Katrina

Could have cried coming into work this morning. All my pondweed has lost its leaves 🍃 😭

@BexBookaholic 🤞🏻 I will save it for my holiday - tackling the physical TBR pile at the moment!

@KatLawrence Hope you love it

One of the best books I've ever read is currently 99p on Kindle. BUY BUY BUY!!!

@scitechbeck Let's see if it stays that way for the practical next week! 🤞🏻

@KatLawrence Finally nailed the ritual needed to appease the pondweed gods 😂

#Techognition Wow! First time in my 6 years of teching, I've got bubbling pond weed!

Happy British Science Week and #Techognition Day! I love that I get to run outreach as part of my job. Today we hosted our BSW Competition winners, who asked the question 'Can you make an indestructible bubble?'. We certainly tried! @TECHOGNITIONUK

#TECHOGNITION #ThisIsWhatWeDo

@ScietechSmith Ooh, what topic are you doing?

Primary school visit packing under way ✅

Thank you @TECHOGNITIONUK Sorry for the very delayed acknowledgement... the busy life of a lone tech 😕

@TechieLady1 @MossSafari I like a 'wonder' as suggested by Google AI. They certainly capture people's imaginations when they see them.

Checking my moss before open morning on Saturday and found this little cutie. 😍 Spotted another one and wondered, do we need a collective noun for tardigrades? Google suggested a 'squiggle' What do we think @KatLawrence @MossSafari?

@BrecklandSci That'll Teach Her by Maz Evans. Picked it up as a blind book from the library and it was so good I couldn't put it down!

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@TECHOGNITIONUK @labtech666 I was going to ignore it but I've been brave and replied to say that it is the whole point of the event to showcase what we Techs do day-to-day and how important we are to student's education. We are not irrelevant to student's parents/carers!

@KatLawrence @labtech666 Sorry to hear that Katrina. Sharing #TECHOGNITION news with parents is precisely what is needed - the general public understand the value of technician roles. Seems like your own staff could do with some understanding too!

I told our deputy head about @TECHOGNITIONUK and they are going to put something in the weekly newslatter to parents. First time at this school that anyone has taken notice!

#TECHOGNITION poster and bunting up all ready 😁 @TECHOGNITIONUK @Preproom

@TechieLady1 @AGSBioTechs @dgs_science @ScietechSmith Thank you, you star! 🌟

@KatLawrence @AGSBioTechs @dgs_science @ScietechSmith Have been down an Internet rabbit hole. These are over 1400 lumens apparently and come in all the fittings! Not cheap, but cheaper than new lamps. amzn.eu/d/0eqWzGqL

I need new light sources for the Photosynthesis RP - what lights do your classes use? @dgs_science @ScietechSmith @TechieLady1 @AGSBioTechs and any other techs out there! 🙏🏻

@TechieLady1 @AGSBioTechs @dgs_science @ScietechSmith Can't find any of the smaller ones greater than 850 lumens so think I'm going to have a replace a bunch of lamps as well as the bulbs!

@KatLawrence @AGSBioTechs @dgs_science @ScietechSmith Mine are either E27 (screw in) or BC / B22 (bayonet). I keep them in separate trays to keep track. That little one could be an E14 which is sometimes used in smaller lamps. Buying light bulbs nowadays is a daunting exercise, too many choices 😢 Toolstation or B&Q should have them

@AGSBioTechs @dgs_science @ScietechSmith @TechieLady1 How do I source those!? I'm used to screw fit or bayonet - never seen a non standard size before

@AGSBioTechs @dgs_science @ScietechSmith @TechieLady1 I've just discovered half of my desk lamps have silly fittings that are like half the size of a standard screw in bit.... Don't know how to replace those!

@TechieLady1 @ScietechSmith @dgs_science @AGSBioTechs I have one of those for the prep room, but I never seem to manage bubbles. I'm hoping this might be the year that it works 🤞🏻

@KatLawrence @ScietechSmith @dgs_science @AGSBioTechs I bought one of these to get it going and it seems to do the trick. toolstation.com/wessex-240v-le… In the rooms I have conventional angle poise lamps with the highest lumen bulbs I can get. I got some 806lm bulbs in Sainsbury's. 💡

@AGSBioTechs @dgs_science @ScietechSmith @TechieLady1 Thank you! Sounds exactly what we need ❤️

@KatLawrence @dgs_science @ScietechSmith @TechieLady1 I'll take a look once I can get into the right classroom. I can never remember what the bulbs are, but they fit into normal desk lamps and look like normal bulbs, except they are bright and never get hot.