Adam Pope

Science educator.

[Adam Pope @justapopea]

@Forspoken is actually a fun game.

[Melissa D @Dean_of_math]

This.

[Adam Pope @justapopea]

My favorite complaint from a student occurred yesterday “why can’t we just get a sheet of paper and be done? Your work is too hard. I don’t feel like thinking.”

[Adam Pope @justapopea]

I just remembered the time I was teaching AP statistics and near the end of class I wrote the word “assessment” and laughed. I knew then class was over and to start over the next day.

[Adam Pope @justapopea]

I often wonder why we don’t include students in the PBIS teams. It is suppose to impact their educational environment and they deserve a voice.

[Alix @alixandra27]

“PBIS makes educators feel like they are doing something to address the problem while still protecting them from admitting the role they play in perpetuating racial inequities in discipline in the first place, and prevent them from changing the racial structure itself.”

[Adam Pope @justapopea]

This whole thread! When the dentist told me “how about just dentures” I cried, but thankfully living near a dental school, students still care about fixing teeth and it’s more affordable.

[Adam Pope @justapopea]

@msfilas @nature @Newsela I have and love them but haven’t found one on there about energy poverty and energy insecurity

[Adam Pope @justapopea]

I wish @nature and other primary research journals could offer articles with differing Lexile levels so 9th graders aren’t as intimidated or frustrated with scientific language and texts.

[Adam Pope @justapopea]

Friend: around 9th grade I had a teacher hand me a paper back copy of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and I’ve loved reading ever since.

Me: in 9th grade my English teacher handed me their copy of A Handmaid’s Tale. We are not the same.

[Adam Pope @justapopea]

..those four (or more if there’s others I don’t know about with abilities in electricity and magnetism) to hypothesize how their powers work based on science. Are kids still into superheroes?

[Adam Pope @justapopea]

I’m currently down a rabbit hole about Storm (next will be Thor, then Magneto, then Black Lightning) to maybe teach electricity and magnetism is a more interesting way. Or, since labs are going to be difficult to do or maybe impossible this year, have them choose one of those

[Adam Pope @justapopea]

German potato salad is better than any southern potato salad I’ve ever had (sorry, mama).

[Adam Pope @justapopea]

Urban and inner city education won’t get better unless you rid of complacency and laziness within administration and teachers. Tired of the excuses that are out of the schools control as to why instruction and materials can’t change.

[Adam Pope @justapopea]

I want to expose my physical science freshmen to amazing things people of color have done/are doing in the fields of physics and chemistry. Any one willing to have them email/interview you about your life and work for a graphic essay? #education #Science #STEMeducation

[Adam Pope @justapopea]

What happened to the pay scale in the science industry? I swear when I worked industry before I taught, it was A LOT more than the offers I see currently.

[Black In Astro ™ @BlackInAstro]

This is why #BlackInAstro is so important.

[That Teacher Grind @teachergrind]

Bernie giving teacher on recess duty vibes.

[Adam Pope @justapopea]

I think @KaceyMusgraves should have performed “High Horse” at the inauguration.

[Adam Pope @justapopea]

If you like Podcasts and Lovecraftian horror, may I suggest “Old Gods of Appalachia” @oldgodspod

[Adam Pope @justapopea]

Help my high school friend get the dental care she needs. Any little bit helps: https://t.co/prb47sM5ay