Science Teacher at Irving STEAM Magnet MS. š» Using Twitter to get students talking about science in our world. Views expressed here are my own.
Glassell Park, Los Angeles
Joined July 2017
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Help bring our classroom to life! We are trying to buy DNA extraction kits so students can see their own DNA. Apply the code LIFTOFF at checkout to double your donation. #genetics #donorschoose #LatinosinSTEM #adoptaclassroom #redfored donorschoo.se/e/np18mudE2T
thank you @BriChristophers for your presence and story on our Careers in STEM wall! Every day girls walk by this board and see a WOC with a PhD in the sciences. #latinasinSTEM
@mfwells5 THANK YOU for representing on our Careers in STEM wall! I included your disclaimer that persistence is what got you this far in life. Because of your bio students started asking me about what stem cells are. #latinosinSTEM #RepresentationMatters
@TamayoLab THANK YOU for your contribution to our Careers in STEM wall. Your story is already inspiring our students. When I see a student hanging out in that corner reading your story I wonder where that moment could take them. #latinasinSTEM #representationmatters
Thank you @FabianRChavez for contributing to our Careers in STEM wall! It's so important for our students to see people who look like them being represented in STEM and you're helping us do that with our middle school science students. @LatinosInSTEM
Thank you @mcmsharksxx for your contribution to our school's Careers in STEM wall! Your career has definitely gotten the students asking how they can get into doing similar work. #latinasinSTEM
THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to my Careers in STEM wall. I received over 300 responses combined from fb, ig, and twitter so I will be switching themā¦ instagram.com/p/Bn91tCsgE9TUā¦
STUDENTS: Take advantage of the Investigation Station to determine 1. what type of owl made your pellet, and 2. what type of prey you have. Every observation and measurement is a clue! We finish up our pellet dissections this week before we move on to: THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM. ā at Pasadena, CA
7th graders: Just a reminder that we will be constructing our atom models tomorrow in class. Bring all of the materials that you will need! Reach out to your study buddy to confirm who is bringing what.
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EXTRA CREDIT ALERT : 7th graders, if you take a tour of the Minecraft Ed Chemistry education and turn in: 1. A review, 2. Your ideas for a classroom lesson for other students you'll get 5 extra credit points. It's your turn to teach me! @PlayCraftLearn education.minecraft.net/get-ā¦
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Vole? Or shrew? 6th grade science students at Irving are working hard, analyzing owl pellets to determine owl predation habits and to show off their knowledge of the skeletal system.
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I love when a student asks a good question that makes me Google hunt for answers. Today Floyd asked: "If our internal body temperature is 98 degrees, then why do we feel hot when it's 98 degrees outside?" @sciam has an answer for us: scientificamerican.com/articā¦
Today students learned you can grow plants straight out of a popcorn bag. š± say hello to our future corn plants #schoolgarden #sprouts #lifescience
When I was camping with middle schoolers they thought it was a UFO! Grab your parents and get outside tonight to check out the night sky.
Sky watch alert šØ Get outside tonight and look for Mars! The Red Planet and Earth havenāt been this close since 2003, and wonāt be again until 2035. Look to the south July 30 ā 31 to see an orange Mars shining brightly. Cloudy skies? Watch it online NOW: youtu.be/CsqiRUp40Is
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NASA has translated what the sun has to say in a way we can understand. xitter.gq/NASA/status/1022256902ā¦
The Sun is not silent. The low, pulsing hum of our star's heartbeat allows scientists to peer inside, revealing huge rivers of solar material flowing, along with waves, loops and eruptions. This helps scientists study what canāt be seen. Listen in: go.nasa.gov/2mHnNGH
Spiders are doing their part to fight climate change xitter.gq/NatGeo/status/10224524ā¦
PSA: Spiders are getting biggerāand more abundant. (Don't worry, it's a good thing.) on.natgeo.com/2v8eSSz
Any Latinx scientists/engineers out there willing to let me post their pictures up on my classroom's Careers in STEM wall? I'm teaching a class of 83% Latino 6th graders and want to give them some real life scientists to look up to. @LatinosInSTEM @LatinasinSTEM @LatinxinSTEM
One week of environmental science and backpacking with the middle school Sierras team at Outward Bound Adventures. These students taught me so much, can't wait to get back out in the mountains with them again next year. #OBA #outwardboundadventures #outdoored #OptOutside
Can't wait for my Sierras trip this summer, taking some middle school youth to the Sierras so they can experience this feeling. xitter.gq/YoseConservancy/statusā¦
John Muir dedicated countless hours to observing, and writing about, landscapes, skyscapes, plants, peaks & animals. Have you ever spent an hour ā or a day, or a week ā totally immersed in nature? What was it like? What did you observe?
(More Muir: bit.ly/muir-musings)
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Great example of natural selection. xitter.gq/bama_nurse/status/9532ā¦
