Susan Pienta

Earth, Environmental, Bio Teacher @SaratogaSpringsHS, Knowles Fellow. Adventurer. She/her.

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That time your group challenge felt a little too topical to the unit you’re on. Whoops. 😂 #savesam #reproductionunit

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When you ask for anonymous questions about reproduction…….

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Forgot rule number 1 of teaching. You cannot leave rubber bands unattended at the table.

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@Mr_Miller_Sci @LabAids @SEPUP_UCB Yesss! I know the feeling. I wanted it to happen organically on our initial models so we could talk about it as a tool and it did!!!

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@AMcMahonEd Twitter thought I missed this. I hadn’t but couldn’t resist clicking on it again.

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Ss created their initial models of what is causing leukemia symptoms. Inspired by last week’s book club mtg on @AmbScienceTeach

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Whiteboard art discovered in my room. “It’s about a demon trying to do a little hood in this place called hell”

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Maintaining Homer-o-stasis. Now with more systems modeling thinking! #homerostasis #ngssified #systemsthinking #modeling

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Creating models to make sense of gas exchange in the body AND THEN students used each other’s models to help them explain what’s happening at different scales.

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Unanimous consent for the win. Missing the brilliant ideas from Gaming PLT this year. But super grateful for all the games that continue to help me build community and model science phenomena in my classroom.

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Bodacious P being the artist formerly known as MsPienta. Thank you block 3.

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Love my classes so much this year that I rapped Bodacious P’s* 2015 hit “Baby Got Graph” for them.

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Loved this class’s creativity! Used the variety to start conversations about what makes a good model. #teach180 #thermoregulation #nyssls #systemmodels

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A student came back to class after dismissal to invite another student to sit with her and her friends. My daughter said it best. “My heart hurts because there’s joy in it and it’s hitting me inside there”

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Got about 45 minutes worth of work done in 2.5 hours. At least they didn’t accidentally dump the pushpin container. 🤦🏼‍♀️. #teacherprep

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Students stayed strong until the end with some fierce Taboo battles. This year was hard. But these students were phenomenal.

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My students were off their phones for the entire block during the last week of classes! All it took was hours of planning and set up!

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@MsHereth I put a post-it note with a personal message on their desk the day of their state tests. So many have pulled them out of their wallets or told me they have them posted on their walls. Cheap! Meaningful!