Daffodil Dissection

Some recent windy weather had left some bent and broken, sad looking daffodils in my garden. So that they didn’t go to waste, I put a few in a vase inside and also thought it would be good to take a closer look. I normally use alstromerias for plant and flower...

Resources for schooling at home #Covid19

I’ve put together a comprehensive set of useful websites and resources for primary science activities, primarily for parents to use with children whilst self isolating/social distancing/supporting schooling at home during the coronavirus situation, but they may...

Oh my goodness, Dr Jo has won an award!

I was absolutely delighted to win the STE(A)M Education Blog Award at last week’s @NexusEd #NexusAwards2020 for my post on where to find help and support for teaching primary science In 2019, Nexus Education asked me to write a guest blog post for them on...

Kitchen Science – a guest blog post

It’s only 4 weeks until British Science Week and so I was approached by home educating experts, The World Is Their Classroom, to write about some easy to do ‘kitchen science’ experiments to prepare for science week. I’ve put together some fun...