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🔬 Free, high-quality science films & lessons for teachers 🧑🔬 Inspire students with real scientists’ stories & discoveries ▶️ Join us! www.scicommlab.org Home of iBiology & Wonder Collaborative
Science educators! 🔎 Want free, story-driven resources to spark curiosity?
Join our 1/8 webinar: Hands-On Lesson Plans to Make Science Relevant and Fun!
#SCLAmbassadors share their classroom-tested lessons—from a bacterial evolution board game to DNA replication modeling.
👇 Register to attend:
New Film Alert!
The Hidden World of Plant Roots 🌱
Stanford biologist José R. Dinneny uncovers the hidden, dynamic world of plant roots — mysterious explorers as vital and wondrous as the life above the soil.
▶️ Watch: bit.ly/plantrootsfilm
#PlantScience #ScienceCommunication #DocumentaryFilm #STEM
Apply by TOM 12/5 for our Educator Ambassador Program! Back for its 2nd year, middle & high school teachers in the US can apply to join a national community of practice and receive a $1K honorarium, PD workshops, and more: bit.ly/4pIMxvF
#ScienceEducation #STEMTeaching #ScienceTeachers #STEM
This #GivingTuesday, help us build on our 2025 impact:
📚 7,000+ educators reached
👩🔬 20,000+ trainees supported
📈 17M+ views of our content
Your gift helps bring free, story-driven science resources to more classrooms and communities in 2026.
bit.ly/donatescl
Grateful for science teachers this Thanksgiving. ❤️🧪
Over the holiday weekend, educators can stream OBSERVER for free—a film about the power of observation.
Watch #observerfilm: bit.ly/3XgsatO
Catch OBSERVER on the big screen in DC—one night only! Q&A with Sarah Goodwin, PhD after the show.
📅 Dec 3, 7:30 PM
📍 Avalon Theatre
🎟️ bit.ly/3Xh0tkr
We had an amazing time at #NABT2025! This year marked the first in-person gathering of our #SCLAmbassador cohort 🎉
They shared their year-long classroom-tested lesson plans and led two fantastic workshops—plus we screened our new #ObserverFilm in an interactive session on curiosity and observation.
Friendly reminder to apply by Dec 5, 2025 for our Educator Ambassador Program! Back for its second year, middle & high school teachers in the US can apply to join a national community of practice and receive a $1K honorarium, PD workshops, resources and more.
👉 Apply now: bit.ly/4qMRoNL
It’s National STEM/STEAM Day! #ObserverFilm explores how scientists and artists use observation to unlock discovery—and it’s now free for classroom use.
Watch and explore resources: bit.ly/3WG9a7L
Thank you for having us! We loved sharing #ObserverFilm and inviting the audience to slow down and look closely for hidden wonders all around us.
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We just published a new study on our film The Most Beautiful Experiment!
When tested against other videos with the *same content*, the doc stood out:
💡Personal storytelling doesn’t sacrifice learning — it enhances it.
Read the full paper: bit.ly/4hGDatD
Heading to #NABT2025? Stop by Booth 134 to explore free NGSS-aligned lessons & meet the #SCLAmbassadors using film and storytelling to spark curiosity in their classrooms.
👋 See you at @nabtbio.bsky.social soon, educators! #ScienceEducation #NGSS #SCLAmbassador
How can observation spark curiosity and wonder?
Join the Science Communication Lab at @bayareascifest.bsky.social this Sat, Oct 25 at 1:45 PM for Hidden in Plain Sight, featuring our new #ObserverFilm and a guided outdoor activity on seeing the extraordinary in the everyday.
bit.ly/sclbayareasc...
NYC friends! OBSERVER will open the 18th annual Science New Wave Festival TONIGHT October 17 at 7 pm followed by a reception in the DCTV Firehouse Lobby. Get your tickets here:
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The Science Communication Lab Ambassador Program is back for its 2nd year! 🎉 Middle & high school teachers can apply to bring science storytelling to classrooms, join a national educator community, and earn a $1K honorarium.
👉 Apply now: scicommlab.org/ambassadors
#ScienceEducation #TeacherLeaders
Heading to #NABT2025?
