Matt W.

Practicing professional geologist, adjunct instructor, author. Advocate for math and science literacy. All opinions my own.

[Matt W. @ReachHigherEd]

Settling in with cup of coffee #2 and hour 3 of #grading papers. Next up, lecture writing. Yay Saturday! #STEM

[Matt W. @ReachHigherEd]

Love this talk.
https://t.co/E8sPTY8gCO

[Matt W. @ReachHigherEd]

Happy 100th @NatlParkService ! These places are national treasures. Hopefully everyone has a chance to visit these beautiful places

[Matt @MattWeissAuthor]

So excited to release beta version of Through the Quarry Window. Please let me know if you would like to participate #selfpub #amwriting

[Matt W. @ReachHigherEd]

Great #JurassicWorld panel at #WizardWorldChicago by @MuseumGuyScott and colleagues ! Look forward to seeing them again!

[Matt W. @ReachHigherEd]

Thank you @bartlettpd for another great #NationalNightOut It was a blast!

[Matt W. @ReachHigherEd]

Proud to have volunteered at McDowell Grove @dupageforest today for DuPage River Sweep. Thanks to Conservation Foundation for the supplies!

[Matt W. @ReachHigherEd]

Great lecture tonight by Dr Weintraub on Pluto @Fermilab ! Love this series. Can't wait for next month and #blackholes #Pluto #STEM

[Matt @MattWeissAuthor]

Real life example of discovery by accident: New dinosaur species discovered by accident - https://t.co/Dol15k2GjD https://t.co/BAcwwu8BZO

[Matt @MattWeissAuthor]

Love this article. Agree 💯%. Learn through doing and making mistakes. Getting it wrong can be good! #STEM https://t.co/wuVqiblCfP

[Matt W. @ReachHigherEd]

Beautiful day to get outside! Enjoying Bartlett Nature Center trails. #LiveNature #nature #outdoorlife

[Matt @MattWeissAuthor]

A Day in the Park is in the top 10 free children's ebooks for science, nature and how it works. #STEM #middlegrade https://t.co/E3i4AagIhy

[Matt @MattWeissAuthor]

How about that, A Day in the Park ebook is free on @Amazon today #IndieAuthor #mglit #amreading #STEM #geology https://t.co/Uddt0bHIar

[AGU Science Policy @AGUSciPolicy]

Did you know that next week is Space Science Week?? Gear up for a week of awesome space science! #SpaceScienceWeek2016 #ScienceIsEssential

[Matt @MattWeissAuthor]

Last day for free ebook of A Day at the Park. A #MG scientific adventure led by 13 to Ryan Hutton. #mustread #edchat https://t.co/OCLXZg5dsn

[Matt @MattWeissAuthor]

At start of 2nd promo day, cracked the top 5000 in Amazon free books and top 5 in Kids- How Science Works #MustRead

[Matt @MattWeissAuthor]

How can kids be inspired to pursue science? Through new adventure. A Day in the Park is free on @Amazon today #MGlit https://t.co/jyXZkDMXhR

[Matt W. @ReachHigherEd]

Proud to be an EGHS alum. Way to go! #WeAreEG https://t.co/e7GgwwMeDd

[Elk Grove High Sch. @ElkGrove_HS]

Here's the entire Mascot Madness State Champions segment from @CSNPreps https://t.co/jCfR7zll0J #WeAreEG

[Matt W. @ReachHigherEd]

Wow! https://t.co/wBpeTFd4W0

[LMU Volcanology @LMU_Volc]

#Eruption clouds en-meshed in discharge. Fantastic photo from @Negronifoto

[Matt W. @ReachHigherEd]

@briankoppelman loved podcast w/ @TomCRath . Could listen to that last 10 min for another hour. Will be looking up the books mentioned.