Geoff Morgan

Thoughts, news and pics from a secondary school Head of Biology

[George Watson's College @GWC_News]

Good luck to everyone sitting their #exams. Believe in yourself, You've got this! #StudySkills #SQAExams

[Geoff Morgan @GeoffMorganBio]

Welcome back everyone- here are a couple of Mallards in the Biology Pond - helping our AH pupils revise sexual dimorphism but making it harder for our junior pupils to pond dip for newts! @GWC_News

[George Watson's College @GWC_News]

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 Great news! We're delighted to announce we've been awarded the @LGBTYS Gold Charter Award.🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 Read the full story on our website 👉 http:https://t.co/WEcvUW3jtg

[Geoff Morgan @GeoffMorganBio]

S1 STEM pupils investigating surface area to volume ratios using agar, phenolphthalein, sodium carbonate and hydrochloric acid #diffusion #measurement #calculations

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S1 Biologists investigating the influence of genes and environment on phenotype

From left to right:
Left pic
4 Tall variety with NPK fertiliser
4 Rosette variety with NPK fertiliser

Right pic
4 Tall variety with no fertiliser
4 Rosette variety with no fertiliser

#STEM😂

[Geoff Morgan @GeoffMorganBio]

Another great STEM:BioClub trip @EdinUniLetsTalk this time on analysing tumour genomes to improve therapeutic success #p53

[Geoff Morgan @GeoffMorganBio]

Members of STEM:BioClub talking to Dr Richard Milne @milneorchid this evening at @TheBotanics about climate change and critical thinking 🤔👍

[Geoff Morgan @GeoffMorganBio]

At Steve Jones’s human evolution lecture for RAG week at @EdinburghUni and he namedrops @GWC_News !! Yey!

[Geoff Morgan @GeoffMorganBio]

S1 STEM pupils data analysis on effect of changing the centre of gravity of a plane on its distance reached ✈️

[Fiona Graham @FionaGraham6]

Past and present GWC APTs Bio at the Neurotheatre ER last night. #OldMedicalSchool #EdinburghUniversity

[Geoff Morgan @GeoffMorganBio]

Straight after our #ER event...

WE BUMPED INTO #GEORGECLOONEY 😱

@GWC_News

[Geoff Morgan @GeoffMorganBio]

@MissGBio1 @BAWbrainEd @HeadwayUK It was - there are so many opportunities for interesting bio teacher/pupil events these days

[Geoff Morgan @GeoffMorganBio]

Staff night out at @BAWbrainEd teaching us all about the treatment of traumatic brain 🧠 injuries and the support provided by @HeadwayUK #GWCbiodeptAPTs

[Geoff Morgan @GeoffMorganBio]

S6 Advanced Higher Biologists working hard on their investigations into factors affecting #Daphnia heart 💓 rates #caffeine #alcohol

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S2 Biologists have been making 🔬 slides of 🌱 cells and 👫 cells this week

[Geoff Morgan @GeoffMorganBio]

@NatSciNMS @AshWhiffin @UlsterMuseum @NtlMuseumsScot @magnifyzoology @Sankurie1 @Nat_SCA Love the prescient label “caught while trolling”

[George Watson's College @GWC_News]

Good luck to Kristy in S6 who is a finalist in the @BigBangFair competition this week! #WomenInScience #STEM #Edinburgh

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S1 STEM pupils investigating flight - gathering data on simple prototype paper planes

[Geoff Morgan @GeoffMorganBio]

Great twilight CPD by @Perimeter @SSERCphysics on how to teach climate change using experimental demonstrations and real world global data

[Geoff Morgan @GeoffMorganBio]

S5 Biologists at @EdinburghZoo studying primates this morning - really interesting comparisons of squirrel monkey, capuchin, chimpanzee and human behaviours 🐒 🐵 😀 @GWC_News