Mike Kavanagh
mikekav66.bsky.social
Mike Kavanagh
@mikekav66.bsky.social
Biology and Science teacher, Waterford, Ireland
Looks great. We're all looking forward to seeing this. Scheme of work is a great addition.
March 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Revisiting electricity and simple electronics this week. Comparing current and voltage in series and parallel circuits #PW2 #PW5 #JcScience
March 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM

Anyone doing the immune system at the moment? Here's a simple printable card game to help reinforce key ideas. Clear your hand of pathogens but don't get stuck with an overactive immune response. #LcBiology #immune #iteachbio docs.google.com/presentation...
February 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
5th year biology students practicing aseptic techniques using yoghurt #bacteria. We'll see how well they've done in a few days! #lcbiology
February 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Hi Ciara, I certainly wouldn't be happy signing off that it's the students own work. As far as I know the ASTI have some motions around that for the annual conference. It's a bit unfair to put all of this monitoring on our shoulders. It's a huge shift from being"on the students side" so to speak.
January 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Thanks Yvonne. Interesting times ahead. Doing sense organs with 5th years at the moment. Drew my last ever eye diagram on the board today. Out with the old...
January 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The ISTA WhatsApp groups are a great innovation Humphrey, well done. Shout out also to Noel Cunningham for his science sharing group on Google. #edchatie
December 16, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Garden flowers such as hydrangea or pelargonium work well. Boiled in water this time but you could also crush in ethanol giving a faster more concentrated extract.
October 6, 2023 at 6:47 AM
Week 5: preparing oxygen using catalysts found in yeast.
October 4, 2023 at 8:00 PM
Week 4: Preparing oxygen by using hydrogen peroxide and manganese dioxide.
October 4, 2023 at 7:59 PM
Week 3: Preparing carbon dioxide by reacting HCl with calcium carbonate and measuring the rate of gas production with a gas syringe.
October 4, 2023 at 7:55 PM