Science and Plants for Schools

03/09/2026

Early Career Teachers📌

Regardless of your specialism, join us on Thursday 1st October for a FREE twilight session with the as part of their New Teacher Series.

By the end of our session, 'Teaching Biology with Plants' you will:

🌱know where to go for help and support for teaching biology using plants
🌱have explored resources developed for teaching key principles of biology

and much more!

Book your place now: https://edu.rsc.org/events/teaching-biology-with-plants-from-saps/4023263.article

Thursday 1 October, 7-8pm BST, online

13/08/2026

Wishing all students receiving their A-level today the best of luck! Today starts the next chapter in the journey... 🌈

Congratulations to all of the hardworking , and support staff for their commitment and dedication in supporting their students. 👏

23/07/2026

🚨Newsletter🚨

In our latest edition:

💻Get ahead with planning with specially selected resources
💚Complete the Annual Survey & enter the prize draw
❓Inform the RSB of your biology CPD experiences
🗞️Read news stories to enthuse & inspire

👀 https://zc.vg/U4BhL?m=0

📸 Image: The arrangement of veins and water-venting pores on a Chinese money plant leaf.
Credit: Navlakha lab/CSHL.
📸 Image: The sun shining on the leaves of the Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum).

08/07/2026

Last week we had the privilege of welcoming leaders to our Contemporary Biology course at the Gatsby Plant Science Summer School. 🌱

One of our favourite feedback remarks - "I feel more confident around the direction I want to lead change" 💚

20/05/2026

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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/

13/05/2026

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.

13/05/2026

🚨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/

11/05/2026

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.

20/04/2026

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

13/04/2026

💚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/