asian elephants the same species?
⭐️Thinking Routines
⭐️Critical Thinking
⭐️ ToK in Bio
⭐️ Metacognition
#EduSky
#EduSkyAu
#ITeachBio
⭐️Thinking Routines
⭐️Critical Thinking
⭐️ ToK in Bio
⭐️ Metacognition
#EduSky
#EduSkyAu
#ITeachBio
❤️ ToK & the challenge it brings to my thinking. Learning new concepts & ideas is always good exercise for the brain. I've some amazing students who are engaged & think about the concepts & are able to reflect on their learning
⭐Metacognition
⭐Reflection
⭐Theory of Knowledge
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#IBDP
⭐Metacognition
⭐Reflection
⭐Theory of Knowledge
#EduSky
#EduSkyAU
#IBDP
March 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Tonight we had our first professional reading book group. An amazing discussion from Prep teachers to Year 12 teachers discussing self-regulated learning in their classrooms Thank you to @shyambarr.bsky.social for popping to talk about his book,it was a great way to start the chat.
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February 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Tonight we had our first professional reading book group. An amazing discussion from Prep teachers to Year 12 teachers discussing self-regulated learning in their classrooms Thank you to @shyambarr.bsky.social for popping to talk about his book,it was a great way to start the chat.
#EduSky
#EduSkyAu
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#EduSkyAu
Feeling blessed today
My classroom today with our amazing IBDP Year 12 Biology students. They were curious and engaged. Such a fabulous day in the sunshine learning about ecological
sampling techniques and marine organisms in the intertidal zone
#IBDP #Biology
#EduSky
#EduSkyAu
#iTeachBio
My classroom today with our amazing IBDP Year 12 Biology students. They were curious and engaged. Such a fabulous day in the sunshine learning about ecological
sampling techniques and marine organisms in the intertidal zone
#IBDP #Biology
#EduSky
#EduSkyAu
#iTeachBio
February 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Feeling blessed today
My classroom today with our amazing IBDP Year 12 Biology students. They were curious and engaged. Such a fabulous day in the sunshine learning about ecological
sampling techniques and marine organisms in the intertidal zone
#IBDP #Biology
#EduSky
#EduSkyAu
#iTeachBio
My classroom today with our amazing IBDP Year 12 Biology students. They were curious and engaged. Such a fabulous day in the sunshine learning about ecological
sampling techniques and marine organisms in the intertidal zone
#IBDP #Biology
#EduSky
#EduSkyAu
#iTeachBio
Enjoying the new IBDP Biology syllabus. Spending 10 minutes exploring the guiding questions at the start of topic is a great way to
📣 demonstrate prior knowledge
📣check for misconceptions
📣generate curiosity
📣 demonstrate prior knowledge
📣check for misconceptions
📣generate curiosity
February 11, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Enjoying the new IBDP Biology syllabus. Spending 10 minutes exploring the guiding questions at the start of topic is a great way to
📣 demonstrate prior knowledge
📣check for misconceptions
📣generate curiosity
📣 demonstrate prior knowledge
📣check for misconceptions
📣generate curiosity
The last day of school for the 2024 academic year for me - school is out for Summer!
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#iTeachBio
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December 12, 2024 at 7:25 PM
The last day of school for the 2024 academic year for me - school is out for Summer!
#EduSky
#EduSkyAU
#iTeachBio
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Hello #EduSky and #EduSkyAU ! I am teaching #TheoryOfKnowledge #IBDP next year and I am looking for #ToK peeps who are here on 🦋.... if you know of anyone can you please recommend. Super excited to be teaching it but also super nervous
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December 12, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Hello #EduSky and #EduSkyAU ! I am teaching #TheoryOfKnowledge #IBDP next year and I am looking for #ToK peeps who are here on 🦋.... if you know of anyone can you please recommend. Super excited to be teaching it but also super nervous
December 11, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Good luck to all the VCE teachers and their students for results today.
It is a number it does not define you nor indicate what you will be capable of achieving or the kind of human you will grow into and become.
For us IBDP teachers and students the wait continues till Monday.
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It is a number it does not define you nor indicate what you will be capable of achieving or the kind of human you will grow into and become.
