Jane Masters
@mrsjmasters.bsky.social
Teacher of Biology & KS3 form tutor. 8yrs in state sector, 12yrs in independent. Former HoD, now ‘just’ a teacher. Here for resource & idea sharing.
pedagoggles.wordpress.com
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Updated Alevel and GCSE higher grade boundaries - handy to keep on your camera roll / print for your desk.
August 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Updated Alevel and GCSE higher grade boundaries - handy to keep on your camera roll / print for your desk.
Reposted by Jane Masters
Save The Date:
The Adelphi Genetics Teachers’ Conference in Manchester is booked for Fri 26th June 2026
The Adelphi Genetics Teachers’ Conference in Manchester is booked for Fri 26th June 2026
June 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Save The Date:
The Adelphi Genetics Teachers’ Conference in Manchester is booked for Fri 26th June 2026
The Adelphi Genetics Teachers’ Conference in Manchester is booked for Fri 26th June 2026
Check out what one of my super talented, crafty Y13s made for me as a teaching aid. Can you tell what it shows?
May 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Check out what one of my super talented, crafty Y13s made for me as a teaching aid. Can you tell what it shows?
Reposted by Jane Masters
These are your words of the week
oligarchy
annexation
verisimilitude
outrageous
doge
tartuffery
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...
oligarchy
annexation
verisimilitude
outrageous
doge
tartuffery
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...
The Words of the Week - Mar. 28
Dictionary lookups from politics and government
www.merriam-webster.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
These are your words of the week
oligarchy
annexation
verisimilitude
outrageous
doge
tartuffery
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...
oligarchy
annexation
verisimilitude
outrageous
doge
tartuffery
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...
I have hit the Easter shaped wall.
a cat is laying on a bed and looking at the camera with the words `` current status '' written next to it .
ALT: a cat is laying on a bed and looking at the camera with the words `` current status '' written next to it .
media.tenor.com
March 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I have hit the Easter shaped wall.
Geeked out a bit in the air raid tunnels in Stockport - moss growing on the sandstone roof but only about 30cm from electric lights
March 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Geeked out a bit in the air raid tunnels in Stockport - moss growing on the sandstone roof but only about 30cm from electric lights
Bottle of full sugar coke ready for year 13 - we will measure blood glucose concentration throughout the lesson and graph the results
March 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Bottle of full sugar coke ready for year 13 - we will measure blood glucose concentration throughout the lesson and graph the results
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We’ve made the move over from Twitter /X. Thank you for following us. Please do spread the word.
March 20, 2025 at 6:55 AM
We’ve made the move over from Twitter /X. Thank you for following us. Please do spread the word.
A-level Topic 8 Biotechnology Emoji Quiz
Can you name the technique / enzyme / chemical being described by the emojis?
Can you name the technique / enzyme / chemical being described by the emojis?
January 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A-level Topic 8 Biotechnology Emoji Quiz
Can you name the technique / enzyme / chemical being described by the emojis?
Can you name the technique / enzyme / chemical being described by the emojis?
Trying to get Y13 to see this biotech bit as a series of tools in a tool box which can be mix and matched, rather than a series of fixed processes to learn.
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Trying to get Y13 to see this biotech bit as a series of tools in a tool box which can be mix and matched, rather than a series of fixed processes to learn.
Year 9 had a go at estimating their own SA:vol today.
January 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Year 9 had a go at estimating their own SA:vol today.
Lovely article with several examples of how species have evolved due to humans:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Shrinking trees and tuskless elephants: the strange ways species are adapting to humans
As people have shaped the natural world, so wildlife – from mahoganies to magpies – has had to evolve to survive
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Lovely article with several examples of how species have evolved due to humans:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Challenge for 2025 📚
December 31, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Challenge for 2025 📚
Just spent 5 mins trying to unlock my front door at home with my lab key. #TeacherTired
December 19, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Just spent 5 mins trying to unlock my front door at home with my lab key. #TeacherTired
Current status. Sat in my lab on my own with all the lights off 😂
December 18, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Current status. Sat in my lab on my own with all the lights off 😂
I told my Y12s a kitten dies every time someone says “energy is created”. Got this message from a former student last night.
December 18, 2024 at 6:41 AM
I told my Y12s a kitten dies every time someone says “energy is created”. Got this message from a former student last night.
@chatbiology.bsky.social can I be lazy and ask if anyone has a pre-made test covering the whole of GCSE biology Topic 6 with markscheme? Proper AQA questions. TIA
December 4, 2024 at 7:53 PM
@chatbiology.bsky.social can I be lazy and ask if anyone has a pre-made test covering the whole of GCSE biology Topic 6 with markscheme? Proper AQA questions. TIA
I told Y11 I was open to bribery at parents’ evening
December 3, 2024 at 4:48 PM
I told Y11 I was open to bribery at parents’ evening
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It was only a handful of women, middle class, of a certain age. You know the type.
December 1, 2024 at 2:07 PM
It was only a handful of women, middle class, of a certain age. You know the type.
Sort out at home. Taking this beauty into work for reasons of sarcasm. “Oh hello, AQA? Just to let you know Bobby wasn’t in when we did cells so please can you make sure you remove all questions from the 2025 papers about cells. Thanks!”
December 1, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Sort out at home. Taking this beauty into work for reasons of sarcasm. “Oh hello, AQA? Just to let you know Bobby wasn’t in when we did cells so please can you make sure you remove all questions from the 2025 papers about cells. Thanks!”
The #biololtree is coming along nicely!
November 28, 2024 at 5:36 PM
The #biololtree is coming along nicely!
An awful story - heartbreaking.
The UK’s version of “Genie”?
#GCSEpsychology #psychology #alevelpsychology
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
The UK’s version of “Genie”?
#GCSEpsychology #psychology #alevelpsychology
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Mother who kept three-year-old locked in a drawer jailed for seven years
Child was found severely malnourished, unable to walk or speak and had never seen daylight before her rescue
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2024 at 3:37 PM
An awful story - heartbreaking.
The UK’s version of “Genie”?
#GCSEpsychology #psychology #alevelpsychology
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
The UK’s version of “Genie”?
#GCSEpsychology #psychology #alevelpsychology
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Reposted by Jane Masters
A list of bands in order of efficacy:
3. Placebo
2. The Cure
1. Prevention
3. Placebo
2. The Cure
1. Prevention
November 22, 2024 at 12:05 PM
A list of bands in order of efficacy:
3. Placebo
2. The Cure
1. Prevention
3. Placebo
2. The Cure
1. Prevention