@tjscience

Science Education at Boston University, UConn Ph.D, M.S. Entomology, & lover of all things phenomena! Tweets are my own

 Boston, MA
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Joined March 2009
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TJ McKenna retweeted
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@ISTE_ASCDApr 22
How do we move from teaching facts to helping students authentically make sense of the world? 🧬 Thomas McKenna shares 10 ways to center sensemaking and value student wonder: hubs.li/Q04d1sWQ0 #STEM #EdChat #ScienceEd
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When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018. Read more on #STEMSTEAMDay: bit.ly/3CghCUd
SCIENCESHOTS What does a scientist look like? Children are drawing women more than ever

ALT SCIENCESHOTS What does a scientist look like? Children are drawing women more than ever

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⭐️ Next, the group took in some of our favorite spots on campus, including the fossil-fuel free @BU_CDS and the BU Beach. Before visiting the laboratories, a surprise appearance was made by “Bean”, the @BUPolice Community Resource Retriever 🐾 #MassSTEMWeek
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To celebrate #MassSTEMWeek, @BU_Tweets welcomed 5th and 6th grade students from the @BostonSchools Trotter Elementary School for a field trip of our Charles River Campus. We had a great day with these future Terriers and they asked some fantastic questions for our students and faculty.
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First stop, the Trotter students met with future educators from @BUWheelock to engage in hands-on STEM demonstrations. @TJScience #MassSTEMWeek
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TJ McKenna retweeted
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@edutopia11 Aug 2024
A message for new teachers from @RebeckaMozdeh. Read all her advice here: edut.to/4d6zLBt
“May you find the people who will sustain you and remind you that this work matters. May you delight in your students—their brilliance and their quirks. May you find the good in your day, tuck it into your heart, and work to replicate it. May you always know: You are enough.” —Rebecka Peterson, Teacher

ALT “May you find the people who will sustain you and remind you that this work matters. May you delight in your students—their brilliance and their quirks. May you find the good in your day, tuck it into your heart, and work to replicate it. May you always know: You are enough.” —Rebecka Peterson, Teacher

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A key shift in learning designed for today’s science standards is supporting students to explain phenomena and to design solutions to problems. See examples and guidance on driving instruction with engineering design problems here: nextgenscience.org/sites/def…
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Tim Brighouse’s legacy to education is far reaching but most of all to teachers and young people. They were his first priority. See below his list of twenty things that teachers do!
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Educators gathered to have fun with science, tech, engineering, art, and math (#STEAM) at the 2024 Curiosity & Learning conference: spr.ly/6015dlpKc @tjscience #STEM #WeAreWheelock #BostonUniversity

Inspiration Flows at Curiosity and Learning Conference

Educators gathered to have fun with science, tech, engineering, art, and math at the 2024 Curiosity & Learning Conference.

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Dan Levy as sequential explanatory mixed methods research design:
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PLS RT #NGSSchat #SciEd #TeachClimate Happy #EarthDay! We just published our framework for #ClimateJustice Education with 12 intersecting dimensions that provide starting points to identify what should be taught, with whom, and how. Check it out! 🌿 stemteachingtools.org/brief/…
STEM Teaching Tool #97 Shows an abstract sun diagram with Climate Justice Education in the middle surrounded by a circle of What? Who? and How? On the edges of the sun are the 12 dimensions: Everyday and Everywhere, Frontline Focused, Community Self-Determination, Culturally Sustaining, Multi-Generational, Ecological Caring with Humility, Place-Based & Outdoor Learning, Multiple Ways of Knowing, Multiple Lines of Evidence, Solution- and Action-Focused, Drawdown & Regeneration, Learning for Transformation Title of the linked document: What is climate justice learning?

