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On this #STEMDay, we want to thank and spotlight science educators everywhere who help inspire the next generation. 🔬❤️

We're honored to work closely with many dedicated teachers as part of our teacher academies and workshops.

#scienceeducation #iTeachBio
November 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
cmooreanderson.bsky.social
I co-constructed a very successful model with my Year 10s today. We used it as a basis to explain many different phenomena.

Rather than a single explanation like most diagrams provide, models provide the springboard to many explanations.

#iTeachBio #SciTeachUK #EduSky
October 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
origamiorganelles.bsky.social
See the differences between #capillaries, #arteries & #veins by making our paper models! Crafting the layers makes the differences stick in your mind! Find out more here: buff.ly/mKbQJUQ

#EduSky #iteachbio #bloodvessels #capillary #artery #vein
October 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
notphlogiston.bsky.social
Hey, #iTeachChem #iTeachBio #iTeachPhysics!!
skypeascientist.bsky.social Skype a Scientist @skypeascientist.bsky.social · Sep 30
Alrght everybody, get your Tin Can Telephones out. We need your help!

We reach new people by word of mouth. Send all your educator friends this pic! Teachers, librarians, scout troop leaders, etc! We offer our program for free, so we need help getting the word out without advertising $$.
A purple and red octopus talk to each other on the tin can telephone. Purple octopus says “want to connect your students with real Scientists?” Then red octopus says “Skype a scientist matches groups with scientists for virtual q&as. It’s free!” And then an orange flapjack octopus says “get a match at skypeascientist.com”
September 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
origamiorganelles.bsky.social
Our Skin paper model comes with a choice of hair & skin colours so your students can really personalise their learning! Find out more here: buff.ly/e926I4X

#EduSky #skin #anatomy #iteachbio #scienceteacher
September 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
origamiorganelles.bsky.social
Our Skull paper model shows the different bones that fuse to produce it, the exit & entry points for nerves & blood vessels that connect the brain to the body. The nasal passages in the model even open into the back of the mouth! Learn more here: buff.ly/4EsHSc5

#EduSky #iteachbio #anatomy #skull
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
ncse.bsky.social
Our science education specialists are facilitating an evolution workshop for a group of teachers in Syracuse, New York right now! Today they’re exploring classroom activities from The Human Story, one of NCSE’s newest Evolution Story Shorts - ncse.ngo/evolution-st...
#iteachbio #edusky #edusci
A group of teachers around a table exploring an activity involving measuring skulls of hominins. A skull model is in the center of the table with a sticky note. A group of teachers exploring an activity involving measuring skulls of hominins. One of the teachers is holding up a 3D-printed skull model. A group of teachers gathered around a table examining a skull model. A photo of a conference room of teachers gathered around tables exploring an activity involving measuring skulls of hominins. The table of teachers in the foreground are examining a skull model with a set of student handouts for the activity.
September 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
origamiorganelles.bsky.social
Our Sense of Taste paper model covers the structure of the tongue, location of taste buds on papillae, structure of a taste bud & how the information is sent to the brain for processing. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3j1tgZP

#EduSky #tastebuds #5senses #iteachbio #senseoftaste
January 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
sciencetakeout.bsky.social
Science Take-Out provides FREE kits for teacher professional development workshops!

www.sciencetakeout.com/lead-a-works...

#SciEd #scienceteacher #iTeachBio
March 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
origamiorganelles.bsky.social
Start your collection of Origami Organelles with our popular Anatomy Bundle! Includes the templates (colour & mono) and classroom powerpoint for our Eye, Heart, Ear, Brain, Digestive System, Kidney & Lungs models! Learn more here: bit.ly/2JLy9RH

#EduSky #iteachbio #scienceteacher #SciTeachUK
March 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
alleninstitute.org
#EduSky - you have one month to register for the Open Science in Undergraduate Education Symposium at the Allen Institute on June 16-18.

