LISD Secondary Science Team

We live in the world our questions create. - David Cooperrider

[anna wydeven (she/her) @annawydeven]

Oooh… I do love a new lab! VHS A+P is doing a simulated blood smear lab today. DYK that most vertebrate blood is nucleated? Mammals are the group without! Learning in @mrskppearce’s class! @lisdsecsci

[anna wydeven (she/her) @annawydeven]

Exploring & asking questions with CCAC. @lisdsecsci

[anna wydeven (she/her) @annawydeven]

Leading Profession Learning: a challenging team learning board game. Improve your teamwork, planning processes, team decision-making, & strategically grow teachers. Thank you, #txcsi! Soaking up every minute of learning! #wested

[anna wydeven (she/her) @annawydeven]

What will happen when we place each simulated cell (made of semipermeable dialysis tubing) in a different concentration of sucrose?

#VHS AP Biology w/ Mr. Bruce! #1LISD @lisdsecsci

[anna wydeven (she/her) @annawydeven]

Hilarious (practically award-winning) graphed stop motion videos to show positive/negative distance, acceleration, velocity in Sulley’s Physics. This Barbie and her pals are legendary. #1LISD @lisdsecsci

[anna wydeven (she/her) @annawydeven]

Structure/function.
Just the beginning: modeling cells in MSScience. #1lisd #lisdsecsci

[anna wydeven (she/her) @annawydeven]

Chindōgu realness happening at #OurLMS Gateway! These inventions cracked me up! Back scratching TShirt, water briefcase, and “shades”….#1LISD @lisdsecsci

[anna wydeven (she/her) @annawydeven]

It’s a mystery…to Introducing Claim and Evidence with lab safety in 6th grade at #OurLMS. @lisdsecsci #1LISD

[Mary Alice Smith @MASmith13]

Small group instruction happening in #math classes plus some fun brain function thinking. #OurLMS @LeanderTigers

[Vista Ridge H.S. @VistaRidgeHS]

Congratulations Rogue Resistance on winning Silver today at the 2022 UIL State Robotics competition in Houston. Super proud of these students and our coaches on all their hard work this year. Go Rangers!

[anna wydeven (she/her) @annawydeven]

Beauty in science: #VHS molecular biologists treated school-safe e-coli with heat then added bioluminescent jellyfish Aequorea victoria plasmid to 2/4 plates. In the right conditions, we see pGLO bacterial transformation! @VHS_Scientist @lisdsecsci

[anna wydeven (she/her) @annawydeven]

SAVE THE DATE!
Girl Day at UT Austin is coming! Come learn, experience hands on science, and meet women studying and working in many different fields.
Saturday, Feb. 18, 2022 11am-4pm
https://t.co/dpOviJJF5L

[JLo @JLoLISDScience]

Amazing application in Mr O’Connor’s physics class. “How can we weigh Mr O’Connor’s car without picking it up?” 100% Engagement with lots of problem-solving, collaboration, and rich classroom discussion. #UnleashCuriosity @lisdsecsci @VistaRidgeHS @vista

[anna wydeven (she/her) @annawydeven]

“Life at its best is serving others.”-Manny Scott

What a beautiful way to start this day. #1LISD

[anna wydeven (she/her) @annawydeven]

Leander ISD Parent Workshop #2 of 3 happening right now! Celebrating the power of Zoom, as 33 parents are in attendance to learn about this Human Sexuality Curriculum tonight. @AustinLifeGuard teaches our 7-9th graders every year.
@lisdsecsci

https://t.co/p5wGPfKLbQ

[LISD Secondary Science Team @lisdsecsci]

@annawydeven These old tools are *not quite* #StandardsBasedGrading, but with a little easing of language this tool would be useful today.

[anna wydeven (she/her) @annawydeven]

Mrs. Wydeven’s toolkit:
I trained my HS students to use this rubric and posted it, HUGE, on my wall. It was taboo to talk “grades.”We only talked “learning” and “improving.” I’d tweak words/titles today bc I know more, but check it out:

What do you think? @lisdsecsci

[anna wydeven (she/her) @annawydeven]

Need more privacy?
Room a mess?
Distractions galore?

Zoom Pro Tip: Update Zoom and choose “Blur” as a virtual background!
Click your profile pic and “check for updates.”
Thanks Zoom and @alijo419! ❤️
@lisdsecsci

[Angela @mrsdrakemag]

A fun week of making distance time graphs #1LISD #distance #time #calculatingspeed

[Bryon Ellison @EllisonBryon]

I am so proud of these science teachers! They lead our students to win sweepstakes at the Austin Energy Regional Science Fair. We had a student named Best in Show! 4 students won 1st place. 21 students in the top five! It's a great day to be a Ranger! @VistaRidgeHS @lisdsecsci