March 2017 (Issue 364) This issue features lots of shared learning from educational contributors and ideas to try in our ‘science notes’ section including a 137-second plant hunt and two simple methods to enrich teaching on genetics. Other articles look at how to use test data to identify students’ misconceptions in science, how to help students to understand the different between physical and chemical changes with the ‘REACT’ (relating, experiencing, applying, cooperating and transferring) strategy and using papers cups to study heat transfer. This issue also presents the second and third instalment of a four part series on optimal learning in schools.