Daniel Floyd

I'm a 5th year teacher trying to be better everyday. 🧪HS Chemistry #iteachchem. #modchem.🤘🏼🐶Graduate of @TrumanEDdept.🎙Podcaster.

[Daniel Floyd @floydtheteach]

Going into my 3rd year at the same school, I'm now at the point where I'm going to have students in chemistry that I had 2 years ago in freshman science. IM SO PUMPED! These students are great to work with and I'm excited to get started this fall. 🤩🙌🏼

[Daniel Floyd @floydtheteach]

in other news, I hit my first arm bar today 😍

[Daniel Floyd @floydtheteach]

2 hour open mat at Midwest Jiujitsu Academy today, SO MUCH SWEAT 😰💪🏼

[Daniel Floyd @floydtheteach]

@AMcMahonEd @TheRooseveltWay woah cool!

[Daniel Floyd @floydtheteach]

@IBchemmilam Every physical science textbook I've seen says so 🫤

[Daniel Floyd @floydtheteach]

more flame fun ☺️

[Daniel Floyd @floydtheteach]

First lab day! I have Ss practice setting up the Bunsen burner and figure out where the hottest spot is with copper wire. They were mesmerized 😯
#iteachchem

[Daniel Floyd @floydtheteach]

One advantage I'm seeing about not grading homework is how quickly students can receive feedback. Instead of waiting a week for me to grade a worksheet, students can check their work with the premade key immediately.
#iteachchem

[Daniel Floyd @floydtheteach]

@MrJoeMilliano Nice! Do you use digital assignments, or do they submit paper assignments electronically?

[Daniel Floyd @floydtheteach]

@welchchem @KristinGregory7 @KatyDornbos @AMcMahonEd I split them into pairs and made it a "competition". Each pair only had 1 piece of glassware that they chose. Yes, we only compared to show difference in volume. I also had them label the test tube with the glassware that the water came from.

[Daniel Floyd @floydtheteach]

I stole this activity from @KatyDornbos who stole it from @AMcMahonEd

Students had to fill their container with 10mL. We then compared results in the test tubes. We're talking significant digits tomorrow! #iteachchem

[Daniel Floyd @floydtheteach]

@IBchemmilam The trick would be accurately predicting which kid you are before you get to 9th grade

[Daniel Floyd @floydtheteach]

Idk if I'd say no school at all, but there's definitely an argument to be made for some students not needing to go all the way through the high school system we currently have 🫣

[Hannah Frankman Hood @HannahFrankman]

Controversial take: In many cases, public school does more harm than good.

A non-zero (and in fact significant) subset of kids would be better off without school at all.

Many kids thrive in public school; just as many are harmed, and carry scars for the rest of their lives.

[Daniel Floyd @floydtheteach]

@MsTurk_MCSC Yes!!

[Daniel Floyd @floydtheteach]

@sammyrigaud good way of saying it

[Daniel Floyd @floydtheteach]

Oddly accurate on multiple levels 🤔

[Hannah Frankman Hood @HannahFrankman]

“I don’t see the world as it is, I see it as I am.” — Anaïs Nin

[Daniel Floyd @floydtheteach]

@MrVanOosterhout Hmm this could be a test question 😏

[Daniel Floyd @floydtheteach]

For some reason students like to tell themselves that "leading/trailing zeros" are defined by their placement relative to the decimal point, even though I never say that. 🧐
The column on the right is my attempt to get ahead of that misconception. #iteachchem

[Daniel Floyd @floydtheteach]

@KatyDornbos Oh, this is good

[Daniel Floyd @floydtheteach]

@HisimNusret eeeecxactly!!

[Daniel Floyd @floydtheteach]

@HamikChem @KatyDornbos @AMcMahonEd Great! 🙌🏼

[Daniel Floyd @floydtheteach]

@Mr_Rablin I think there's also a setting to adjust autocorrect. I do something like correct "well" to "well"

[Daniel Floyd @floydtheteach]

@JoshKunnath Woo! 🙌🏼