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Jon M Hale
@jmhale.bsky.social
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Biology teacher & AHT (Assessment & Reporting)
CSciTeach through the ASE
MRSB, MRSC
Part-time PhD researching the impact of the Daffodil DNA Project
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@ochemistree.bsky.social when is this year’s launch?
November 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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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
October 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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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
October 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Testing Transcendia for starch. Worked nicely @saps-news.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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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
A spider really enjoying the Biology Week Spelling Bee
July 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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@mothiduk.bsky.social is this an oak eggar?
July 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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#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
Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk
July 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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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
July 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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One of the coolest exhibits at the @royalsociety.org Summer Science Event! LEGO model of @nanoporetech.com sequencing! Well done @jmhale.bsky.social #partnershipgrants
July 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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@ljcompton.bsky.social we’ve been funded!
June 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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@mothiduk.bsky.social could you help confirm some IDs, 5 in total
May 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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You got to love this
saps-news.bsky.social Science and Plants for Schools (SAPS) @saps-news.bsky.social · May 20
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
Course outcomes. Dandelion. Credit: Pixabay. Dandelion under the microscope. Credit: Chris Graham.
May 21, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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Look what I found tonight @chrisgraham.bsky.social @saps-news.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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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
In the 20+ years that I have been teaching biology I have come across many texts that purport to transform classroom practice and improve student outcomes. However, rarely have I been so convinced by the power of a new theoretical underpinning for a pedagogical technique such as the one presented here. Moore-Anderson provides detailed discussions of systems theory, cybernetics and variation theory and their relevance to the biology classroom. Alongside the explanations, he provides concrete examples grounded in the classroom and over 40 diagrams that can be used to teach key topics. The book starts with explanations of the underpinning theories he has applied to his teaching. This can, at times, be heavy going, and although the ‘key ideas’ are highlighted it can feel like there is a lot of information to absorb. However, as the book continues the scaffolding becomes clear and the reader can see how these ideas build towards coherent classroom strategies. It may be tempting to skip the theory at the beginning of the book and jump to using the diagrams in lessons; however, to be most effective it is important to understand the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ behind these. Although this book is specifically about teaching biology, there are ideas that are relevant to teaching all science disciplines and it may have benefited from a collation of the ‘key ideas’ and ‘assumptions’ presented as they apply to teaching and learning of all sciences or all classroom settings. Overall, Moore-Anderson presents a well-reasoned and compelling argument for the application of cybernetics and variation theory to the classroom. This is not an easy read, but, in my opinion, it is a thought-provoking read and a book that biology teachers should invest time in, to consider the theories, key ideas and diagrams, and how they could apply these in their own classroom. Helen Darlington Faculty Progress Leader for Science at South Wirral High School
March 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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#GWITT @missbird90.bsky.social @kfbiology.bsky.social @achilleosandri.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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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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February 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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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…
February 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Drew some stuff today @head-in-the-clouds.bsky.social #GWITT
February 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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#GWITT @head-in-the-clouds.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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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.
www.educake.co.uk
February 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Our first cohort of students from Thomas Alleyne Academy has completed their Barcoding for Beginners project, using DNA barcoding to explore their school site's #biodiversity. 🔬🐜🧪🧬

Find out more about Barcoding for Beginners here: cstu.io/0b410e

#SciTeachUK #EduSky #ChatBiology #ITeachBio
A woman stood smiling and pointing at a DNA Barcoding poster the students have made
February 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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@sarahdenisonmei.bsky.social feedback I never thought I’d have to write
February 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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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)
February 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Our Arctic-Alpine research group is now looking ahead to some public engagement, reliving this one from 2022.
February 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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#GWITT @chatbiology.bsky.social @kfbiology.bsky.social @dewhurst-ben.bsky.social @missbird90.bsky.social @head-in-the-clouds.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM