Ben Yergler

Thinker, husband, scientist, student, teacher | I teach chemistry at Wheaton North High School | I learn best through failure

[Ben Yergler @yerglerb]

@chasebrackemyer I see the calcium chloride there, so red is water? How did you make the hexane blue?

[Rachelle Terada @rachelleterada]

#WNChemistry @lavolesky @yerglerb @WNHSGeology are checking on our student’s #SEL status on every assignment. It’s not as good as seeing our students face to face but we love reading the answers to these!
#KeepLearning
#YourCommunitySchools
#ilschoolsstepup

[Ben Yergler @yerglerb]

Kids had fun today in #WNScience Club with some low melting point gallium metal. We made little spoons, too, just don't stir your tea with it! #YourCommunitySchools

[Ben Yergler @yerglerb]

@nickslezakWNHS @CoachReicherWN @MrsLee125 Oh, that's a great one! The movie skips the best part.

[Ben Yergler @yerglerb]

I accepted the challenge from @rachelleterada to post covers of 7 books I LOVE: no explanations, no review - Each time I post a cover, I’ll ask someone to take up the challenge. 1 cover a day for a week. My Day 1 nomination goes to @AlexiaEllett

[Lisa Volesky @lavolesky]

Chem groups are using temperature probes to confirm predictions about evaporation rates based on strength of Intermolecular forces! #WNChemisty

[Justin Tarte @justintarte]

If a student turns something in late, it doesn’t mean the student knows the content less.

Similarly, just because a student turned it in on time, doesn’t mean the student knows the content more.

Grade learning, not behaviors.

[Matt Biscan @biscmj]

https://t.co/c9eY0r13lc Falcons are everywhere!

[Ben Yergler @yerglerb]

@HeimburgerKyle Sidewalks and brick are laid in sand. The bricks around the tree were laid in dirt put there for the tree. Sand has a higher specific heat capacity than the dirt, thus is slower to change temperature and keeps the pavement above it slightly above freezing longer. #ScienceExplains

[Ben Yergler @yerglerb]

@Verizon needs to #ReverseTheFee for using Remind so that we can effectively communicate with our students.

[Lisa Volesky @lavolesky]

At Hubble Middle School’s STEM Convention: #WNScienceClub sparking curiosity in children with Cartesian divers!

[Matt Biscan @biscmj]

We are Minions! We are Proud! We are North!

[Jon Eckert @eckertjon]

Just out today - my Educational Administration Quarterly piece on collective leadership in three great high schools that was four years in the making - good work going on in urban, suburban, and rural schools #collectiveleadership https://t.co/bX0bTNf0As

[Ben Yergler @yerglerb]

@JimPa23 @rickwormeli2 Long term, I'd love to get to the place where I've simplified CB's standards to usable targets that can be revisited multiple times throughout the year that would accurately represent student understanding of chemistry. Only my second year in #APChem

[Ben Yergler @yerglerb]

@JimPa23 @rickwormeli2 Out of practicality, I find myself sticking to specific skills or concepts, giving a rating for understanding the core concepts of a lab, for example. There are too many LTs from the college board to assess on them frequently to show tends over time.

[Dr. Anael Alston @DrAAlston]

A Guide To Questioning In The #Classroom https://t.co/69NrdxrFs1 #edchat

[Ben Yergler @yerglerb]

@rachelleterada I totally get that, and would want the same as a student, but just because students prefer it doesn't mean it's healthy.

[Ben Yergler @yerglerb]

"Making digital assignments due at midnight subtly says that it's healthy and normal for a teen to be doing homework when they should be sleeping." #falconsread

[Ben Yergler @yerglerb]

@adchempages Those certainly are impressive scores for your students! They must be a pretty bright bunch! Props to them!