Science and Plants for Schools

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. 👏

🚨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

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📸 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).

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" 💚

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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