Trevor Goff

Chemistry teacher. Huge fan of science literacy. (he/him/his)

[David Butler @DavidKButlerUoA]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again:
I don’t think it’s appropriate for most high school kids to have to trawl the whole internet to do a research assignment. Give them some good websites to start with.

[Trevor Goff @GoffTeaches]

I like this and I feel like it is a good thing to give students to consider if they ask " why do we have to learn/do this"

[Grant Sanderson @3blue1brown]

In math, you can sometimes prove a claim before fully understanding it.

But you cannot fully understand a claim without also being able to prove it.

[Trevor Goff @GoffTeaches]

@offgridteacher @Larryferlazzo I feel like I've been told conflicting things regarding order, but consistently that multiple representations is key (like having text and video, or text and picture)...but I don't have specific references

[Larry Ferlazzo @Larryferlazzo]

Most of my ELL students say they prefer to read content first, and then watch videos about it. A few say the opposite. What does research say about best way 2 learn?

[Trevor Goff @GoffTeaches]

I like stories about scientists finding something that is "obviously wrong" then realizing it's definitely right (things like Planck's constant, Rutherford's scattering experiment)

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

When Einstein published his 1905 paper on the particle theory of light, Millikan was convinced that it had to be wrong and carefully designed experiments to disprove them, but ended up confirming the particle nature of light, winning a Nobel Prize for that https://t.co/cxIe6N0jyK

[Trevor Goff @GoffTeaches]

Thinking about anscombe's quartet and "datasaurus" with regards to my grading practices and how I want to grade...not sure if anyone knows what I'm talking about, but if you do/have thoughts, I'm curious to hear them

[Trevor Goff @GoffTeaches]

I need to take a look at the data/research here...thanks for sharing @OfficialNGSS

[Next Generation Science Standards @OfficialNGSS]

Great question! Let’s talk data.

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[Trevor Goff @GoffTeaches]

When the previous book owner leaves you a helpful note...

[SuperSwift @LPSSuperSwift]

@GoffTeaches @A2_ClagueMS @HuronHighA2 That is #AAPSAwesome news! 👏👏👏 Thank You & Congrats to @A2_ClagueMS & @HuronHighA2 Science Olympiad Teams! @A2schools

[Trevor Goff @GoffTeaches]

For those of you filling in your Science Olympiad brackets at home...both @A2_ClagueMS and @HuronHighA2 Flights placed second overall in their respective divisions

[SuperSwift @LPSSuperSwift]

.⁦@A2_ClagueMS⁩ - The #MagicofFlight here ⁦@UMich⁩ Robotics - Clague team plane on a nice long flight now ! 👏👏👏

[Trevor Goff @GoffTeaches]

Yeah Science Olympiad! Hope it's a nice long flight

[SuperSwift @LPSSuperSwift]

Lots of work goes in to the building of the planes in preparation for Science Olympiad #Flight competition ⁦@A2_ClagueMS⁩ ⁦@A2Slauson⁩ Clague is flying now!

[Trevor Goff @GoffTeaches]

I feel like it always snows for Science Olympiad competitions...should be a good day anyway

[Trevor Goff @GoffTeaches]

I didn't plan ahead for dinner with parent teacher conferences tonight, so I'm just sitting here with a plate of meatballs next to my computer...

[Trevor Goff @GoffTeaches]

Last week my students were expressing their frustration with my black and white slides and told me "you seem like the kind of teacher who would use memes on their slides, but you don't."

Does anyone have any good chemistry memes for my students?

[Trevor Goff @GoffTeaches]

@Teachforaliving @tevetorbes What about a phone/app that recognizes a QR code on the screen? I'm pretty sure snapchat had something like this for the snap code things so I imagine that's also pretty easy

[Trevor Goff @GoffTeaches]

These are amazing!

[Smarter Every Day @smartereveryday]

When I was in high school I didn’t have money for a Science Olympiad project so this store in Hartselle Alabama gave me and my buddy Stevo hardware and supplies for free. Because of them we won State (also because Stevo understood op-amps and 555 timers). Told them thanks today.

[Katy Dornbos 🤸🏽‍♀️ @KatyDornbos]

Forget the ions, forget the charges.

Let's just figure out how to write compounds with different numbers of elements.

Don't know yet whether I'll keep the title of this practice set. Leaning toward "yes".

[SuperSwift @LPSSuperSwift]

Due to predicted inclement weather, All @A2schools will be closed tomorrow, Wed,Jan 25th. Winter storm conditions w/ peaks of heaviest snowfall & deteriorating travel conditions are expected in the afternoon. Snow day, snowmen artwork shared from Ms. Erickson's kinders @DickenA2

[Trevor Goff @GoffTeaches]

Got a new toy for finals week