Bradley Quentin

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Getting ready for another round of Minecraft Education ⛏️ We are making houses 🏡, rollercoasters 🎢, an aquarium 🐠 and making it rain pandas, all with code! 🐼 If you would like a 🆓 copy of these worksheets hit like, repost and comment on this post! #TeamCompSci

Teachers 👋 Give coding a Christmas 🎄 theme by having learners make Lazy Santa 🎅 on the @microbit.org Santa has to fly by and drop presents from his sleigh into chimneys as he got up very late! Check the YT description for a link to a 🆓 worksheet 👉 youtube.com/shorts/JnadI... #teamcompsci

A purple and red octopus talk to each other on the tin can telephone. Purple octopus says “want to connect your students with real Scientists?” Then red octopus says “Skype a scientist matches groups with scientists for virtual q&as. It’s free!” And then an orange flapjack octopus says “get a match at skypeascientist.com”

Alrght everybody, get your Tin Can Telephones out. We need your help!

We reach new people by word of mouth. Send all your educator friends this pic! Teachers, librarians, scout troop leaders, etc! We offer our program for free, so we need help getting the word out without advertising $$.

Magical! Wonderful food. Wonderful people. Love my new school... quite a change from teaching in Texas...

A canva graphic that says “how it works” “Step 1: Go to SkypeAScientist.com Step 2: Click “Sign Up” then “Educator Sign Up Form” Step 3: Tell us about your class Step 4: Get matched with a scientist Step 5: Connect to talk about your needs Step 6: Enrich your students’ understanding of science”

Alright I have something useful for you to do.

Think of any teachers and librarians you know. Do they know about Skype a scientist? Our program matches classrooms & other groups w/scientists for virtual Q&As. It’s free!

They can sign up here!
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

#Edusky #StemED

Moving to Thailand...
Highly recommended

Flappy Duck Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.

🕹️ I've had lots of fun playing with #MakeCodeArcade recently. Just finished a little Flappy Bird clone (except it's Flappy Duck) and currently working on Tetris. (Hoping to get round to making some guide-sheets soon too!)

👉 arcade.makecode.com/S05362-73372...

Took a break from setting up all the things we need to live in Bangkok for the next 2 (or more) years and checked out the Grand Palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha...

WE DID IT!!!

Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who filled bubbles!

@skypeascientist.bsky.social works because lots of people work together.

Lots of people volunteer.
Lots of people tell their teacher friends.
And lots of people donate!

❤️ Thank you to everyone who makes our program possible ❤️

map of the United states titled "United States of Science 2025" with the skype a scientist logo and 2000 tiny empty circles spread out across the USA. States with low population numbers have fewer than where there are more people.

It’s that time again! Time for our 7th annual United States of Science Challenge!

Each bubble on this map represents classrooms we matched w/scientists this year.

$10 donations fill bubbles!

The first region to fill in all of their bubbles wins!

Fill bubbles here! givebutter.com/USS2025

That's 2 circles for Texas!
Cannot recommend Skype-a-Scientist highly enough! Such a valuable and inspiring experience for students...

A blue infographic gives a step by step guide on how to Skype a scientist. The steps are: 1) sign up on skypeascientist.com 2) pick a category of science your group would like to talk about (e.g. marine biology, chemistry, astronomy) 3) get a match via email 4) connect with your scientist, discuss your ur group’s needs and pick a time to chat 5) talk to your scientist!

We match scientists with classrooms, scout troops, libraries, summer camps, and more for virtual Q&As about science!

Tell the organizers in your life! We match once a week, all summer long 🧪

Sign up here:
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

A blue sky with white clouds with the words "What Can PK-3rd Know & Do With Computer Science? An ISTE+ASCD Webinar with Vicky Sedgwick, hosted by Nancye Blair Black & Gail Lovely"

Please join me for "What Can PK-3rd Students Know & Do With Computer Science" on Wednesday, 5/28, from 6:30-7:30 PM ET / 3:30-4:30 PM PT.

Register for the live event and recording at iste.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #EduSky #CSforAll

Rescinding the Definition of “Harm” Under the Endangered Species Act The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively referred to as the Services or we) are proposing to rescind the regulatory definition of "harm" ...

Last day to send comments for this. Please do it.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Good stuff this week from the Sinclair 5th graders! Moving masterpieces made with @microbit.org
#edusky

a shrimp steps out from an early-aughts iMac computer screen with her little sneakers on, under the words AI "Art" Stinks, holding a sign that says "Just doodle it yourself"

Friends don’t let friends participate in AI “art” trends without giving them at least a little shit. If your friend had spinach in their teeth you’d tell them. This is the spinach-in-teeth of art.

Also? AI art is BAD for the environment, in terms of energy use, water use, and other resources!!

YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium 2 Hours of Nudibranchs to Relax/Study To! | Lofi Hip Hop | Monterey Bay Aquarium Krill Waves Radio

Make like a nudibranch and slooow down in our latest installment of Krill Waves Radio! 🎧

Settle with spectacular sea slugs as they sway to soothing lo-fi beats: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOeQ...

I cannot recommend Skpe a Scientist highly enough! Amazing program and the students absolutely love getting to talk to "a real, live scientist".
#Edusky

A Poem, which reads: One Wild and Precious Life Comin’ Right Up Did you know that there is a number you can text to regularly receive facts about squids? And if you dial 651-301-8772 you’ll reach a hotline that recites poetry to you? I’m tickled to report that there’s an app that can identify the birds in your backyard based only on their melodic voices, and the Los Angeles Kitten Rescue Sanctuary has a kitten cam where you can tune in live to watch the kitties cuddle and play I’m proud of us for trying to scrape together some joy; For clawing our way towards delight Taking a crack at glee Striving for a life that sounds a little something like a bird singing

Ok the squid facts hotline has officially made it into a poem and I am utterly delighted.

Poem by instagram user @/MaryOliversDrunkCousin

The 3rd graders did an amazing job sharing their interactive science poster projects with kindergarten last Friday! Made with Scratch and Makey Makey.

STEM Lab 24_25 Round 4 It is hard to believe that we are already at the end of Round 4 in the STEM Lab, but here we are. Things got a little scrambled in 2nd a 4th...

Round 4 in the Sinclair ES STEM lab has been pretty great... read about it here:
bquentin.blogspot.com/2025/01/stem...