When I was a kid at summer camp, we made "solar cookers"- except that they didn't cook anything! Turns out, just painting a shoebox black and lining it with foil doesn't work. I've been sour on #solarcooker projects with kids ever since, until now.
I decided to make it my end of year class project with my students and do it RIGHT. I made a prototype to teach myself before starting on theirs.
Now I'm obsessed with #solarcooking . This little #solaroven made from trash has cooked vegetable curry, Mexican rice, lentils (from dry!) cinnamon rolls, and blueberry cobbler (all #veganfood of course). I've devoured pages and pages of the Solar Cooking Wiki from SCI and everything solar cooking related at Low Tech Magazine. Help, this is amazing.
#scienceteacher #scienceproject

That fine feeling you get when your lesson plan hits every state standard the first time 😌☺️👩‍🔬 #scienceteacher #teaching

Alchemist
@Alchemist_Final
Ret. #USN, Ret. #ScienceTeacher. Never really retired, it's just a #simulation.
#follow #following #boost #followfriday #altext
Early July Afternoon 2022
Carl J Shoemaer

Alchemist
@Alchemist_Final
Ret. #USN, Ret. #ScienceTeacher. Never really retired, it's just a simulation. #followfriday #follow #following #boost #altext

Elastic potential energy lab success! And no one was blinded by flying rubber bands. #edutooter #stem #scienceteacher #stem

Teaching is waking up at four thirty in the morning with the immediate thought—that would be a great activity to teach work-energy principal! Still winter break but working today. #TeacherPrep #teacher #scienceteacher #ScienceTechnologyEngineeringMath

Grandpa wants to watch a show that's *only* on paramount+, so I check his TV, see he has an extra HDMI port, so I take him to the big store to get a roku.
Him: which aisle do we have to go to?
Me: the #electronics section.
Him: *LOUD GROAN* you know me and electronics don't get along
Me: but. How? You're a #scienceteacher
Him: I never liked big E.

LOL. First time I've heard #technology referred to as Big Anything. There are some things the #boomers are good for, if we only listen.

#millenials

👉👉👉"many students see practicals as playtime and switch off from learning."

RT @RSC_EiC@twitter.com

The future of practical work in school chemistry. Let’s debate it says @magentatechnic1@twitter.com

https://edu.rsc.org/opinion/re-evaluating-how-we-teach-practicals/4016669.article

#technognition #scienceteacher #ukedchat

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RSC_EiC/status/1605827982748024833

Hi Mastodon folks - I'm Bob, from #Boston #Massachusetts. I'm a #scienceteacher, #writer, #editor, #blogger, #moderate #American citizen. Love #hiking and #exploring #NewEngland . I'm a #curriculum designer, life-long learner.

https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/

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Great advice here. Good point about importance of correct terminology in earlier years...

RT @RSC_EiC@twitter.com

Strong and weak acids is a deceptive topic, says @doc_kristy@twitter.com
Read her six top tips for teaching it here ⏬ https://edu.rsc.org/ideas/6-ways-to-teach-strong-and-weak-acids/4016575.article
#scienceteacher #edutwitter

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RSC_EiC/status/1598034629033746432

@prof_di_chimica I teach Environmental Science in the US. The challenges are real. #ScienceTeachers #scienceteacher

@RussInCheshire Did you know you can make a rainbow on your wall by shining your mobile flashlight (with a diy slit disc) through a red wine glass filled with water? 🌈🍷📱#scienceteacher

ALT: a 6 sec video scanning from bottom to top showing a mobile phone with light on shining up through a water filled wine glass to a small rainbow projected on a nearby wall.

RT @MergeVR@twitter.com

Interact with a life-sized model of the human body (literally!).

#science #scienceteacher #AugmentedReality #metaverse #edtech

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MergeVR/status/1581059717152899072