Register by May 16 to learn best practices, network with peers, and enjoy summer in Seattle with us!

🎟️ alleninstitute.org/events/opens...

#iTeachBio 🧠📈
April 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
beckrsaunders.bsky.social
This is an awesome interactive poster looking at the evolution of plants - the journey from water to land
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dromius.bsky.social Sebastian Schornack @dromius.bsky.social · Jan 2
Amazing interactive poster on the evolution of land plants #WaterToLand
follow the link and click in it! 🖱️
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January 4, 2024 at 8:59 PM
origamiorganelles.bsky.social
You teach #apoptosis with a paper model! Covers the intrinsic & extrinsic pathways, survival signals & shows how pathways work together. The role of #P53 in preventing cancer is shown too! Click here to learn more: https://bit.ly/2QENVCg

#EduSky #iteachbio #biologyteacher #programmedcelldeath
January 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
sciencetakeout.bsky.social
Measles cases are rising in the US, due to declining vaccination rates.

Our "Pathogens, Antibodies, and Vaccines" kit explores the importance of vaccines for preventing contagious diseases.
🔗 www.sciencetakeout.com/product/path...

#SciEd #SciComm #iTeachBio
February 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
origamiorganelles.bsky.social
Our Respiratory System paper model shows students how the lungs & gas exchange works. The lungs can be squeezed to show what happens when we breathe in & out! Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3vKcT4z

#EduSky #iteachbio #SciTeachUk #lungs #repiratorysystem #scienceteacher
February 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
origamiorganelles.bsky.social
Love this feedback on our Transcription paper model!
"It shocked my Year 12s - cutting out coloured paper?!
But they all agreed it helped with the visualisation of a complex process so I’d call that a win!"
Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3aaGLPS
#EduSky #iteachbio #biologyteacher #transcription
February 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
chatbiology.bsky.social
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!

Join us tonight at 8:30pm for our #ChatBiology to celebrate 👩‍🔬

#WomeninSTEM #iTeachBio #EduSky #SciTeachUK
February 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
wakehamamr.bsky.social
⚠️ I’ve added extra information to my #WorldZoonosesDay toot ⚠️

I apologise; I just realised I wasn’t consistent in my terminology.

For that I am incredibly embarrassed.

Allow me to clarify.

#Microbiology #iTeachBio🧬 #Microsky🦠 #Science 🧪
wakehamamr.bsky.social David Wakeham @wakehamamr.bsky.social · Jul 6
🧪 On this day in 1885 Louis Pasteur administered the very first rabies vaccination 💉

Happy #WorldZoonosesDay

#DYK? 🦠 60% of pathogens 🦠 that cause human diseases come from animals?

#Microbiology #iTeachBio🧬 #Microsky #VaccinesWork
Photo of author looking at and preparing a vaccine (pink liquid in syringe) to give an animal patient. Photo has been modified turning background black and white, leaving muted colour for author and syringe to emphasise action. Photo of the author in full PPE in a room demonstrating how to enter/leave a quarantined area during a zoonotic outbreak. They are standing on a blue tarpaulin, holding a sharps container. In front of them are empty tubs, an esky, swabs and bio containment bags, garbage bags, cleaning and disinfecting agents.
July 6, 2024 at 5:10 AM
origamiorganelles.bsky.social
This rat dissection is made entirely of paper! Your students learn the parts of various organ systems by making them then putting it all together. Ideal for preparation or instead of a real dissection. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3YAp9T6

#EduSky #iteachbio #dissection #ratdissection
February 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
origamiorganelles.bsky.social
How does your body protect you from invading pathogens? Our Your Body's Defences paper model shows you! Click here for details: https://bit.ly/3vN8VK7

#iteachbio #EduSky #biologyteacher #bodydefences
December 13, 2024 at 8:00 PM
deestemteach.bsky.social
Does anyone use OpenSciEd for high school?

Can anyone share some pictures of their students’ notebooks with me?

