PHDAcademyBio

News, updates and information from the Biology department at Peterhead Academy. Current Staff: Miss Tocher, Miss Greig, Miss Blackwood, Mr Burford & Mr Gardner.

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ELFredo is spending time studying for his advanced higher biology exam today…

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1-12’s model boats today - which one will carry the most cargo?! 🚤

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Miss Tocher's S1 class were looking at the science of fireworks today 🎇🎆🧨

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N5 lab skills have been busy networking with local scientists to get an idea of how lab science is used in their day to day roles. Groups of pupils have independently organised teams meetings and planned their own questions to ask their contacts @PeterheadDYW

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N5 lab skills are getting an insight into the “science of smell” today - Barry Evans, a biologist at Firmenich gave us a virtual talk into his very interesting job

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A great 2 days with @SSERCofficial looking at environmental science. Can't wait to implement these practicals nto the classroom. @PHD_Biology

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1-12 were issued with their Bunsen licenses today - certified with a gold star ⭐️ of course!

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N5 lab skills are identifying and remediating chemical spills today 🧹

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Miss Tocher’s S3 class spent the morning extracting DNA from strawberries 🍓 🧬 Forgot to take pics of the best results but this one was not too bad 👌🏼

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#SupportedStudy is back this afternoon! Miss Greig will be running a higher session on DNA Structure and Organisation (Unit 1 Key Area 1) at 3:40 in Sci 3.

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Last week our N5's were asked to produce a short video showing how blood moves around the body. One video stood out, well done to Katlyn in @miss_greig_bio's class for this gem (Katlyn wishes it be known her choice of imagery was not serious!)

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We are so glad the deer was taken safely to it's new home!

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Nat5’s last week also did some stop motion for enzymes. Some excellent videos for only having 20 minutes to make them! @PHD_Biology

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3A2 started off today with a challenge on body systems and body part locations. @PHD_Biology

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@PeterheadAca’s first ever live online higher biology supported study currently in progress with @miss_greig_bio and @MissTocher

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The school twitter page is back! Give it a like to keep up with good news stories and key info.

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Fantastic visual from @AmoebaSisters on cell transport, a topic not long covered by our National 4 and 5 classes!

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The @AmoebaSisters have produced this excellent gif showing the ways of transporting materials in and out of cells, a topic not long covered by our Nat 4 and 5 pupils!

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So many ways to transport...in a GIF!

#biology #scicomm