Lauren King

9-12 Science Supervisor~Physics lover~Advocate for students~Listen—I like tacos, but PIZZA IS BETTER. 🧬🧫🧪 🚀

[The M&N class @MrsMathis3rdGrd]

Name of the game? Fractions In The Wild! ♥️
How to play? Notice how fractions are multiplied in the real world.
How to win? Make blueberry muffins with your new knowledge!
@LincolnMagnetIB @USFLauren

[Lauren King @ScienceGalLK]

Awesome time @LincolnMagnetIB sharing my love of woodcrafting with 4th graders. We built bookends to take home! Also got in a few bits about friction & energy bc if I’m talking to students we’re learning some science! @AddisonGDavis @TampaBaySTEM @HillsboroughSch

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Recognizing our HCPS High School Science teachers who were voted by their peers as Teacher of the Year & Ida S. Baker Award Nominees! Gotta celebrate amazing folx in science ed! @HillsboroughSch @TampaBaySTEM @AddisonGDavis

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The brilliant and always stylish Yung Romano representing HCPS well on a PAEMST Finalist Q&A panel at FAST this morning. 👏🔥 @fast_science @HillsboroughSch @alonsohigh @AddisonGDavis @TampaBaySTEM

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Todd Bevis and Dr. Ellen Granger are a breath of fresh air! Always bringing the 🔥 and pushing our thinking to grow our skills. Thank you. #2021FASS @FLSciSuper @USFLauren

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@RachelsBirds @SaraJBenincasa

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@scv74980610 @SaraJBenincasa My child was that way when she was younger. She hated long sleeves. LOATHED. She wanted tanks and sleeveless shirts only. I called her anti-sleevery. My best mom joke. It’s still her preference but I think her hormones changed and she doesn’t run as hot anymore.

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@teach_me24 Super cool! Where is that located on campus?

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@theedpodcast No shoes! Ever. Wore them from car to classroom and back. That’s it. Barefoot allllll day.

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@BrynnaMcF I just read the book and re-watched the movie. I am fascinated by the general American obsession with this particular book and movie so I’ve acquired some facts about it.

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@BrynnaMcF Wait. I was playing the wrong game. Is this wrong answers only or no? 😂

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@Maire_from_NJ Same. But that doesn’t stop me from watching every single tutorial video that shows up on my social media promising to make it easy. Every last one.

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@BrynnaMcF The Shining

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@Altotus @PaulCottlePhys @jmcin9 OpenStax was what I was thinking of. Ty. You raise a good point about appropriate texts for reading level of student. We would have to pay attention to that for struggling readers in science courses for sure.

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@Altotus @PaulCottlePhys @jmcin9 Sure. I see that. I feel like this is where PLCs and PLNs are useful. Let’s all help each other. Also, not NO books, just use free and cheap ones (CK-12 prints low cost or is free online, there are a few other open source books...Univ of Texas, maybe).

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@PaulCottlePhys We still have it bc $$$ / publishers / lobbyists. I don’t hate textbook publishers, BUT I also don’t want our kids educated by the top 2-3 publishers. I want kids educated by their human teachers who get to choose the best text or hands-on resources for the instruction.

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@PaulCottlePhys The whole textbook adoption situation is trash. We spend so much $ on them when free texts are available online or very inexpensively for print. Book $ could go to equipping teachers with what they need to DO science rather than books full info that’s freely available elsewhere.

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@MadisonPayton2 SAME!

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@BrynnaMcF Definitely works. But I’m a fan of trying new styles and going bold. An excellent choice! Regardless, as you said, it’s everyone else’s problem if they don’t love it. You aren’t really in need of their approval or even their opinion. 😉

[Lauren King @USFLauren]

@jmcin9 @MattYousefzadeh, I think it’s Bone Apple Tea.