I’m just looking for some ideas. This will be my first time using the curriculum. #iteachscience #edusy #blackedusky #iteachbio #iteachphysics #iteachchemistry
June 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
manuelacasasoli.bsky.social
Incredible fungi!

"Fungi include mushrooms, molds, lichens, yeasts, and zoosporic forms that occur as free-living or symbiotic organisms in every ecosystem on Earth. About 155,000 species of Fungi have been described, [...]."

🧪🧬 #iTeachBio #Science #Biology #Ecology
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Image Source: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00116-2 Figure 2 Schematic representation of the fungal tree of life. Drawings illustrate typical representatives of major clades, as follows: 1. Rozella allomycetis; 2. Amoeboradix gromovi; 3. Catenaria anguillulae; 4. Pennella sp.; 5. Entomophthora muscae; 6. Paraphelidium tribonemae; 7. Orpinomyces sp.; 8. Spizellomyces punctatus; 9. Modicella malleola; 10. Pilobolus crystallinus; 11. Ustilago maydis; 12. Moniliella sojae; 13. Talbotiomyces calosporus; 14. Glomus sp.; 15. Archaeorhizomyces finlayi; 16. Neolecta vitellina; 17. Taphrina deformans; 18. Malassezia furfur; 19. Cryptococcus neoformans; 20. Bartheletia paradoxa; 21. Agaricostilbum palmicola; 22. Tritirachium splendens; 23. Saccharomyces cerevisiae; 24. Schizosaccharomyces pombe; 25. Wallemia sebi; 26. Gymnosporangium clavariiforme; 27. Mixia osmundae; 28. Cantharellus cibarius; 29. Guepiniopsis alpina; 30. Laboulbenia quarantena; 31. Sarcoscypha occidentalis; 32. Morchella esculenta; 33. Choiromyces meandriformis; 34. Auricularia auricula-judae; 35. Inonotus hispidus; 36. Leotia lubrica; 37. Geastrum striatum; 38. Phallus indusiatus; 39. Terana coeruleum; 40. Erysiphe berberidis; 41. Symbiotaphrina desertorum; 42. Bipolaris sp.; 43. Russula rosea; 44. Fomitopsis betulina; 45. Gloeophyllum trabeum; 46. Cordyceps militaris; 47. Pleurotus ostreatus; 48. Amanita muscaria; 49. Byssocorticium caeruleum; 50. Peltula euploca; 51. Microglossum rufum; 52. Lycoperdon mammiforme; 53. Agaricus bisporus; 54. Boletus edulis; 55. Elaphomyces granulatus; 56. Aspergillus flavus; 57. Lasallia pustulata; and 58. Xanthoria elegans. Artwork by Beáta Bus, László G. Nagy, and Sándor Kocsubé. See Figure S1 for a more complete, high-resolution poster version.
June 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
origamiorganelles.bsky.social
🌟 NEW MODEL🌟 Water!
Show how water's special properties make life possible! Cover hydrogen bonds, why glucose, proteins & salt dissolve in water, how #water is transported in plants & how sweating uses water to cool us down in hot weather. Find out more here: buff.ly/0yv5CjS

#EduSky #iteachbio
August 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
ubeabiology.bsky.social
Join us for our upcoming UBEA Lunch & Learn on "Beyond the Lab Notebook: Assessments for CUREs"

We will be holding the event on 23 October 2025 at 12:00 p.m. via Google Meet. Please email info@ubea.ca for the link.

#biologyeducation #postsecondaryeducation #biosci #iteachbio
October 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
cmooreanderson.bsky.social

⭐New blog post⭐
Building a system dynamics model to help students understand osmosis

Do your students have trouble interpreting the graphs plotted showing % change in mass due to osmosis?

here's how I've dealt with it
#SystemsTeaching #iTeachBio #EduSky
Building a system dynamics model to help students understand osmosis
How to help students understand osmosis by building a stock and flow diagram with them.
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October 28, 2023 at 7:12 AM