Joel Bourque

Teacher. Teammate. Once a runner. Wannabe rock climber. Learning every day. -}--✹--E∵∶-}— he/him 🏳️‍🌈

[Joel Bourque @mrjbourque]

Good inquiry can die with fading wonder. When we wonder, we don't only ask questions. We dream. We think differently and imagine what could be, what might be. Ideas flow. A fluency in inquiry combined with ideation fluency leads to endless possibilities. #NGSS #edchat #inquiry

[Joel Bourque @mrjbourque]

@21stCenturySETI my students are wondering why ammonia is considered an organic compound in this article https://t.co/ii4M8TiCgp. 🤔 do we redefine in new contexts, 4bya?

[Joel Bourque @mrjbourque]

@21stCenturySETI Hey Keith! my students have just learned about organic compounds and are wondering why ammonia was described as organic in this article - https://t.co/om6cHn2Kth.

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

In 1985 Carl Sagan testified before Congress on climate change. Can you imagine if they had listened?

There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #climate #energy #renewables #GreenNewDeal

[Joel Bourque @mrjbourque]

@theindicator @GonzalezSarahA @ManyAdrians @_jeffguo @VelocityWong @GonzalezSarahA ftw. No contest. She summed up just about every episode of the indicator this year.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

One of the most interesting videos I’ve ever seen.

[Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill]

This is a black-and-white photo; only the lines have colour. 😲

Great illustration of a general truth: Your perceptual system fills in the gaps in the incomplete data from your senses.

https://t.co/VtPetspjL8

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

The most powerful life hacks I’ve found:

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

Monthly global temperature anomalies, 1880-2021. Notice a pattern?

There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#ClimateEmergency #climate #energy #renewables #GreenNewDeal

[John Christensen @JohnnyC1423]

I made a tool to compare Webb's new images to Hubble! https://t.co/1JqTxabgGC
#JamesWebbSpaceTelescope

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

Reindeer beneath the Northern Lights.

Credit: Aurora Borealis Observatory

[Clint Murphy @IAmClintMurphy]

Microsoft Excel is used by 99.99% of the world’s businesses, and

most people still don't know how to use it.

Here are 10 basics everyone should know:

[Joel Bourque @mrjbourque]

@DTWillingham Reach before teach

[Joel Bourque @mrjbourque]

@paulandersen So sorry for your loss, Paul. Sending lots of love.

[Joel Bourque @mrjbourque]

@paulandersen Yep.. Can you find the snake in this photo?

[Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill]

There are no red pixels in this image. The red you're seeing is all in your mind. https://t.co/fPmsQBuyzh

[Daniel Wickner @DanielWickner]

It’s making the rounds! Would be interested in how Ss are responding to it and any feedback/variations.

[Joel Bourque @mrjbourque]

@trev_mackenzie fantastic PD today! Modelled teacher moves and engaged us with new challenges. The GOGO is happening next class with their investigation designs!

[Joel Bourque @mrjbourque]

My hypothesis today with @trev_mackenzie : If student voice is more present on co-created assessment criteria / rubrics, then students will engage more. #inquirymidset #scienceteacher

[Joel Jr Llaban @JoelJrLLABAN]

We need to give ourselves and our communities permission to let go of traditions, power structures, and systems that harm and do not anymore serve the best interest of our children. Leaders and educators of today this has to be our warm demand as we forge ahead.