Final Blog

December 16, 2012

I just wanted to take the opportunity to thank all who have read my posts and wish you happy holidays. A special thank you, and goodbye  to all those I have met through the online workshops I facilitated through TripleA learning. I have thoroughly enjoyed meeting you...

Plant science

October 2, 2012

As summer begins to move quite firmly into autumn and a Canadian winter here in Toronto, students at my school are completing their Ecology unit and working through their design IA. To that end I have found this website (http://www.saps.org.uk/) to be invaluable in...

Teachers TV and the TES

September 23, 2012

I recently found a link to an old website I used to frequent and have recently overlooked – Teachers TV.   Returning, I found it had been shut down and found instead: Following the closure of Teachers TV, the Department has signed a number of non-exclusive...

Biotechnology club

September 9, 2012

One topic that I have always taught with an air of dis-satisfaction is Biotechnology. Teaching of techniques and skills without ever trying them always seemed a struggle. So as the new year has started I have started a Biotechnology club at my school and have...

A ToK resource

August 28, 2012

As many of us get back into the run of things at the beginning of the new academic year I thought I would share with you this excellent resource for ToK. As diploma teachers for biology you are, in addition, teachers of the Theory of Knowledge. This has often been a...

Exam results day

July 6, 2012

So after two years of application to biology, today you (or your students) discover how successful you (they) have been in the May 2012 biology examinations. Congratulations to all for your outstanding achievements in getting to this point. Here are some links /...