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How does lead enter cells to result in lead poisoning? Before & after student models show evidence of learning #ngss
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The 2020 AP Biology scores: 5: 9.4%; 4: 22.5%; 3: 36.6%; 2: 24.2%; 1: 7.3%.
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Privileged to engage with #NSELA60 leaders today to discuss the current historic moment & diverse sense-making from #SciEd frame. Here are my slides—PDFs, PPTs. I so appreciated the authentic & vulnerable conversation! #EquityFirst
tinyurl.com/Bell-NSELA-2020
Wow!! Check out this awesome publication that explains complex and often misunderstood mechanisms in a very accessible format 🤓 – at Morristown, NJ
As promised: The Emoji Guide to Human Genetic Diversity. A scientifically whimsical online resource. Important stuff that everyone should know.
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scholar.harvard.edu/jtenness…
Thank you @Mrs_Mongelli and @RHSiCoach for your support throughout this past quarter as I tried out a LOT of new ideas! Our Ss carried out REAL science to build, test, revise, & evaluate their algae farms as a solution to climate change🌎 – at Morristown, NJ
Ss in @MsVanValen's class shared engineering successes & improvements, and used a peer feedback protocol to individually share noticings/wonderings on the sticky side of post its, followed by group discussions (a
@PBLWorks
strategy we experienced this summer!) #RandolphSchools
Can't wait to prepare bio students to work collaboratively on their algae farms and think like engineers! – at Morristown, NJ
Excited to meet @MsVanValen’s honors biology classes tomorrow- they are about to dive into an epic engineering project! We are using scaffolds to support students’ understanding of the engineering design process (thanks @KnowlesTeachers) 🎉 #NGSS #engineering
Love when new inquiry activities work out! Students activated prior knowledge of photosynthesis & chemical indicators to interpret the photosynthetic ability of different flasks. So many "ah-ha" moments! 🌿
This week in #APBio ... we explained how our cells communicate to maintain homeostasis using neurons! Good opportunity to have important & relevant conversations about substance abuse, tolerance, & addiction (on the cellular level!)
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Making non-fiction txt comprehensible to our SpEd & ELLs is part of our push towards equity in science. Here are 2 versions of the same Performance Task text. We used rewordify.com to quickly identify potentially problematic words. How do you incorporate reading #NGSS
ALT The first is for the general, on-grade level readers.
ALT The second has the same info. The text has been editted to remove extraneous prepositional phrases, unrelated academic language, and the tenses are clear present or regular past. The column on the left caputures the big ideas in each paragraph
Check out these walls! 😍 so much space for student sense-making – at Schooleys Mountain, NJ
Student- led class modeling activity today!
“Can I add on to yours?”
“So I was thinking... and I heard this from other people too...”
“Would anyone like to agree or disagree?”
“Oh, you want to add on?”
ALL from students!!! #proudteacher @NGSS_tweeps #ngsschat #ngss
Making great progress designing authentic project-oriented units thanks to a lot of productive discussions with colleagues. Excited for September! @PBLWorks
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Happy 4th of July - here are some cellular fireworks!
This oligodendrocyte is actively growing its microtubules. It's expressing fluorescent EB3, a protein that binds to the plus ends of microtubules and shows that most microtubules have directed growth away from the cell body.
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Blown away by our #AP Bio scores!
Outstanding work by our students and teachers!
@MsVanValen & Ms. Buchalski
Looking forward to 19-20 with 59 students!
Onward & Upward!
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#ValueAdded
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