The 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. #ScienceEd #PublicEducation #txed

Texas doesn't test science until 5th grade. So for six years it gets treated like recess. Then the state tests my 5th graders on it and acts surprised at the scores. You don't get to ignore a subject for six years and then grade us on it. #txed #PublicEducation #STAAR

A 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. #ScienceEd #Physics #NobelPrize

Private schools are not required to follow an IEP. That is the part that gets left out of the sales pitch, and families find out after they have already switched. Private schools can accept who they want and send away who they don't. #txed #PublicSchools #SpecialEducation

Light 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. #ScienceEd #STEM #5thGradeScience

The 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. #ScienceEd #Astronomy #MeteorShower

Give 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. #ScienceEd #HandsOnScience #txed

It always comes down to priorities. We find the money for the things we value. Public schools serve everybody, so they should be at the top of the list, not an afterthought. Funding is a choice. So is shortchanging the schools that take every kid. #PublicEducation #FundOurSchools #txed

Nobody 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

As a father, the Cornell 7 story in the news hits me hard. We have to do a better job raising our sons to understand what consent means. No means no, silence is not yes, and we are all accountable for our actions. #ConsentEducation #Parenting #Accountability

My 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. #ScienceEd #HandsOnScience #txed

The legislature doesn't write my lesson plans, but it sure loves telling me which science I'm allowed to teach. Funny how the people furthest from my classroom have the strongest opinions about it. The kids are doing science. The adults are doing politics. #txed #TeachersOfBluesky #EduTwitter

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Fuel moves cars. Effort moves lives. What's one thing you only pulled off because you refused to quit? #Motivation #GrowthMindset #TeachersOfBluesky

My Instagram is where the classroom chaos lives. Volcano eruptions, wild science demos, and 5th grade magic. Come follow the fun: www.instagram.com/00joshieg #ScienceEd #TeachersOfBluesky #STEM

My 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

If 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

We test reading and math for four years, then act shocked when 5th graders can't think like scientists. You don't build science brains with worksheets in the grades that don't count. #TeachersOfBluesky #ScienceEducation #txed

5 science activities your 5th graders will actually remember. Easy, cheap, zero boring worksheets. Which one are your kids begging to try first? 👇 DM me for details. #TeachersOfInstagram #ScienceTeacher #STEMeducation

That water in your bottle? Older than the dinosaurs. Every drop cycles through oceans, clouds, rivers, and yeah, probably a T. rex at some point. The water cycle wastes nothing. 💧🦕 #TeacherVoice #EduSky #Science

Nobody lectures a pilot from seat 34B. But everyone who once sat in a classroom thinks they can run a school. #TeacherVoice #EduSky #Education

🔥 434-day Duolingo streak and counting! Spanish practice is baked into my day now — even the long teacher days. Small habits compound. Here’s to the next 62 weeks. #Duolingo #LanguageLearning #EduSky

Duolingo gave Duo a Keys suit for completing my daily lessons and honestly? The fit goes hard 🕶️ My Spanish teacher dresses better than I do. #Duolingo #LanguageLearning #Streak

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97% accuracy on my Spanish lessons today. 432-day streak still alive and paying off. Small wins, every single day. #Duolingo #LanguageLearning #EduSky

Unpopular opinion: 5th graders don't hate science. They hate worksheets pretending to be science. Give a kid a balloon, a battery, and a reason to wonder, and watch what happens. #ScienceTeachers #STEMeducation #TeachersOfInstagram

Save this for Monday! 📌 5 hands-on 5th grade science demos your kids will actually remember 🧪 (1/2) #ScienceTeachers #STEMeducation #EdChat

🔥 HOT TAKE: Public schools aren't failing — they're being defunded. Vouchers don't fix education. They drain it. Fund public schools. Pay teachers. Stop banning books. #PublicEducation #FundOurSchools #EdChat

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🔥 431 days! Just set my longest Duolingo streak record. Consistency > motivation. Who else is keeping a streak alive? #Duolingo #LanguageLearning #Streak