Laura Markham

I am a science educator at Michigan State University. I seek to empower my students to become agents of change in this world.

[Jason Dinh is just trying his best @byjasonpdinh]

soooo I spent tuesday reading all 920 pages of project 2025 and scouring it for climate proposals

i summarized everything here so you don't have to suffer the way I did lol :')

my latest for @AtmosMag

https://t.co/GkvSkxVRXG

[Prof Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann]

Understand that Biden won't be replaced by another Democrat. There won't be a brokered convention. It will be Trump vs. Biden. So stop this foolishness now. Democracy and the planet are now literally on the line. This is the moment.

[Laura Markham @LauraMarkham_1]

Join @theNASEM on 5/31 at 12:30pm ET for #ClimateConversations: Community-Driven Relocation! Rapidly worsening disasters lead to #Displacement and #Relocation of already vulnerable communities. Register to learn more: https://t.co/VBUpTyUxCS

[Laura Markham @LauraMarkham_1]

@YouTooBio @birdphys I'd love to see it too

[Laura Markham @LauraMarkham_1]

@wweisawesome123 @AutismInit @mrjamesob @BillBailey @PaddyMcGuinness @ChrisGPackham @reallorraine @piersmorgan @NicolaSturgeon @Writer_DG @theJeremyVine Happy birthday Ben

[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

🌍 Inclusion is not a program or set of procedures, it’s a mindset that 1. all #students belong, 2. I can teach all #students well, and 3. they can all learn and grow and flourish and succeed. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #TeacherTwitter

[Laura Markham @LauraMarkham_1]

@DrCJSobers Maybe we can help brainstorm? What accommodations do they need? Is it actual physical access to the lab? Or more accomodations to the physical manipulations? What about hiring a previous student to assist? You can help them learn to assist without doing for be safe

[Kristin Song @kristinsong3]

My name is Kristin Song.

On January 31, 2018, my son Ethan was shot in the head in his best friend's house. The father/gun owner stored 3 handguns and ammunition in a shoebox. Ethan's friend had been accessing the guns for over 6 months.

At the hospital, the ER doctor slid down the wall, put his head in his hands, and whispered, "Your son is gone." At that instant, all I knew, loved and trusted was imploded into a million tiny pieces.

I begged to say goodbye to my beautiful boy. I wanted to kiss his forehead, tell him how cherished he was, and tuck him in one last time. But the doctor begged me to remember Ethan as he was, you see, he was unrecognizable even to my eyes.

The day before Thanksgiving in 2018, the prosecutor told me she would not charge the negligent gun owner, and if I wanted negligent gun owners to be held accountable, I would have to change the law.

So I did.

6 months later, Connecticut passed Ethan's Law, which requires gun owners to secure their weapons if children can gain access.

Then, I learned that so many states stood silent on this issue, so in 2019, I turned my attention to passing Ethan's Law nationally. I met with over 400 congressional offices, 130 of them Republican.

In 2022, Ethan's Law was passed in the House of Representatives as part of the Safer Communities Act. Sadly, it was not picked up in the final package.

When the Democrats lost the House of Representatives in 2023, I pivoted to passing safe gun storage laws in the States. As a result, Michigan, New Mexico, and Maryland passed safe storage laws.

Currently, I am working with 5 states to pass Ethan's Law.

I am emotionally and mentally exhausted, but I will not stop until there is a cultural shift in this country where it becomes second nature to secure your weapons around unsupervised children.

If you believe in protecting children from gun violence, please follow and repost.

[Laura Markham @LauraMarkham_1]

@DrCJSobers How the ... Is that even physically possible? The teaching let alone anything else. 27 hrs in the classroom? What about prep? What about grading/ungrading? They should give you tenure for just managing that. And a party... They should throw a party in your honor every semester!

[Laura Markham @LauraMarkham_1]

@saintsunflower @kinderworldgame It's lovely, thank you

[Laura Markham @LauraMarkham_1]

@thephdstory Congratulations. Way to go. I hope it proves to be a great opportunity.

[Laura Markham @LauraMarkham_1]

@jmattmiller We all need an extra hand now and then

[Next Generation Science Standards @OfficialNGSS]

📰New NGSS Now Newsletter 📰

Check out the September 2023 issue: https://t.co/pvc2FLrP2X

It includes resources from:
@CADREK12
@STEMTeachTools
@SciEdPod
@NGSWestEd
@JennySarna
@theNASEM
@AGU_Eos

[Genius Lab Gear @geniuslabgear]

🎉The Lab Coat Project is OPEN for pre-orders! 🥼

We need to hit 600 orders in 6 weeks to crowdfund half the manufacturing cost. If you don't need one, you can still donate one to STEM classrooms at cost to help us reach the goal.

Please RT!
🔗https://t.co/eJ4ZLSSJRw

[Pat Zietlow Miller @PatZMiller]

I could not love this video more!

[Laura Markham @LauraMarkham_1]

@karenraycosta Hello! Still here intermittently

[Laura Markham @LauraMarkham_1]

@tjoosten My rheumatologist has me taking anti inflammatory supplements which have been very effective for me. Tumeric, tart cherry, magnesium, and an omega 3,6,9 supplement. I have also seen an OT. Ring splints were suggested. The pain is ok but I am trying to minimize the joint damage.

[Laura Markham @LauraMarkham_1]

@Epitopic @Napaaqtuk I was going to say this. Worst ear pain ever was due to fungal infection. They vacuumed out my ear. Ugh!

[Laura Markham @LauraMarkham_1]

@liznorell I'd like to get involved