Beth Topinka

Joyfully retired Elementary STEAM Teacher, Science Friday Educator Collaborator

[Beth Topinka @BTopink]

#USGS biologist Randy Hines demonstrates an interactive topography model that simulates rainfall impact. Phragmites Phighters phascinated!

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@AskLandsEnd Sharona appreciated her new Land’s End raincoat this morning!

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Breakfast time for our local great blue heron

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@WeatherRadar_US Absolutely!

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Sargassum in Vero Beach. #sargassum

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Touch Tank volunteering at the Vero Beach Environmental Learning Center. Love being back with kiddos as they joyfully explore local marine life.

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An abundance of birds took shelter this chilly Christmas morning in the lagoon mangroves. This only happens when temps dip into the 30’s. #indianrivershores #johnsisland

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@snide_sally 70 degrees in Vero Beach, Florida 🌴

[Cincinnati Zoo @CincinnatiZoo]

Happy World Tamandua Day! AKA the lesser anteater, the tamandua uses its long snout to sniff out ant, termite and bee colonies. Long claws enable it to dig into nests, and a long sticky tongue licks up the insects. A single tamandua can eat up to 9,000 ants in a single day!

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@MsJachymiak A Kindle is lighter if you fall asleep reading and it falls on your face.

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I love where I live. Breakfast visitors almost every morning. #VeroBeach #IndianRiverLagoon

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@DrP_Principal Mrs. Topinka, why do you color the center of your hair white?
(2nd grader)

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

dam this is cute

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@TammyLeeBradley Actually, it is a thing and it’s tasty!

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@phaneritic @Marianne_Denton I use my iPhone 12 Pro Max as a camera way more often than I use it for calls or texting. Trying to justify “needing” the iPhone 14.

[Florian Wellmann @flohorovicic]

Faults in freshly excavated sidewall of Corinth Canal - with excavator for scale. Feel free to use - CC0 on figshare: https://t.co/GYDxGrMNv3

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@phaneritic Love the pun.

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@MrsLoriHanson How sweet! Have a fabulous year, Lori!

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Wood stork strutting its stuff (and unloading its stuff!) #FloridaBirds

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@sue_ferrara Yes, they’re invasive. Scary large!

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Bufo (cane) toads are well-camouflaged and huge! Spotted this character next to the house yesterday so we need to be extra vigilant. Their toxic secretions can quickly kill a dog.