@joshieg.bsky.socialIf your 5th grader is scared to make a prediction before the lab, we taught science backwards. A wrong prediction is not a wrong answer. It is data. The kids who guess boldly learn more than the kids who wait to copy the right one.
@joshieg.bsky.socialThe US doesn't have a science problem. It has a priorities problem. We treat science like trivia, test it late, cut it first, then act stunned when adults can't tell evidence from a headline. Kids are born curious. We school it out of them. Not an accident.
@joshieg.bsky.socialA billion ghost particles just passed through your hand, and you felt nothing.
Francis Halzen just won the Nobel Prize in Physics for catching the rare, high-energy kind in Antarctic ice, opening a whole new way to see the universe.
@joshieg.bsky.socialLight and circuits in one mini-unit: a hands-on light lab (reflect, refract, transmit, absorb) plus a parallel circuit lab where one bulb goes off and the other stays on. TEKS 5.8, 5th grade science. Tap the link in the replies to grab it.
@joshieg.bsky.socialThe slow-motion meteor shower is here. The Draconids peak Oct 8 - 9 under a moonless sky. Only about 5 an hour, but they're famously slow and graceful, and best right after dark. Look north, be patient, thank Comet 21P for the dust.
@joshieg.bsky.socialGive a 5th grader a battery, a wire, and a bulb and they'll troubleshoot for 30 minutes straight. Give them a worksheet about circuits and they're bored in 2. Kids don't have an attention problem. They have a worksheet problem. Real problems hold attention.
@joshieg.bsky.socialNobody falls in love with evaporation from a glossary. We hand 5th graders the vocabulary before they ever see the thing, then wonder why they don't care. Let them watch the puddle shrink first. Wonder before words. #ScienceEd #HandsOnScience #txed
@joshieg.bsky.socialMy 5th graders walk in asking 'why' about everything. By spring, we're proud they can stop asking and start bubbling. Somewhere along the way, school trains the curiosity out of the scientist. The 'why' is the science, the rest is just paperwork.
@mnsta.bsky.socialTomorrow at 4 PM CT: "Two Years of MCA-IV Data: A Science Educator's Playbook" 📊 A MnSTA webinar on turning assessment data into stronger teaching. Clock hours + door prizes! Free for members. Log in at MNSTA.org > Virtual PD. #MnSTA #ScienceEd #MNScienceTeachers
@joshieg.bsky.socialMy Instagram is where the classroom chaos lives. Volcano eruptions, wild science demos, and 5th grade magic. Come follow the fun:
@joshieg.bsky.socialMy 5th graders are obsessed with this one. They pick a force, magnetism, gravity, or friction, investigate it like real scientists, then explain what they found. Engagement is off the charts. Grab the link in the replies if you want it for your classroom. #ScienceEd #TeachersOfBluesky #STEM
@joshieg.bsky.socialIf every lab group gets identical results, nobody did science. Real science is messy data and kids arguing about why. The 'wrong' answer with good reasoning beats the copied right one. Hands-on or it didn't happen. #TeachersOfBluesky #ScienceEd #txed
@mnsta.bsky.socialJoin MnSTA's virtual webinar on September 29, 2026 @ 4:00 PM. Get deep-dive insights into statewide science assessments & refine your teaching strategies.
Clock hours + Door prizes! Free for Members.
Register: mnsta.org (click Virtual PD) 💻
#MnSTA #ScienceEd #MNScienceTeachers
@fraknoi.bsky.socialThe autumnal equinox happens at 5:05 pm PDT today 9/22.
Equinoxes are when day and night are nearly equal in length all over the world. It's part of the cycle of the seasons, which occurs predictably each year, unlike what happens in Washington DC. #astronomy #astroed #equinox #science #scienceed
