Science and Plants for Schools

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With this resource, students can explore how plants use colour to attract these busy & brilliant pollinators. 🌷

👀https://www.saps.org.uk/teaching-resources/resources/846/investigating-how-plants-use-colour-to-attract-pollinators-introducing-stem-careers/

Our latest edition of the is available for your perusal featuring:

🏫residential course for Leaders
🔬paper-based resource & online
🌵 stories to fascinate
🌍citizen science project
& much more.

👀read online here: https://zc.vg/YZYfe?m=0
📲have the newsletter sent directly to your inbox: https://www.saps.org.uk/about-saps/newsletter/

📸 Image: Spring flowers bloom in Death Valley National Park, California. Credit: Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.
📸 Image: A field glowing with wheat. Credit: Unsplash.
📸 Image: Paper and acetate printouts to work out the thickness of a sunflower leaf.

🚨Introducing🚨

Contemporary Biology for Curriculum Leaders:
A course for those designing and influencing secondary biology curricula and resources.

🧑‍🏫3-day residential (28 June - 01 July 2026)
✅fully funded
⌛applications close 31/05

For more info and to apply: https://www.saps.org.uk/growth-hub/contemporary-biology-for-curriculum-leaders/

Looking to improve your teaching of ?

We've teamed with The Association for Science Education
to bring you 3 online workshops. Sessions in the series:

🔬building confidence in microscopy - 04/06
💙staining & thin specimens - 09/06
📏calibrating & measuring - 09/07

For more info: https://www.ase.org.uk/events/microscopy-saps-building-confidence-in-microscopy

📸 Using paper and acetate printouts to work out the thickness of a sunflower leaf.

The UK needs to consider new crops for growing in an unpredictable climate. New Crops for the UK team University of Southampton want to recruit schools & clubs to sign up for an experiment. Funding available from Royal Society of Biology 🌱

✏️Sign-up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSewRi8c4q8ykkQOm3Mz05knZL2oN4Mn_trcPH44Bhv52yJFHg/viewform

💚We Appreciate Plants💚

Plant science research is vital to solving some of the biggest problems facing us & our planet.

With our 'Want to change the world?' poster & resources, you can inspire your students to find solutions & make a difference with a career in .

Download the resources for free here: https://www.saps.org.uk/teaching-resources/resources/4849/plant-science-careers-poster/

It's and you know WE APPRECIATE PLANTS💚

You can share the wonder of plants with your students with our posters featuring 'WOW' contexts. All contexts have relevant resources linked to them.

🫨Awesome (11-14 year olds) https://www.saps.org.uk/teaching-resources/resources/4843/awesome-plants-poster/
🤩Amazing (14-16 year olds) https://www.saps.org.uk/teaching-resources/resources/4845/amazing-plants-poster/
🥰Incredible (16+) https://www.saps.org.uk/teaching-resources/resources/4847/incredible-plants-poster/



Royal Society of Biology STEM Learning The Association for Science Education CLEAPSS The Field Studies Council

It is fantastic to hear how our Train the Trainer event was well received. I know we completed the day feeling inspired and knowing that trainee teachers are in good hands.

We had a wonderful day engaging ITE Trainers and Technicians with our activities and discussing how best to support teacher training. It was unique and special opportunity to have those like-minded in one room. Thank you Joanna and to all who joined us. 💚

SAPS’ recent Train the Trainer event brought science education colleagues together to explore plant practical in biology 🌱

“An inspiring day with SAPS at their Train the Trainer event. It was a great opportunity to connect with other science ITE colleagues and learn more about plant practical in biology. I look forward to using the resources with my trainees and helping them to feel excited to teach about plants.”
- Joanna Igoe, Science ITT Lead at Equalitas

Joanna attended on behalf of Equalitas, working alongside colleagues to explore practical approaches that bring plant biology into sharper focus for trainees.

The day highlighted how close observation, simple materials and thoughtful curriculum design can support more confident teaching of plant science.

We’ve shared more in the comments 👇
Science and Plants for Schools

🚨Teachers🚨

We want to know... 💬

1. Where do you go to find teaching resources❓

2. Which CPD providers do you and your colleagues use❓

This could be specifically for biology or across science. Please comment in the below 💚

On the 12th we welcomed & working in to our course. Representatives from universities & SCITTs across the UK explored our resources & discussed how best to support trainee teachers.🌿

Trainee teachers of biology are in good hands! 👏

📸 Getting "hands-on" with SAPS resources.
📸 Giveaways including posters.
📸 An example of the finished product of our flower dissection protocol.
📸 Exploring plant material under the microscope.