The first days of school at @uOttawaEdu are always full of great energy! I'm so pleased to work with fabulous science colleagues and our future teachers 🔬👨🏽‍🔬

Looking for a graduate course this fall @uOttawa at the Faculty of Education? Consider EDU5123 - Issues in Science Education! We'll be looking at issues ranging from science denialism to the negation of Indigenous knowledges -- and how to challenge these problems schools!

Did any of my Canadian university colleagues and friends receive or know someone who received the email reportedly sent to non-US academics inquiring as to whether their research was DEI, climate change, or gender focused (among other things)?

It was a pleasure to chat with @ianhanomansing on @checkupcbc about student incivility and the dynamics of teaching. Thank you for having me on the show ! cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-1…

I'm so glad to have spoken with @deanasumanac at @CBCNews this evening about the research and experiences of teachers in regards to student incivility. It's an ongoing issue for classroom teachers and professors working with teacher candidates. cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6…

An annual tradition for my PED 3131 class! Pumpkin explosions 🎃 youtu.be/CICCNReNi4k?feature…

Come to see my school band play on May 9th! It will be a very lovely concert!

It was a real honor to receive the Part-time Professor Award of Excellence today @uOttawaEdu Congratulations to my colleagues who also recieved various awards! We are a great team.

Really enjoying the activity stations of PED 4194 (Sr biology) @uOttawaEdu . From shoreline erosion to the microbiology of yeast, students are thinking outside the box about activities for students in the Ontario biology classroom and they're superb!

Another great day in PED4194 Senior Biology @uOttawaEdu .. The stomata lab is always a hit and it's a great entry point for talking about how plants are dynamic and challenge "plant blindness."

Loving that my students are engaged using vertical surfaces. It was a great afternoon to have fun with trig identities! @westernquebec @WQSB_HadleyPW @uOttawaEdu

You don't need a lot of tech to do a respiratory system activity! My grade 9 classes built "lungs" today using bottles, balloons and straws! The lung inflates when you pull the diaphragm down and vice versa. All materials can be saved for next year!

We had some great and not so great pumpkin blasts today in PED 3131. It was a good way to learn about what mixtures work for this cool demo! Here's one that worked perfectly! @uOttawa @uOttawaEdu

A great week in PED 3131 designing really practical experiments for intermediate science. Light spectra of various metal salts, building structures with index cards to test various forces, and looking at the effect of temperature on the kinetic energy of gases!

Welcome back to my students at @uOttawaEdu . We're diving right into looking at activities for PED 3131 Teaching Intermediate Science - from peppergrams to density calculations and more 🤓

I had a lovely time conducting a workshop about worldly education and the urgency and nature of transformative pedagogies at the Canadian Teacher's Federation @CTFFCE with @nick_ngafook , @C_R_James and Paul Tarc. Pleasure to work with you as we continue this research.

Another great school year wrapped up! My students ended on a high note and there were some excellent projects for grade 11 forensics unit - analysing a crime scene! We also released butterflies which I always think is poignant given that the students are graduating tomorrow 🦋

Today was all about blood in biology 11 forensics unit @WQSB_HadleyPW . We looked at the angles of cast off and impact, and how height affects size of droplets. Working up to our final project at the end of May to fully understand and interpret a crime scene.

Come & enjoy our Spring Concerts featuring the ensembles of the Ottawa Youth Orchestra Academy next weekend. Tickets are available online at ottawayouthorchestra.ca or at the door. One ticket for both shows! The artwork on this concert poster is by Julius Marks in Jr. Strings.

Once again it's that day for the eyeball dissection with grade 9 science. Got it on the board at lunch yesterday for the kids to reference today. @WQSB_HadleyPW @westernquebec