karen mccarthy

Educator in Lexington, curious learner, K-5 Science focused. Views are my own.

[karen mccarthy @LexK5science]

Pollinator Living Lab Alert! Second graders at Harrington were busy planting a NEW garden! Check out the full video at: https://t.co/Xldg6BbTLf @Hawk_Principal @HarringtonHAWKS @lexingtonsuper @lexedfoundation @bbylexma

[karen mccarthy @LexK5science]

Thanks to Alex and @MWObs for getting us and our @lexingtonsuper @EstabrookSchool LPS students up close and personal with “the world’s worst weather”!

[karen mccarthy @LexK5science]

Crew prepares for the trip, loading food for a week. Ms Buthlay and I are inching our way to the summit. Above tree line and the work begins! Digging out the weather equipment on route! @MWObs @lexingtonsuper @EstabrookSchool

[karen mccarthy @LexK5science]

Ms. Blackwell-Thompson, NASA's Launch Director - "Decades ago for Apollo 11, there was just one woman in the firing room of 450 men. Today, on launch day for Artemis I, 30 percent of the approximately 100 engineers in the firing room are women." - NYTimes

[ARCHIVED: NASA_SLS @NASA_SLS]

The Space Launch System has roared to life, launching the @NASA_Orion spacecraft on its journey for #Artemis I! Look out Moon, we are on the way!

[STEM Teaching Tools @STEMTeachTools]

Happy #PhenomenaFriday! What were the most interesting phenomena you observed this week? Here are some of my faves. I recommend checking out @LearnInPlaces to help students and families notice local phenomena. Read more: https://t.co/y8UTFCOTPe #ngsschat -@SciJeanne

[karen mccarthy @LexK5science]

A chance to notice, wonder, and connect with our local surroundings at Lexington Learns Together 2022. Thanks for joining us to explore our Big Backyard! @bbylexma @Lexington_Sci @BridgeSchoolMA @LPS_Planning @lexingtonsuper

[karen mccarthy @LexK5science]

Thank you Bianca, Maggie, and Sri, members of 2 Bits and a Byte, the LPS Robotics Team, for building EV3s for us. Our Gr 4 students are excited to begin their design challenges! @Lexington_Sci @lexingtonsuper @LexingtonHSMa @TomMartellone

[karen mccarthy @LexK5science]

@k5socialstudies @ltldrum @RaceEmbrace “A remedy to our disconnection is to get outside.” -@ltldrum

[Estabrook School @EstabrookSchool]

Second graders working in teams to create a design to stop erosion. Collaboration and compromise in action! @LexK5science #Science #teamwork

[karen mccarthy @LexK5science]

This group of field scientists - simply awesome! @SchoolHastings @bbylexma @lexingtonsuper @Lexington_Sci

[karen mccarthy @LexK5science]

The sun returned and these G4 students took their solar panels and circuits outside to investigate energy transfers and transformations. Fun to encounter such focus and curiosity!
@Ms_KMichael
@FiskeSchool

[Jenny Corduck @CorduckJenny]

Happening now…K artists sketching scenes from our pollinator garden. Art and science interacting! @lexingtonmaart @LexK5science @lexingtonsuper @BowmanLexPTO

[Bowman PTO @BowmanLexPTO]

Beautiful Fall Day for Kindergarten and Grade 3 Big Backyard walks! Thanks to @bbylexma for training and our volunteers! @CorduckJenny

[Roxanne Vento @ms_vento12]

BBY was a huge success today! Scientist were able to observe all that nature has to offer in the Fall! Kindergarteners also planted daffodil bulbs. We will observe these bulbs as the seasons change! Big thanks to our parent volunteers! @bbylexma @HarringtonHAWKS ☀️🌷🐾🍃🍂🍄

[Mary Starr @starrscience]

@NGSS_tweeps What reasons do we have for NOT getting kids outside? @LearnInPlaces @WMGLSI

[karen mccarthy @LexK5science]

A wonderful view outside my window just now. @bbylexma @lexingtonsuper @HarringtonHAWK

[karen mccarthy @LexK5science]

@ms_vento12 @HarringtonHAWKS Our youngest scientists at work! Great use of technology to enhance student inquiry.

[Roxanne Vento @ms_vento12]

SCIENTIST ALERT 🚨 Today we observed our classroom caterpillars! These scientists were able to turn & talk and share what they noticed! Kindergarteners used awesome scientific language to describe their thinking! 🐛🦋🔬#LPSHawks @HarringtonHAWKS @LexK5science

[Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astro_jaz]

Tomorrow, an incredibly rare, once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event is happening! Jupiter will be its closest to Earth since 1963! Along with opposition, it’ll be SO bright, you’ll be able to see its bands and some moons just with binoculars!
This won’t happen again until 2129!