Here's a new Halloween project for you . . . Paper Plate Skulls . . . one plate, four skulls! I'll put this up on my website in the next couple of days with some clearer photos of the process. 😁💀💀💀 ➡️ www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #sculpture #halloween #Halloweencraft #Halloweenidea #skull #skulls

Here's part two of 'Paper Plate Skulls' . . . I've added this to the website now (website below) Simply click on the 'news' link on the homepage and you'll find the full making video plus extra photos and tips. 😁👍 💀💀💀💀 Original Design ©️ www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #halloween #halloween26

📚#Librarians are treasures in all of our lives, especially for our youngest learners and readers! Make sure you read my interview with public librarian, Elissa Dee. She is creating wonderful #STEM programming for her patrons.🥰 collazocove.com/blog

Hey, do you have any students who enjoy guessing flags? They might enjoy this challenge: FlagRush — name every flag before the clock catches you · Flaglio share.google/x9d1qm2gnvXy... #edusky

FlagRush — name every flag before the clock catches you · Flaglio

Match countries to their flags, with less time each round. One wrong answer ends the run. How many of the 243 flags can you get right?

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Beware the unintended consequences of school screen time limits #edusky #eduskyai

Beware the unintended consequences of school screen time limits

With school phone bans of various sorts now underway in 41 states and counting, debates on classroom screen time have shifted focus to the devices ostensibly being used for educational purposes: Chromebooks, iPads, and the like. In response to all the tech backlash, state policymakers are taking swift action, some of which is warranted, but much of which bears signs of legislative haste.

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The fact that people cannot find a giraffe in Texas gives me a glimmer of hope that magic is real. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Searchers are on high alert for a missing giraffe in Texas

Gracie vanished a week and a half ago from a ranch northwest of San Antonio. Her owner is offering a reward of $5,000 for her capture and safe return.

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We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

Theoretical physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer was born #OTD in 1906. She shared the 1963 #Nobel Prize in Physics (w/Wigner & Jensen) "for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure." She was the second woman to win a Nobel in #physics. (Who was the first?) #WomenInSTEM

The sun isn’t always the exact center of our solar system. ☀️🧪 In this Space Oddity, @erikahamden.bsky.social explains what the barycenter of the solar system is, and how it may not always be inside of the Sun itself.

The Sun Is NOT Always the Center of Our Solar System?! ☀️

YouTube video by Museum of Science

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Oxygen loss in the surface ocean does a number of biology. It's true now, and has been across geological history. Here's another example for that for trilobites during the SPICE event. 🧪⚒️ Link: https://doi.org/10.1130/G52200.1​

Milkweed isn't just home to our favorite caterpillars, lots of other bugs call it home and/or a food source as well. Check out this goldenrod crab spider, #bees, and beetle hanging out on their food source. #summer 🧪👩‍🔬🥽🐡🍎🌱🐛🦋🐝 🕷️

𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐙𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬' 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 [via Julie Elie & @sciam.bsky.social] 🧪🥼🐦💬 "birds not only announce who they are and what they are doing, but also use individual signatures [for recognition]" www.scientificamerican.com/article/will... #birds #animals #language #individuality

Will humans one day talk to animals? This scientist is bringing us closer

Julie Elie has been studying zebra finch vocalizations for years. Now, she has won the Coller-Dolittle Prize for progress toward a world where humans can talk to animals

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Reaching out for any support for my new classroom and grade next year! #edusky #science

Christine Sawyer@christinesawyer.bsky.social · 4mo ago

After 11 years in 2nd grade & 16 overall, I’m moving to 5th grade (teaching science & reading) next year! It will be an incredibly hard change but I will give it everything I have. I’ve put together a wish list, grateful for any support: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/... #edusky #science

Compassion - What children want is to be noticed, listened to, valued, and included. If you show an interest, talk to them, show genuine concern, ask about their lives, talk to them honestly, and show them respect, then most of the time, that's what you'll get in return . . . (3) #edusky

For all of the advice I've heard, the changes I've witnessed, and all of the strategies I've seen promoted over the years, the way I work with children (and adults to be honest) boils down to the two things that I think matter the most. They are simple, human things . . . (1) #edusky

Reading fluency equals reading comprehension. The key? Practice, practice, practice. 🔑📖 #literacy #ITeachEnglish #EduSky

Improving Students’ Oral Reading Fluency in Middle School

Teachers in all content areas can create opportunities for fluency practice to help get students reading fluidly and expressively.

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Want to add more depth to the learning in your classroom? Start here. Interview with @sarahmfine.bsky.social www.cultofpedagogy.com/deeper-learn...

What Is the Secret Sauce for Deeper Learning? | Cult of Pedagogy

Want to add more depth to the learning in your classroom? Start here.

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Let’s face it: At this point, you and your students are all feeling the toll of the school year. 😪 Here’s how to put some spark back in the classroom as the year winds down. ☀️ #EduSky

Giving Students Choice to Boost End-of-Year Engagement

Students tend to lose focus a little as summer draws near, and these simple ideas for promoting their autonomy help keep them on track.

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Happy World Bee Day! Celebrate the wonder of 🐝🐝 with my books CALCULATING CHIMPANZEES, BRAINY BEES, AND OTHER ANIMALS WITH MIND-BLOWING MATHEMATICAL ABILITIES (ill. by @jsinquett.bsky.social from MIT Kids) and THE DOG WHO SAVED THE BEES (ill. by @davidhohn.bsky.social from Sleeping Bear Press).

I illustrated a book with Pope Francis: app.smore.com/n/ev4m2

Our Treasures Within

Our Treasures Within

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Today I was reminded 2 continue to make the time... My favorite Earth Day book-Uno’s Garden by Graeme Base. I read it every year & Ss love it…this year, EVERY S was in that story w/me, craning their necks, crowding around me, wriggling behind my chair to see❤️🌎#earthday #whyiteach #stemwithmrssawyer

Fun library fact! Did you know Chance the Rapper recorded his debut mixtape in a public library?

Sincerely… NASA couldn’t have chosen a better team of people for this mission. They have been a bright light in the shadowy time here. It’s been a joy to watch. #nasa #artemisii

As the Integrity crew splashed down TO THE MINUTE of their estimated arrival and hit the BULLSEYE, this is a reminder that Katherine Johnson was an absolute genius. My God. #NASA #ArtemisII

Moon joy, Earth joy. Welcome home, Integrity! #artemisII #splashdown #houstonintegrity #art

What a great photo just added on the NASA Johnson Flickr page www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...

Artemis II are home safe 🥹 Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, and Mary Jackson would be so proud 💜🌙

Every single one of the astronauts who went to the moon and back on Artemis II was educated at a public school. Thinking of the teachers who poured into Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen tonight. You helped send a kid to the moon! 🌕 💛

These aren’t great pictures, but they’re mine and I want to post this for myself…to preserve this memory and feeling forever. #nasa #moonjoy #artemisii #earthjoy @nasaupdates.bsky.social

It’s almost time! Moon Joy forever! #nasa #artemisii #moonjoy