We’d love to meet you! Stop by the Sci Comm Lab 📍Booth #134 to say hello, explore our classroom-tested resources, and discover opportunities to join us as an SCL Ambassador.
Come connect, share ideas, and get inspired!
#NABT2025 #ScienceEducation #TeacherLeaders
Join us to expand free STEM curriculum in classrooms, support STEM educator professional development, and connect communities to science. Learn more at sciencecommunicationlab.org
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At the Science Communication Lab, we inspire audiences with personal stories of science. From fieldwork to lab breakthroughs, our films connect students and communities to real scientists, their journeys, and the discoveries shaping our world: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGaC...
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Stories shape how students see science—and themselves in it.
Join our free virtual workshop with the National Institute on Scientific Teaching to explore how film can transform science teaching.
🕐 This Friday 10/10 at 1 pm PT / 4 pm ET
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SciEd #ScienceTeaching
Happy #WorldTeachersDay! 🧑🏫🎉 Today we’re celebrating #ScienceTeachers who bring their endless creativity into the classroom.
#SCLAmbassador & #APBio teacher Dan Vanden Heuvel wrote a song about finding love with statistics 🎶📊❤️
Watch:
Teachers know students learn best when they feel connected. Our research published in the Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education shows that short films highlighting real scientists’ stories help students see themselves in science and better grasp how science actually works. Read: bit.ly/scljmbe
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At our Observation as a Superpower PD in August, Dr. Elizabeth Coscia—a science educator and curriculum designer—found fresh inspiration for helping students see science with all their senses. Read her recap → sciencecommunicationlab.org?p=4492
#ScienceEducation #STEMLearning #InquiryBasedLearning
We’re deeply saddened to learn Frank Stahl has passed.
With Matt Meselson, he helped prove how DNA replicates—what many call “the most beautiful experiment” in biology.
We had the honor of capturing their story in this film: bit.ly/meselsonstah...
RIP Frank. Thank you for your service to science.
Looking to bring real-world stories into your classroom?
I’ve been using free films + classroom guides from @scicommlab.bsky.social, and they have changed how I teach science.
🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/scleducators
✍️ Sign up: bit.ly/sclsignup
🎥 Explore films: bit.ly/freesciencef...
#SCLAmbassadors
My dept was lucky enough to screen the new @scicommlab.bsky.social film Observer this week (feat. @afroherper.bsky.social) and hear from ED Sarah Goodwin.
A beautiful celebration of the ways in which people everywhere explore the world around them
www.observerfilm.org/meet-the-obs...
Bay Area K–12 teachers! 👩🏫👨🏫
Join us 8/5 in Berkeley for "Observation as a Superpower"—a FREE, hands-on PD experience designed to inspire new ideas & reignite your love for discovery.
🔎 Inquiry-based activities
🍽️ Free food & drink
🤝 Educator community
🎟️ bit.ly/sclobserverpd
#BayAreaTeachers #K12PD
AP Bio students determined why okapi at the local zoo are not breeding by analyzing their urine cortisol levels, examining their zoo enclosure, modeling the HPA-axis, & redesigned their zoo enclosure to reduce their stress & encourage breeding. Based on @BeccaCalisi research & a @scicommlab film.
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AP Bio learned about parental care to discover mom & dad pigeons make milk by performing a mock brain biopsy & ELISA test for the presence of prolactin. Then modeled prolactin gene activation & learned of other lactating non-mammals. The 3rd case study I authored for Science Communication Lab! 🙂
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Meet the SCL Educator Ambassadors! 👩🔬👨🏫🌟
These award-winning #STEMTeachers are using film + storytelling to bring real-world science into classrooms through freely accessible films & resources.
Learn more: bit.ly/sclambassadors
#ScienceEd #NGSS #SCLAmbassador #SCLAmbassadors
✈️🌺 Flying Hawaiian Airlines? Watch our award-winning film DECODING ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE from now until July '25!
🎥 In the Hawai‘i International Film Festival (HIFF) section onboard.
🌐 Not flying? Stream anytime on our website!
More info: hiff.org/hawaiian-air...
