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Jim McDonald 🟧

@jimscienceguy

Professor of Science Education at Central Michigan, elem. teacher for 10 yrs. in California, Michigan Science Teachers Assoc. College Teacher of the Year 2013;

 Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Joined July 2010
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Want a chance to win a baseball autographed by AL Cy Young Award winner Gerrit Cole? Repost and follow @GerritCole45 to enter!
2023 AL Cy Young Award winner Gerrit Cole holds an autographed baseball.

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2023 AL Cy Young Award winner Gerrit Cole holds an autographed baseball.

ALT 2023 AL Cy Young Award winner Gerrit Cole holds an autographed baseball.

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Kevin W.
@Brink_Thinker2 Nov 2021
RT for the last surviving officer D-DAY first wave, turns 99
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Join us in Michigan!
PPS Lessons (@PPSLessons) profile picturePPS Lessons@PPSLessons19 Oct 2021
We are excited to announce that registration for our 2-day face-to-face workshop for the MiSTEM Network in Michigan is now open to all! Please share the link 👉 eventbrite.com/e/picture-per… #STEMeducation @NSTA @mistemgwm
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SWB Highlanders
@swbhighlanders30 Jun 2021
🚨 GIVEAWAY WEDNESDAY 🚨 Like and Retweet to be entered to win a Limited Edition Throwback Baby Bomber Aaron Judge Bobblehead!! Winner chosen at 12 on Friday!
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🎉#NatureDidItFirst🎉is 1 year old today! It was a bit underwhelming being born at the height of lockdown, so I want to make its birthday special with a #giveaway of a signed PB to 3 lucky winners! R/T and follow to win! US only, ends noon 5/2. #Biomimicry #STEM @SourcebooksKids
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PPS Lessons@PPSLessons14 Mar 2021
🍃SPRING BOOK GIVEAWAY!! R/T or tag a teacher to win your choice of 📗Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons📗 K-2 or 3-5. Contest ends 3/20 at 11:59 pm. US only. Join us at our Spring Virtual Workshop w/ the Authors starting April 7!🍃 pictureperfectscience.com/ #NSTA #STEMeducation #kidlit
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Detroit Tigers
@tigers24 Dec 2020
It's our 12th and final Day of Giving! 🎁 RETWEET for your chance to win this autographed @MiguelCabrera jersey.
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Ward's Science@WardsScience13 Oct 2020
Today we celebrate one of the first computer programmers, Ada Lovelace, and the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) around the world. #ALD20
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There is an affordability crisis when it comes to internet access in America, and the current pandemic only makes it worse.  The House passed comprehensive legislation to expand access to affordable, high-speed internet. The Senate has taken it nowhere. nytimes.com/2020/10/12/us/co…

No Home, No Wi-Fi: Pandemic Adds to Strain on Poor College Students (Published 2020)

Some low-income students have dropped out, and there are growing concerns about hunger and homelessness.

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PBS Teachers@pbsteachers12 Sep 2020
PBS LearningMedia offers free, standards-aligned resources that your students can access anywhere and any time.

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Michael Beschloss
@BeschlossDC2 Oct 2020
President of the United States and First Lady test positive for COVID-19.
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Greg Jung@edtech_workshop20 Sep 2020
I created this document for our teachers to help them come up with ideas of how to navigate through this hybrid world. There are many different ways you can pick and choose parts of the three elements of blended learning. #sunchat
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@PreetBharara19 Sep 2020
Just retweeting this again
Vanita Gupta (@vanitaguptaCR) profile pictureVanita Gupta@vanitaguptaCR19 Sep 2020
“I want you to use my words against me. If there’s a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say Lindsey Graham said let’s let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination."
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Today's #NSTA #DailyDo asks the question, "Why does ice melt without getting hot?" This more fitting question might be, "Why does the temperature stay the same when water is melting and boiling?". Learn more about this lesson plan here: nsta.org/lesson-plan/why-doe…
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Sir Ken Robinson
@SirKenRobinson22 Aug 2020
It is with heavy hearts that we announce Sir Ken Robinson died peacefully yesterday, 21st August 2020, surrounded by family after a short battle with cancer. We will be following up with a further update as we begin to follow Sir Ken’s wishes and honour his legacy.
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Science has taken a backseat to ELA and mathematics But integrating content areas assures that science is given priority in the elementary educational experience. stemteachingtools.org/brief/…
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Philip Bell@philiplbell27 Jun 2020
During this pandemic, what might we be able to safely accomplish if we put a national pause on schooling for a year and channeled all of the effort & resources of "re-opening" into building a more equitable school system? (Channeling @meganbang3 here.) xitter.gq/philiplbell/status/127…
Philip Bell (@philiplbell) profile picturePhilip Bell@philiplbell27 Jun 2020
PLS RT As #COVID19 spikes with ~40k new US infections / day, it is disproportionately impacting BIPOC communities. You aren't likely hearing about that. That invisibility & erasure is an act of racist structural violence. Donate! Yell! Support! #StayClosed dailynorthwestern.com/2020/0…

Native Americans in Chicago chart a 15 percent COVID-19 mortality rate — but the city hasn’t...

COVID-19 is killing the American Indian residents of Chicago at disproportionately high rates, but the city has chosen to keep those statistics under wraps. RoxAnne Unabia, interim executive director...

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Beth Nguyen@bethminhnguyen18 Jun 2020
Does ANY university have a real plan for fall that isn't based on a combination of wishes, hopes, dreams, and denial?
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Today's #NSTA #DailyDo, How can I tell what's inside?, is for preK students and their families. my.nsta.org/event/nsta-web-s…
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