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Janet MacNeil

@curiouslearner8

Life-Long Learner. Educator. Scientist. Curator.

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Joined November 2013
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Professor @ScottVEdwards1, Curator of #Ornithology for @MCZHarvard & Dept. Chair of @HarvardOEB, is a champion of #diversity in the sciences. Berglund & Edwards talk about ways we can strive to make nature & science accessible to everyone: bit.ly/ScottEdwardsPodcast. #podcast
Man on a bicycle smiling pictured in rural America with blue sky and a sign behind him

ALT Man on a bicycle smiling pictured in rural America with blue sky and a sign behind him

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We invite you to our I ♥ Science event on 2/11, hosted for the first time in-person since 2020! Let your inner scientist loose and enjoy indoor and outdoor activities. Free parking at 52 Oxford St garage; regular admission rates apply. bit.ly/IHeartScienceHMSC. #IHeartScience
Boy looking closely at a diagram of an early human at the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Photo by Patrick Rogers.

ALT Boy looking closely at a diagram of an early human at the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Photo by Patrick Rogers.

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This AMAZING time lapse of a dragonfly nymph emerging from a garden pond and transforming into an adult. This was all filmed on a mobile phone by @batmanflight 💚 #Springwatch
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Design Lab@DLabCambridge19 Nov 2020
Hey CPS! More about shadows from the CPS Science Department. Check out the shadow art of Vincent Bal. Create a shadow with an object (or objects), then draw a picture that includes it. Let your imagination go wild! @cambridge_cpsd #ILSCPS #SCICPS
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Design Lab@DLabCambridge10 Nov 2020
Hey CPS! Let's Play! Take objects to create a shadow. Post a picture to see if others can guess the materials you used. Innovative Learning Spaces #ILSCPS @cambridge_cpsd. Inspired by @exploratorium. sites.google.com/cpsd.us/inn…
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All this tweeting has been noticed by @audubonsociety: audubon.org/news/meet-harvar… Thanks for helping make some noise! Other great articles there too about #BlackBirdersWeek, #BlackInNature More (and more impactful) to come #BlackLivesMatter
Meet the Harvard Ornithology Professor Biking Across the Country

Meet the Harvard Ornithology Professor Biking Across the Country

With school out due to COVID-19, Scott Edwards decided to make a lifelong dream a reality. Now his ride has taken on even more meaning.

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@NatGeo1 Mar 2020
Hummingbird ASMR anyone?

Yellowstone Live - Hummingbirds

Yellowstone Live premieres June 23rd at 10/9c.

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Happy #LeapDay! To celebrate, watch a red fox on the hunt in Yellowstone

Yellowstone Live - Red Fox

Yellowstone Live premieres June 23rd at 10/9c.

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Some single camera spots available to wrap up February and our celebration of #WomenInScience! Meet an investigative journalist studying poaching, a NASA Research Scientist or an ecologist researching boreal forests! Check out the events and grab a spot: exploringbytheseat.com/lesso…
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I'm Dawn! I map the oceans, study underwater volcanos & hot springs. I also build Legos! #actuallivingscientist #meetascientist #scicomm
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Brain fit tip- give in to the itch to catch a swamp frog-my.aasa.org/AASA/Resources/S…
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We don’t tell kids what their presents are and then allow them to open them to confirm. So why do we take that discovery away in the science classroom? When I stopped telling kids what they were going to learn and allowed them to figure out on their own, everything improved.
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Scientists knew more plastic was going into the ocean than they were finding on the surface. Now Scripps' @anelachoy, @MBARI_News, & @MontereyAq have discovered where it went. @sarahzhang reports for @TheAtlantic. theatlantic.com/science/arch…
We Were Missing Most of the Plastic in the Ocean

We Were Missing Most of the Plastic in the Ocean

The highest levels of microplastics are found more than 650 feet below the surface.

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We are creating energy transfer maps in science. How many forms of energy can you identify in the chain?
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Jay McTighe@jaymctighe11 Dec 2018
Are schools assessing all valued learning outcomes or only things that are easiest to test? Researchers at MIT are attempting to assess skills such as creativity, critical thinking and curiosity using a "playful assessment" approach. edsurge.com/news/2018-12-10-…
Is Assessment Ready to Move Beyond Standardized Tests? These MIT Researchers Think So.

Is Assessment Ready to Move Beyond Standardized Tests? These MIT Researchers Think So.

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Scientist at work! We designed instruments and now we are creating. How many sounds can your instrument make?
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@NYTScience12 Nov 2018
How a Russian museum collection started by Peter the Great is helping scientists today nyti.ms/2QxJnL8
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Congratulations to Janet MacNeil, honored by the Brookline Education Foundation as the winner of the Robert I Sperber Award for Administrative Leadership!!! We are all so grateful for her incredible contributions to science education in Brookline. @curiouslearner8 @BrooklineEd
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In #science today, 4H answered the question “what is a #scientist” using drawings & descriptions. #weareallscientists #invent #explore #discover #experiment #takerisks #ask #help #inquire #study
Image from Florida Ruffin Ridley School's 4H (@FRR_4H)
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You and your students shouldn't use the scientific method. Here's why: stemteachingtools.org/brief/… #SciEd #NGSS
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