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Reset my feeders this morning - changed the nectar Reset my feeders this morning - changed the nectar to make it ‘sweeter’ - heard a hummingbird moments ago so I know they are still here… have had one visit recorded yesterday and another this morning. #birding #curiosity #hummingbirds #science
This past July, I was able to fulfill dream and vi This past July, I was able to fulfill dream and visit the Netherlands American Cemetery near Margraten, Netherlands. I don’t know anyone or have a family member who is buried there. My only connection is through a story I first learned of in 2016 about a young Dutch boy who adopted PFC James E Wickline’s grave when he was thirteen years old in 2002. For more than a decade this boy was curious and full of wonder (and respect and awe, too) about this soldier and his life which ended on this day in 1944. Wickline was 21 when he died parachuting into the Netherlands in Operation Market Garden. May never forget @usabmc .#worldwar2 #netherlandsamericancemetery #sacrifice #remembrance 508thparachuteregiment
This week's Thoughtful Thursday quote is from Quin This week's Thoughtful Thursday quote is from Quincy Jones, "You can't get an A if you are afraid of getting an F." This is a reminder that we need to be doing our best and know that learning won't happen without setbacks. #ThoughtfulThursday #persistence #grit
Finished my bucket list last weekend and getting r Finished my bucket list last weekend and getting ready for a new school year. Can you use SCIENCE to name the four ballparks? #science #claim #evidence #reasoning
This was six months when my classes where outside This was six months when my classes where outside messaging shadows and watching them ‘move’ imagine the wonder when they realized it was us (the earth) moving and not the shadow! #beingCURIOUS #FULLOFWONDER
sometimes you have to be gone… thankful for a su sometimes you have to be gone… thankful for a sub who can step in and be ‘me’ for a day #substituteteachers #guestteachers
Thanks to @dupageforest for a great day of learnin Thanks to @dupageforest for a great day of learning. I learned about the history of the Graue Mill and DuPage County in the mid 1800s to the present day. I learned about conservation and habitat restoration efforts in our county and resources that are available for me and other science teachers to use to help students learn about real life applications of science in our community. #learning #springinstitute #teaching
it’s a four day weekend for my kiddos. But not t it’s a four day weekend for my kiddos. But not the teachers - we have parent/student conferences Thursday and teacher learning on Friday. Figured I’d challenge my kiddos to stretch the weekend figure this one out… #phenomena @iqwsteducators #gaslaws
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sempersharkus Mr. Watkins @sempersharkus ·
23 Oct

Happy Mole Day. Make your day six point zero two tjmes ten to the twenty-third power better than yesterday #moleday #chemistry #moles Source: American Chemical Society

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21 Oct

Thousands protest the war in Vietnam #todayinhistory #historymatters #FirstAmendment

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17 Oct

It happened at 5:04 PM Pacific Daylight Time just before game three of the 1989 World Series.. Loma Prieta earthquake strikes near San Francisco #neverforget #earthquakes #baseball #worldseries

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sempersharkus Mr. Watkins @sempersharkus ·
12 Aug

I have seen Sue a few times, have you? Pretty cool.

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