by Dr Jo | Apr 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
As well as collating a collection of excellent websites, activities and resources for parents and teachers during the corona virus pandemic on the resources page of my website, I’m also posting a daily science or STEM activity on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram....
by Dr Jo | Apr 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
by Dr Jo | Mar 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
I heard the most incredible story from one of my science club children this week (we’re connecting virtually during these times of school closures) about his Great Grandmother. We have been wearing our lab coats in science club to protect us when we do experiments and...
by Dr Jo | Mar 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
by Dr Jo | Feb 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
by Dr Jo | Feb 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...