Mark Vondracek

Donate to Help Feed Malawi's School Children, organized by Mark Vondracek We are raising money to help Andrews Nchessie and his colleagues continue to expand … Mark Vondracek needs your support for Help Feed Malawi's School Children

This is a project to help #schools in #Malawi, #Africa, grow their own crops, in order to feed students for the entire year. Now working with 24 different schools/villages, ANY amount of donation, even $5, helps feed some 8000-10,000 children each year! #nutrition

www.gofundme.com/f/eths-for-m...

The emergent patterns of climate change You can't understand climate change in pieces, says climate scientist Gavin Schmidt. It's the whole, or it's nothing. In this illuminating talk, he explains how he studies the big picture of climate c...

One of my favorite TED Talks; Dr. Schmidt does the best job I've seen explaining how #climate #models work, and why we have confidence in them to predict future climates based on conditions we put into the computer models. A great one to show skeptics & non-STEM people.
www.ted.com/talks/gavin_...

#Teachers, if you have students looking for #research project ideas for the summer, hundreds of possibilities can be found at basement-science.blogspot.com. These are projects that can be done in a HS lab or in one's basement using common equipment and materials.
#curiosity #science 🧪💡

A Supreme Court ruling on nuclear waste spotlights U.S. storage woes Court ruling allows interim nuclear waste storage in Texas, but the U.S. still has no long-term plan for its 90,000 metric tons of spent fuel.

As next-generation #nuclear power plants are being researched, designed, and built, the US is still behind other countries when it comes to disposal of the #nuclearwaste - some 90,000 metric tons of it. Here is a brief update on this story.
www.sciencenews.org/article/supr...

#Teachers, if you have students looking for #research project ideas for the summer, hundreds of possibilities can be found at basement-science.blogspot.com. These are projects that can be done in a HS lab or in one's basement using common equipment and materials.
#curiosity #science 🧪💡

Stereotype Threat: Definition and Examples Stereotype threat is when individuals fear they may confirm negative stereotypes about their social group. This fear can negatively affect their performance and reinforce the stereotype, creating a se...

#Stereotype threat is a contributing factor to academic achievement and opportunity gaps at all levels of #education. Doing activities involving growth #mindset of students, such as before taking tests, tend to help reduce the effects of this threat.
www.simplypsychology.org/stereotype-t...

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

As summer approaches, some high school students will look to do independent #science #research. For topics and original research questions that can be done outside of professional laboratories, check basement-science.blogspot.com.
#scienceprojects #basementscience #inquiry #projects

Is Mark Vondracek America's Favorite Teacher? Without teachers, there is no advancement of society, and a child's access to opportunities in life dwindle. There is nothing like teaching!

americasfavteacher.org/2025/mark-vo... Consider helping me help fund projects to get fresh produce to families in need, keep Malawian children in school by not being hungry, & developing a model for breaking down achievement gaps in communities. These are all student led! #education #teachers

#STEM activities/labs for schools w/ nearly NO resources, equipment, or electricity; they use the bare minimum of materials! We developed this to help train teachers who'd never done such labs or lessons, to help change how science is taught. @miriam0907.bsky.social sciforallstudents.blogspot.com

There is a good summary of the data in the provided link, showing a variety of aspects of #climate change and what the trends have been over decades.
Note that the 1.5 degree C threshold is what we wanted to avoid since the Paris Climate Accord was signed in 2016...instead, continuous heat records.

If one truly learns and understands a topic, one should be able to think about and use it in multiple ways.
#learningtool #education #physics #science #teaching #mastery

Doc V Physics Videos on various physics topics and problems, with a focus on AP Physics C (i.e. engineering level mechanics and EM), made by Doc V, award-winning physics teacher and a Top 50 Finalist in the Global ...

For #physics & #STEM teachers and students, looking for primarily AP Physics C related videos.

www.youtube.com/@mvondracek

YouTube video by Doc V Physics Academic achievement and Opportunity gaps - looking for a conversation

Whether it's #equity, #racialjustice, or simply #education ur interested in, I think the fundamental issues we must address are academic achievement & opportunity gaps, primarily between white students & students of color. Some thoughts & past results here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWJC...

#Educators - if you know #STEM teachers looking for original #science #research projects that don't require university or professional labs, 100s of ideas can be found at basement-science.blogspot.com.

YouTube video by TEDx Talks A Quantum Revolution in Education | Mark Vondracek | TEDxNorthwesternU

Some initial thoughts about a change in mindset in how we think about #students. We are complex, unique blends of emotions, moods & intelligences, and our environment helps determine which ones are present in a given moment...similar to particles in #quantum science.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZo7...

These discoveries in 2024 could be groundbreaking — if they're true Did microbes ever live on Mars? Did an "elevator" help build Egypt’s first pyramid? Some signs pointed to yes this year, but confirmation is still needed.

Some interesting possible discoveries this year, which need more study:
www.sciencenews.org/article/2024...
#science #discovery #STEM

Many students & #educators seem to have #SEL fatigue; it's also been politicized, w/ some states wanting to forbid doing anything w/ SEL in #schools. I think we got the letters in the wrong order - colleagues like it when I call it what it is, ELS - Essential Life Skills! What do you think?!