NGSNavigators
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Honoring the legacy of Margaret O'Sullivan. NGSNavigators provides efficient, effective and engaging NGSS Content and Professional Development for K-12 teachers
Michigan, USA
Joined August 2015
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#NGSS #ScienceEd
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On this episode, Lori Henrickson shares her approach to NGSS-focused professional development and outlines how she conducted her sessions. #NGSS @MsLorisStory @nevadascience
https://t.co/IX4QiU9woO
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We were joined this week on the podcast by @jchowning and @HanakoOsuga who discussed their lesson sequence covering the big ideas of what race is and isn’t. Hanako shares in this quote one reason it's important to reflect on this in the science classroom. https://t.co/EEq5578BL3
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I had a blast sitting down with @TaughtbyTamashi to talk about the lessons and ideas @jchowning and I have been working so hard on (with support from @wandabryant @fishyteaching and many others)! Thanks @ngsnavigators for having us!!
Teaching about the intersections of Biology, Race, & Racism: Dr. Jeanne Chowning @jchowning & Hanako Osuga @hanakoosuga from @fredhutch sat down with @ngsnavigators recently to discuss @sciedhutch HS lessons on Race, Racism, & Genetics on their podcast
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On today's new episode of the NGSNavigators Podcast, Dr. Jeanne Chowning and Hanako Osuga of @fredhutch discuss the curricular work that they have done specifically focused on race, racism, and genetics. #teaching @jchowning @HanakoOsuga
https://t.co/EEq5578BL3
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The latest episode of the NGSNavigators Podcast is now live! Erica Posthuma joined us to talk about modeling as a pedagogy in chemistry. #NGSS #chemistry #model #teaching
https://t.co/mKUIP488JC
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On tomorrow's new episode of the NGSNavigators Podcast, we are joined by @eposthuma to discuss modeling as a pedagogy in chemistry. Erica shared some great insights with us on this topic! #NGSS #chemistry
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@ngsnavigators How about a big shout out to plate pioneer Marie Tharp! I just learned about her recently and she was awesome. More folks should know her name. 🌎 #h-earthscience
smithsonianmag.com
Marie Tharp's maps helped prove continental drift was real. But her work was initially dismissed as "girl talk"
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'John Shears, the expedition leader, said that with the vessel, an outstanding crew and cutting-edge technology, “there has never been as good an opportunity to locate Endurance”.' https://t.co/IdUmouOh4P
theguardian.com
Endurance22 will launch early next year with aim of locating and surveying wreck in the Weddell Sea
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"Most people think of the children’s classic “Charlotte’s Web” as a story of devoted friendship between a spider and a pig. But it can also be read as a story of a budding engineer [..] who prototypes, builds, tests and revises her web to solve a problem" https://t.co/1xkoqPrmZE
theconversation.com
Picture books and young adult biographies can introduce kids to design-based thinking and engineering habits like creativity and persistence.
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Ghost crabs have the ability to change colors to match their surroundings by adjusting the concentration of pigments within their chromatophores. They can even match the specific colors of the grains of sand in their habitats. This is a young one https://t.co/HLIG8hNrDA
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"Though only a few studies have explored the reversibility of the anxiety and stress associated with isolation, they suggest that resocialization repairs these effects." #neuroscience
https://t.co/Q3z9VQiUMD
theconversation.com
Ready to party post-pandemic, but at the same time feeling shy? Here’s how social isolation affects the brain – and what research suggests about the effects of resocialization.
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"Specifically, the Navy wanted to be able to map very small anomalies in Earth’s magnetic field — anomalies that might be due, for example, to the presence of metallic objects, such as submarines, beneath the surface of the water." #earthscience
https://t.co/IjZTbCpnaq
sciencenews.org
With a boost from World War II, the fluxgate magnetometer became a portable and invaluable tool.
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During the upcoming #HurricaneSeason, it may be worthwhile to help students understand terms like "storm surge" and what makes it so dangerous. https://t.co/BaGs5y5VvW
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"Simply put, to make conclusions – and subsequent recommendations – about something you’re studying, you must ensure you’re measuring the thing you’re intending to measure. If your measures are defective, then your data is untrustworthy." #technology
https://t.co/eDsf7p6moZ
theconversation.com
You’re probably wrong about how much time you spend on your devices, and that has big implications for the link between device use and mental health.
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