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Michelle Joyce PhD
Reclaiming my old twitter identity @nextgreatthingx previously #awesomescience (name hacked/stolen)
Love learning, travel, and STEM education

[Collier County Public Schools @collierschools]

IMPORTANT: Beginning July 1, 2026, CCPS will no longer post regularly on this platform. Our X account will be used for emergency communications only.

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[awesomeSTEM @awesomeSTEM]

@AP_Trevor Thank you @AP_Trevor - I look forward to this series of tweets almost as much as the scores being released. The additional detail you are providing this year is very interesting and I am especially interested in what you have to say about #APChem as I was both teacher and reader.

[awesomeSTEM @awesomeSTEM]

@DrP_Principal I did my PhD dissertation on Bronfenbrenner in the school setting. Made so much "common sense".

[Palmetto Ridge MAO @PRHMAO]

The @PalmettoRidgeHS Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society at their final regional competition for the year, held at @FIU. Great math brains at work. @collierschools

[ChampionsForLearning @Champs4Learning]

Class of 2026 - Scholarship Opportunity!

Applications are open for the JumpStart scholarship - which provides graduating seniors with a jump start on their path toward success. Applications close April 26, 2026.

More information on our website: https://t.co/6EWkqegHWQ

[John Solak @CoachJohnSolak]

Congratulations to Evan Adams and Ethan Bates! Collier County All-Stars went out a winner 107-103 over Lee County. Evan scored 9, Ethan scored 4!

[awesomeSTEM @awesomeSTEM]

@dailystem I would have welcomed gas prices at $3.14 per gallon this weekend!!

[awesomeSTEM @awesomeSTEM]

Tomorrow starts our final quarter of the year. Let's finish strong!! Any donations greatly appreciated - triple funding match thanks to the Schoen Foundation via @DonorsChoose https://t.co/jaVlvOgV2t

[awesomeSTEM @awesomeSTEM]

@dailystem @DummScience I have you both beat .... 1988! Yikes!

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

This is what happens when you fire a ball from a cannon at 50 mph backwards from a truck moving at 50 mph.

📽: MythBusters

[awesomeSTEM @awesomeSTEM]

@markgadala Sorry, but The Goodies had Kitten Kong back in 1971 well before AI.

[awesomeSTEM @awesomeSTEM]

@howie_hua U R so ✓(tan^2 c + 1)
I can't function without U

[awesomeSTEM @awesomeSTEM]

So excited to be able to offer this new course through Dual Enrolment at @PalmettoRidgeHS @FSWCollege @collierschools
next year.

[Palmetto Ridge @PalmettoRidgeHS]

Congratulations to Ms. Schroeder for doing the legwork to get PRHS to be certified as the first Guy Harvey Conservation school in @collierschools - great news for students and teachers.

[awesomeSTEM @awesomeSTEM]

@CoachJohnSolak Thanks for the clarification. I missed that #gobears

[awesomeSTEM @awesomeSTEM]

Thank you to @DonorsChoose for your contribution to our AP Precalculus classroom. We are ready to do some Polar Graph investigations. @PalmettoRidgeHS

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

Rainbows are actually full circles, typically visible from higher vantage points, such as planes or tall buildings.

📽: Fabricio Maciel

[Palmetto Ridge @PalmettoRidgeHS]

Ms. Wiz's drawing classes are working on perspective this week.

[Justin Skycak @justinskycak]

Those college students who don't know remedial middle school math -- nearly half went all the way up to calculus or precalculus in high school, and a quarter of them got perfect 4.0 GPAs in their high school math courses.