Andrea DeTerra
@andreadeterra.bsky.social
Simon Fraser University BC Faculty Associate working with student teachers; Past IB PYP Consultant & Burnaby Schools MACC Teacher; Theatre Artist; Interested in gifted ed, conceptual curriculum, tech, math, science, arts!
Greater Blue-Eared Starling Bird Nature's living gem: sparkling sapphire feathers and bright eyes
This is a painting I made several years ago while living in Ontario. Not inspired by any particular location, I was trying something new with the clouds. Blue Grey Sky 30x40 acrylic on canvas
Painter Romaine Brooks, La Primavera, #Spring (c.1910), featuring the dancer Ida Rubenstein #WomensArt
#Eggs at #Easter relate to ideas of new life in the #Spring. Painted eggshells by artist Ruby Silvious #WomensArt
Astronaut Jeremy Hansen is taking Indigenous culture past the Moon: his mission patch was designed by Henry Guimond, an Anishinaabe artist, incorporating one Indigenous perspective about the seven sacred laws, which are represented by animals. 🧪 #ArtemisII
Jeremy Hansen's patch for the Artemis II mission
CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen's patch was created for his participation in the Artemis II mission by Anishinaabe artist Henry Guimond. It includes personal and Indigenous elements important to Jeremy.
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Judy White (contemporary Canadian artist), "Sun-kissed," 2021, Acrylic on canvas
Visual activities like mapping, sketching, sculpting, and writing comic strips can help students clarify ideas, strengthen drafts, *and* deepen literary analysis. 🗺️ ✍️ #literacy #EduSky
6 Cool Visual Thinking Activities That Strengthen Student Writing
Visual activities like mapping, sketching, sculpting, and writing comic strips can help students clarify ideas, strengthen drafts, and deepen literary analysis.
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"... I love the thought these pastels once dusted Georgia O’Keeffe’s gorgeous hands" - Annie Leibovitz on her photograph of O'Keeffe's pastels, 2010 #Womensart (via P.Kenny FB)
Métis embroidery is a unique Indigenous art form characterized by stylized floral designs in bright colours, silk thread (or beads), on clothing & household items, to create symbolic pieces that tell stories & reflect the natural world #WomensArt
Native plant seeds from critically endangered Garry Oak ecosystems to be preserved vancouversun.com/news/native-...
'Winter Embroidery' by UK textile artist Rachel Wright, machine embroidered on calico with various fabrics #WomensArt
Steampunk dragon by US artist Sue Beatrice who creates steampunk sculptures and jewellery by recycling old watch parts #WomensArt
#Fox by Helen Ahpornsiri, who creates intricate collage artworks created with real pressed flowers and leaves. #WomensArt #Autumn #Fall
Bolivian artist Sonia Falcone, Campo de Color (Field of Colour), 2012 mixed media installation, 88 clay bowls containing spices and colourful powders to highlight diversity #WomensArt
The Enchanted Owl, 1960, Stonecut on paper by Inuk artist Kenojuak Ashevak. Printmaking has been a valuable form of expression for many artists within Indigenous communities #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
My favourite ones on here are the Google Doc and the Last One Talking methods. Great list.
Edutopia@edutopia.org · last yr.We collected teachers’ favorite attention-getters and combed through our archives to curate a mix of simple yet innovative strategies for quickly bringing calm to a noisy high school class. 🤫 #HighSchoolTeacher #EduSky
Happy New Year #MathPlay 🧮 Friends!! Let's start 2025 with a Which One Doesn't Belong?🤔 #WODB #EduSky #MathSky #MathsToday #ITeachMath #MTBoS #ElemMathChat #Math #Maths
Playing board and card games can improve number sense among children as young as 3—and it’s fun! 🃏✨ #MathSky
Using Board Games to Teach Math to Young Children
Playing board and card games can improve number sense among children as young as 3—and it’s fun!
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Absolutely! I would expand this by saying, use ADST quick challenges the first week so you can observe and assess strengths and areas of development for a class, while also having fun. Debriefing these activities helps create essential agreements as a class.
Edutopia@edutopia.org · last yr.Start the school year with the fun stuff! Here’s how you can use exciting labs to help introduce important classroom rules. 🎉 #ClassroomManagement #ElementaryTeacher #EduSky
Looking around and seeing 💤? These resources from educator @foes4sports.bsky.social can help you boost the energy in the room! docs.google.com/presentation... More here: cbhpe.org
Saw this on FB and thought it would make a good math warm-up or Math Talk What would you pick? 🍫🔥
Have students who need an extra challenge in math class? Find a set of 21st century pattern blocks and have them play. Lots of ideas on Dan Finkel's site mathforlove.com/games/centur...
Teach with 21st Century Pattern Blocks - Math For Love
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Hana Murray@murrayh83.bsky.social · last yr.Looking back at some of the shapes and designs from my pattern block play in July! #21CenturyPB #iTeachMath
Always fun puzzles from @mathequalslove.bsky.social . If you have students in your elementary intermediate classes who need extra challenges available, print up some of her puzzles and have them in a box with whiteboard markers and a plastic wipe off folder. Amazon has the folders.
Sarah Carter@mathequalslove.bsky.social · last yr.Today's new puzzle is for my chemistry teaching friends! (Or a puzzle to share with your science teacher buddies!) mathequalslove.net/chemistry-ar... #puzzlingclassroom #edusky
This is an older article on Cult of Pedagogy, but it still rings true and makes so much difference in how you experience a school or school year.
Teacher2Teacher@teacher2teacher.bsky.social · last yr.Educator @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social offers one essential teaching tip: "Surround yourself with good people." More here: www.cultofpedagogy.com/marigolds/ #TeacherFriends
The sculptures of Indigenous Australian artist Serena Bonson who lives and works in the Manigrida community in the Northern Territory #WomensArt
Reaching toward blue Vibrant and soaking in sun Surrounded by life. Beautiful Pender Island.
