Melissa Watros

Hamilton West Biology and Environmental Science teacher

[Melissa Watros @DrWatros]

Biotech students enjoyed a Biotechnology Career Networking Mocktail Party in class today. Students shared info from projects they had completed about biotechnology careers as if they were employees in their chosen career.
#scienceisfun #futurescientists
@HTSD_West @WeAreHTSD

[Melissa Watros @DrWatros]

Mining chocolate chip cookies to simulate environmental effects of mining and potential for profit or loss #funfriday #scienceisfun #labday @HTSD_West @WeAreHTSD

[U.S. Department of Education @usedgov]

To all the educators promoting science & sustainability in your schools - you mean the world to us! 🌎♻️

#ThankYouThursday #EnvironmentalEducationWeek

[Melissa Watros @DrWatros]

Getting heart rates up

[Melissa Watros @DrWatros]

Science Fun Friday! Biology heart rate lab and Environmental mystery biome labs. #sciencefun #Labday @HTSD_West @WeAreHTSD

[Melissa Watros @DrWatros]

Dance Team at Haunted House @HTSD_West @aguedaporras

[Scientific American @sciam]

Local governments in coastal states will lose billions of dollars in local tax revenue as rising seas claim developed land https://t.co/BbJTwOkR5a

[National Geographic @NatGeo]

Every year in mid-September, people gather in Diamante, Italy to celebrate the famous Calabrian chili pepper.

For many, this year’s festival is a celebration of the plant’s heroic survival in the face of extreme heat waves https://t.co/EbKkULHT6c

[Live Science @LiveScience]

230 pilot whales beached in Tasmania — exactly 2 years after the area's last mass stranding https://t.co/MydVnEA8xZ

[National Geographic @NatGeo]

The United States conducted 1,054 atomic tests—costing more than $100 billion and taking an incalculable toll on humans and the environment https://t.co/WZ7YhMaECd

[Science News @ScienceNews]

A study reveals new details of a defensive strategy used by open colonies of giant honeybees.
https://t.co/YJgChTvnHc

[Hamilton High West -The Hornet Buzz 🐝 @HTSD_West]

Students checking out all the great HHW clubs and organizations at the Student Activities Fair today!

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📢 Attention incoming 9th graders and ALL students new to HHW this year!

Hope to see you there! 🐝

#hornetpride #westisbest

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Hornets celebrated a 20-16 victory over @HTSD_Steinert at Friday’s Powderpuff Game!

[HamiltonWestFootball @HHW_Football]

Our principal > your principal

[Melissa Watros @DrWatros]

Biology classes modeling natural selection by “feeding” on beans with different “beak” types! #sciencefun #labday @HTSD_West @WeAreHTSD

[Melissa Watros @DrWatros]

My cute little Cody. #HTSDhasSpirit #petpictures #sheltie

[National Geographic @NatGeo]

From bird-safe windows to bug hotels, you can support wild things and their offspring with hands-on projects—and by keeping hands off https://t.co/vKymuiwea5

[Scientific American @sciam]

Space agencies are partnering with car manufacturers to custom build new rovers—or retrofit commercial vehicles—for future missions to the moon and Mars. https://t.co/z5eO7GVuW8

[National Geographic @NatGeo]

The primary source of exposure is ammunition—as eagles scavenge on the carcasses of animals shot by hunters, they can ingest lead fragments from rifle rounds and shotgun pellets https://t.co/YDmySsU4M5