Glaucia Silva
glauceae.bsky.social
Glaucia Silva
@glauceae.bsky.social
Botanist. PhD student in Systematics and Evolution at UFRN.

I created a botany teaching method using Taylor Swift’s music videos.
Our article about how Taylor Swift’s music videos can improve botany teaching is out on @newscientist.com

#TaylorSwift #Botany
How Taylor Swift is helping botany gain celebrity status
Feedback is delighted to learn that researchers have discovered what Taylor Swift is accidentally doing to rescue the science of plants from mid-ness. Just take a look at her videos – sorry, botany te...
www.newscientist.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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🙌 Don’t forget to read Gláucia’s recent article doi.org/p256 at @annbot.bsky.social and our related thread 👉 botany.fyi/wxujez (9/9)

#AoBauthors #PlantScience #Botany #PlantAwareness
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September 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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🎉We invite you to meet Gláucia Silva author of the recently published article doi.org/p256 and PhD student at Systematic Botany laboratory at UFRN. Get to know her and her passion for plant awareness🧵
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September 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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"Look for something that you are really passionate about in Botany, what makes your heart beat faster;" @glauceae.bsky.social shares her thoughts in Botany One.

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#Botany #PlantScience 🧪
September 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Spent an hour screenshotting Taylor Swift videos into an upcoming Plant Diversity lecture, so I know my students will either think of me as super cool or totally uncool.*

Inspired by: academic.oup.com/aob...

*You don't have to tell me, I know which.
September 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Gláucia Silva presented this work at the 2024 International Botany Conference in Madrid. One of the best talks of the congress imo. I loved the idea and her energy do I am really glad to see it published OA so everyone can read it. 🌱🫶🏻👌🏼 #PlantSciEd #PlantScience #Botany #PlantAwareness #TaylorSwift
🌱Check the newly published article ‘Dance with plants: Taylor Swift’s music videos as advance organizers for meaningful learning in Botany’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Gláucia Silva and co-authors 🧵(1/7)

👉 doi.org/p256

#AoBpapers #PlantAwareness #Botany
August 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Reposted by Glaucia Silva
🌱Check the newly published article ‘Dance with plants: Taylor Swift’s music videos as advance organizers for meaningful learning in Botany’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Gláucia Silva and co-authors 🧵(1/7)

👉 doi.org/p256

#AoBpapers #PlantAwareness #Botany
August 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Thank you for this beautiful opportunity @botany.one @annbot.bsky.social ❤️
Using Taylor Swift music videos in botany classes can make students more interested in plants, helping them learn better and notice the important role plants play in our world.

botany.fyi/b01f2l

@glauceae.bsky.social et al's paper with actual Taylor Swift imagery is at doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
Breaking Plant Blindness, One Taylor Swift Song at a Time
Using Taylor Swift music videos in botany classes can make students more interested in plants, helping them learn better...
botany.one
August 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Reposted by Glaucia Silva
Using Taylor Swift music videos in botany classes can make students more interested in plants, helping them learn better and notice the important role plants play in our world.

botany.fyi/b01f2l

@glauceae.bsky.social et al's paper with actual Taylor Swift imagery is at doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
Breaking Plant Blindness, One Taylor Swift Song at a Time
Using Taylor Swift music videos in botany classes can make students more interested in plants, helping them learn better...
botany.one
August 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM