Katie (Cohen) Wilsker

Middle school science & sustainability teacher, IQBL educator, peer coach, photographer & garden experimenter, with an awesome kid and an insatiable travel bug.

[CASE - California Association of Science Educators @cascience]

🌎Happy Earth Day! This week, explore ways to preserve our planet with your students. This year's theme: "Planet vs. Plastics." Share using #CAScienceEarthDay for a chance to be featured!

#EarthDay2024 #EarthDay #restoreourearth #Climateaction

[Katie (Cohen) Wilsker @wilskerscience]

Science ed (and climate curious) friends, check out the event that we (CASE’s environmental literacy committee) are putting on. It will be a good PD!

[CASE - California Association of Science Educators @cascience]

🌍 Dive into understanding Earth's systems & climate change! Join our interactive virtual workshop to explore the Understanding Global Change Framework, Earth modeling tools, and resources for classroom action. https://t.co/nlz1W9zR7E #cascience #globalchange #climateaction

[Katie (Cohen) Wilsker @wilskerscience]

@Hell2Teach You are definitely NOT most teachers. Anyone in your class is lucky to have you.

[Katie (Cohen) Wilsker @wilskerscience]

@Sanditeach4fun @pernilleripp @varshabajaj @Hell2Teach you can add this to A Long Walk to Water

[Katie (Cohen) Wilsker @wilskerscience]

@molly21rose @Hell2Teach So true. You just have to have a collective laugh about it up front so you can move on to the lesson.

[Katie (Cohen) Wilsker @wilskerscience]

This is so cool! Space #telescope tech has come such a long way. #jwst #Hubble #ScienceIsAwesome

[John Christensen @JohnnyC1423]

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

[Katie (Cohen) Wilsker @wilskerscience]

Busted #MiddleSchoolTeacher *someone finally noticed my label*

[Vanessa Heller @Hell2Teach]

You know you’re in a #MiddleSchool when the science teacher won’t label the drawer “balls”.

[Katie (Cohen) Wilsker @wilskerscience]

Anyone local looking for a new pet turtle?

[RCD of the Santa Monica Mountains @rcdsmm]

These little turtles need a home by the end of July! 🐢

Red eared sliders threaten native fish, frogs & even baby turtles with their voracious appetites but they make awesome pets! Help your protect native critters & creeks by adopting one of these sliders. DM us for more info.

[Katie (Cohen) Wilsker @wilskerscience]

@2edengardens @oakparkusd Great idea! I’ll start saving my berry containers now. Last I saw there were still some unripened plums. Maybe we can save a few!

[Santa Monica Mt Fund @SamoFund]

Delighted to help support this giveaway. Planting Narrowleaf milkweed is vital to stop the decline in the Western Monarch #butterfly population in our area. We can all help by planting at least 5 per yard. Enjoy butterflies coming to feed on the #nectar!

[Katie (Cohen) Wilsker @wilskerscience]

While this doesn’t surprise me in the least, it’s still a depressing reality and will likely become the new norm. I’ll miss you, summer veggie garden!

[KTLA @KTLA]

BREAKING: A water shortage emergency was declared by Southern California water officials for the first time ever, restricting outdoor watering to one day a week in parts of Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino counties https://t.co/Y2VGx1z5mG

[Katie (Cohen) Wilsker @wilskerscience]

Link to the article online
https://t.co/98P9jM99jY

[Katie (Cohen) Wilsker @wilskerscience]

My article came out today on the work I’ve been doing with the @teamcrayfish and Friends of Oak Park Open Space partnership and trapping efforts.

#EditorCutHalfOfItOut #communityservice #fopos #invasivespecies #stem #crayfish @oakparkusd @RSRPD_rec @EarthEcho

[EarthEcho Int'l @EarthEcho]

#FeelGoodFriday Alert! @oakparkusd students met with 2020 #OurEchoChallenge Winning @teamcrayfish to build 50 Artificial Refuge Traps (ART) to capture invasive #crayfish from Medea Creek. 👏 👏

@wilskerscience

[Katie (Cohen) Wilsker @wilskerscience]

@TenStrands @nathan_inouye @SMCOETweet @CADeptEd @nathan_inouye are you thinking of putting together a team? I'd happily get involved in this work!

[Katie (Cohen) Wilsker @wilskerscience]

Please join us for a morning of building, learning, and camaraderie. No experience necessary!

[Team Crayfish @TeamCrayfish]

Come join us on March 6 to help build Artificial Refuge Traps and learn about the #invasive #crayfish problem in our creek. Click link for flyer.
https://t.co/1Y7hfC9Bpk

#opshares #fopos #biodiversity @oakparkusd @MCMS_Panthers @wilskerscience @RSRPD_rec

[Katie (Cohen) Wilsker @wilskerscience]

@LWinifredSloan @ecorise @oakparkusd @TenStrands @VenturaCOE @nathan_inouye @CaEEI @CBSNews @AbrahmL Clearly none of the kiddos who think it’s not going to affect them much had me for Science. Great video and follow up activity to catch their attention though. Did their initial thoughts change after the class presentations?

[Katie (Cohen) Wilsker @wilskerscience]

@DennertPark @oakparkusd @RSRPD_rec Thank you for giving the team the opportunity to present and the support for their project! It really takes a village.

[Katie (Cohen) Wilsker @wilskerscience]

Last summer I saw 4 condors sitting on a power line outside of the #BigSur Lodge and was awestruck by the rarity of it. Now I learn they can asexually reproduce too. Nature is amazing! https://t.co/laf609nkUk