Jenny Shirhall

How do we get back into it after two weeks away from school?

I am easing the Biology kiddos in with a review quiz (points just for completing it) to see what I need to reteach. Then they will make one-pagers about what animal/ecosystem they are most excited to learn about in ecology!
#EduSky

Making a vision board for our honeymoon in June. Can’t wait to explore Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Bern Canton, and the Bavarian region around Munich. 🍯🌛

Tomorrow begins one of the best perks of a career in education: I get to sleep late on a chilly morning while my fiancé gets up and ready for work.

Bio Educators - need an easy lab to reinforce anaerobic respiration, build graphing skills, and increase engagement?

Buy some clothespins, do the muscle fatigue lab. 10x 60 second trials. The kids hands were sore as heck but they were laughing the whole time.

#STEMteacher #biology

Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.

Moon dressed up as Uranus

Sunday Scaries:
- planning a soil chemistry lab for my AP enviro kiddos
- scaffolding for an anaerobic respiration lab for my biology kiddos (clothespin lab, hurts their lil hands but super engaging)
- catching up on grading
- induction observation on Tues
- 1st yr teachers observing me Tues

Took two days off of work to join my person on a trip for his work!

Monterey Bay Aquarium shut down for the day to celebrate 40 years of service with its entire staff and their guests (I am guest).

Coelacanths are pregnant for five years, the longest gestation of any known animal, and do not reach maturity until they are around 55 years old.

Fuck it, whales are fish.

More soon.

My hats off to science teachers who write beautiful, detailed sub plans.

If I am out, the kids are doing a ~worksheet~ because, chances are, they won’t actually do the worksheet and if you try to prompt them to work they will try to make you cry.

Starter packs BIOLOGY Ecology Macroecology https://go.bsky.app/GBn9pNZ Global ecology https://go.bsky.app/V6tN4cv Trait based ecology and evolution https://go.bsky.app/PThMXeX Invasion biology https://go.b...

hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...

It feels good to be back on a platform that allows me to yap into the void.