For us IBDP teachers and students the wait continues till Monday.
#EduSkyAU
#EduSky
December 11, 2024 at 7:10 PM
So impressed with my Year 8 Science class… period 5 on the last day of academic classes for the school year and they were busy creating stop animation movies for next year’s Y8 science students.
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#MiddleSchool
#Science
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#MiddleSchool
#Science
December 10, 2024 at 5:32 AM
So impressed with my Year 8 Science class… period 5 on the last day of academic classes for the school year and they were busy creating stop animation movies for next year’s Y8 science students.
#EduSky
#EduSkyAu
#MiddleSchool
#Science
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#EduSkyAu
#MiddleSchool
#Science
Great resource for teaching #CoralBleaching
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#IBDP
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Coral Bleaching
Water temperatures across the Great Barrier Reef are increasing and are reported as above average for February.
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December 7, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Great resource for teaching #CoralBleaching
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#EduSkyAU
#ITeachBio
#IBDP
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December 7, 2024 at 4:52 AM
Good morning! Welcome home and wow just wow that photo is amazing
December 5, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Good morning! Welcome home and wow just wow that photo is amazing
The Educators’ Book Club December 2024 🔴 recording (90 mins) We casually talk about books we've been reading and the valuable ideas they offer. (With audience participation and sometimes a guest author.) @stevenkolber.bsky.social @lottieglobaled.bsky.social #edureading
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The Educators' Book Club: Dec 2024
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December 5, 2024 at 9:17 AM
Year 11 Biology- investigating the properties of water using a predict-observe-explain activity A1.1Water
#EduSky
#EduSkyAU
#ITeachBio
#IBDP
#Biology
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#EduSkyAU
#ITeachBio
#IBDP
#Biology
December 5, 2024 at 4:12 AM
Year 11 Biology- investigating the properties of water using a predict-observe-explain activity A1.1Water
#EduSky
#EduSkyAU
#ITeachBio
#IBDP
#Biology
#EduSky
#EduSkyAU
#ITeachBio
#IBDP
#Biology
Last Thursday of the academic year for me and so much to be done … I need more Thursdays
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December 4, 2024 at 9:28 PM
This article spoke to my heart. I can only imagine a system that focuses on the journey/process rather than the product. Celebrating the thinking - I live in hope.
Great read
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Great read
#EduSky
#EduSkyAU
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Designing a Course That Develops Students’ Metacognition
By shifting their focus to the process of learning instead of the product, students are encouraged to develop critical cognitive competencies.
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December 4, 2024 at 7:39 PM
This article spoke to my heart. I can only imagine a system that focuses on the journey/process rather than the product. Celebrating the thinking - I live in hope.
Great read
#EduSky
#EduSkyAU
www.edutopia.org/article/asse...
Great read
#EduSky
#EduSkyAU
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Highlight this year was working with @milicasavic.bsky.social on our Personal Professional Learning Program. Then watching our Ts participate in the showcase of learning. Sharing their learning and reflecting on their journeys.
⭐Professional Learning
⭐Teacher agency
#EduSkyAU
#EduSky
⭐Professional Learning
⭐Teacher agency
#EduSkyAU
#EduSky
December 4, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Highlight this year was working with @milicasavic.bsky.social on our Personal Professional Learning Program. Then watching our Ts participate in the showcase of learning. Sharing their learning and reflecting on their journeys.
⭐Professional Learning
⭐Teacher agency
#EduSkyAU
#EduSky
⭐Professional Learning
⭐Teacher agency
#EduSkyAU
#EduSky
Today began our transition program to 2025. Met my Year 11 IB Biology class today - we explored the guiding quotations of A1.1 Water
#EduSky
#EduSkyAU
#EduSkyIBDP
#iTeachBio
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#EduSkyAU
#EduSkyIBDP
#iTeachBio
December 4, 2024 at 1:03 AM
Today began our transition program to 2025. Met my Year 11 IB Biology class today - we explored the guiding quotations of A1.1 Water
#EduSky
#EduSkyAU
#EduSkyIBDP
#iTeachBio
#EduSky
#EduSkyAU
#EduSkyIBDP
#iTeachBio