ALT STEM Teaching Tool #97 Shows an abstract sun diagram with Climate Justice Education in the middle surrounded by a circle of What? Who? and How? On the edges of the sun are the 12 dimensions: Everyday and Everywhere, Frontline Focused, Community Self-Determination, Culturally Sustaining, Multi-Generational, Ecological Caring with Humility, Place-Based & Outdoor Learning, Multiple Ways of Knowing, Multiple Lines of Evidence, Solution- and Action-Focused, Drawdown & Regeneration, Learning for Transformation Title of the linked document: What is climate justice learning?

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@BU_Tweets Prof. TJ McKenna @tjscience @BUWheelock will collaborate with CoPI William Tomlinson @hicsail & Sr Software Engineering Arezoo Sadeghi on the project "Giving the Gift of Time: An AI Trained Curriculum Coach for K-12 Teachers" @naomicasselli ➡️ tinyurl.com/3kbycp4z
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Can #STEM prepare students to make a difference in their careers? Lecturer @tjscience sat down with Dean @DavidJChard to talk about the shortage in STEM professionals—and ways to encourage people to join these fields: spr.ly/6016ZkpG8

Can STEM Prepare Students to Make a Difference?

BU Wheelock lecturer TJ McKenna joined Dean David Chard to discuss how to bolster interest in STEM careers among students when STEM workers are few.

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"...under great pressure to boost test scores...they’ve often doubled time spent on reading & cut science & SS classes. Studies like this one suggest that those cuts may have been costly, further undermining reading achievement instead of improving it." hechingerreport.org/proof-po…

PROOF POINTS: Learning science might help kids read better

Evidence increases for building students’ background knowledge of the world

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TJ McKenna retweeted
NSELA@nselascience22 Feb 2024
Join @MarkWindschitl in a deep dive into research-informed teaching on climate change! Explore STEM concepts, combat misinformation, and advance environmental justice. Join us on 2/28 at 5:30 ET! To register, go to nsela.org/event-5566781 #ClimateEducation
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Happy First Day of Classes, Terriers! 📚 It's a chilly start to the spring semester, so remember to bundle up. ☃️🧣🌬️
Boston University's first day of classes image. Students are sitting in BU's CCDS building and there is a white overlay with red text that reads "Happy First Day of Classes!"

ALT Boston University's first day of classes image. Students are sitting in BU's CCDS building and there is a white overlay with red text that reads "Happy First Day of Classes!"

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Thank you to Tibor Molnar for presenting a STEM Workshop at BU Sydney for students and staff on What is “STEM”? (And why is it so important?) @BU_Tweets @tgnsw @CareerswithSTEM
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Research suggests the most effective way to learn science vocabulary is to learn it *as needed* while developing explanations and designing solutions supported by evidence-based arguments and reasoning. See other shifts from @TheNASEM's infographic here: nextgenscience.org/sites/def…
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Very appreciative of amazing work by @LindsaysLegacy Foundation to support my research @YaleCancer @YaleHematology @Yale @SmilowCancer @YaleMed @YaleMedicine for #AML & #MDSsm & the gifts to our patients. Lindsay’s legacy will live on & continue to touch many lives @tjscience
TJ McKenna@tjscience8 Nov 2023
Excited to be able to present @Dr_AmerZeidan with our check for $25,000 to support the incredible cancer research he is doing to change the future for so many people. While at @SmilowCancer we also restocked our holiday crafts for patients & their families!!
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PLS RT #NGSSchat #NGSS Want to get a quick sense of how learners are engaging in #SciEd instruction, feeling about it, or connecting with science? This 💥NEW @STEMTeachTools💥 shows how PRACTICAL MEASURES can help create caring spaces for learning!📊💚 ➡️stemteachingtools.org/brief/…
Screenshot of the title card of the linked resource titled "Systematically Noticing and Responding to Learning Experiences through Practical Measures" (STEM Teaching Tool #94). It shows a had pressing on one of four orange sticky notes posted on a whiteboard with writing on them.

ALT Screenshot of the title card of the linked resource titled "Systematically Noticing and Responding to Learning Experiences through Practical Measures" (STEM Teaching Tool #94). It shows a had pressing on one of four orange sticky notes posted on a whiteboard with writing on them.

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