What you focus on grows in the classroom. Shifting your attention to students’ effort instead of mostly their mistakes can help them build a positive mindset about learning. ☀️
#EduSky #SEL #ElementaryTeacher
The Southern Poverty Law Center, which is best known for its tracking of hate groups, said that the Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the nonprofit regarding their use of informants.
This disabled parrot has become king by learning to ‘joust’ | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Text on rocky outback landscape overlay: 3 things you can do for environmental justice this earth day.
One: sign up to email lists. It might seem like a small step, but it helps you stay directly connected to the organisations you care about. Without relying on social media algorithms to decide what you see.
Two: write a submission. Submissions are a vital part of environmental justice – they give communities a voice in decisions that affect their lives and environment, and help make sure those concerns are heard and recorded. You can take that step today by making a quick submission to the the Murray-Darling Basin Plan review.
Three: donate. Our work is only possible because people like you choose to back it Your donation powers strategic legal action that holds decision makers accountable – so the law works in practice, not just on paper.
This #EarthDay, there are simple ways to stand up for environmental justice and help create a radically better world.
None of this work happens without people like you.
envirojustice.org.au
Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held in 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by earthday.org: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day via @wikipedia.org #EarthDay #environment #SciChat #STEM
French polymath Clémence Royer was born 196 years ago today. Now she is most known for her 1862 translation of On the Origin of Species which pushed Darwin's ideas into the realm of human evolution, but in her day she was celebrated for her encyclopedic knowledge.
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#WomenInStEM
A mummy containing a rare papyrus fragment which included text from Book II of Homer’s Iliad, the famous “Catalog of Ships” which lists the Greek forces that sailed to Troy #classicalreception
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Great news: in England it is #NationalTeaDay Meaning it's time for Pieter van Roestraten, a Dutch painter working in England. And, by a wonderful coincidence, he was born on this day in 1630.
Researchers identify new jellyfish species in fossils near Quebec City. Paleocanna tentaculum is a rare find, as soft-bodied organisms do not preserve well. www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/cha... #CdnSci #palaeontology #biology #science #SciChat
Our May general meeting (online only via Zoom) has been announced! Check out the link in bio for more information!
WEIGH THE UNIVERSE – WITH YOUR BATHROOM SCALE with Jason Nishiyama (@evilscientistca.bsky.social)
🗓️ Thursday, May 21, 2026 @ 7:30 PM MDT
Absence is harder to track and feel than presence. The ghosts of gone birds fade quickly from memory.
A turtle covered in oil is being held up by gloved hands. The image includes a quote stating, “It’s appalling that the Trump administration has authorized this deepwater drilling project without having information critical to preventing harm to marine life.” Attributed to Rachel Mathews, a senior attorney.
16 years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster — one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history — the Trump administration has approved BP’s new ultra-deepwater oil drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Center and our allies are in court to shut it down. More info: biodiv.us/3Qwjdw7
ICYMI: The latest Praxis 'Science Smarts' column in the Medicine Hat News (April 18):
“Cartesian Divers”
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Some science to do "Under Pressure"!
#MedHat #STEM #SciChat #SciEd #FamilyScience
450-million year old jellyfish ancestor looks like a flailing carwash tubeman. ‘Paleocanna tentaculum’ was more closely related to today’s marine invertebrates than its prehistoric relatives. www.popsci.com/science/jell... #CdnSci #palaeontology #biology #science #SciChat
"BP’s first completely new oilfield in the Gulf since the company’s Deepwater Horizon disaster 16 years ago.
It will be deeper than Deepwater Horizon, and in riskier waters... drilling 6 miles below the sea floor, deeper than the height of Mt. Everest"
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Calgary and Edmonton drove the the 'No' vote in Alberta's 2021 referendum on permanent daylight savings The question — Do you want Alberta to adopt year-round Daylight Saving Time, which is summer hours, eliminating the need to change our clocks twice a year? — was narrowly defeated by a vote of 50.2% to 49.8% provincewide. But the vote breakdown varied by geography. Source: Elections Alberta Chart: Robson Fletcher, Data & Storytelling Strategist
Albertans narrowly rejected permanent daylight saving time in a 2021 referendum.
But today Premier Danielle Smith revealed the province *is* going ahead with it anyway.
Opposition in the referendum was strongest in the biggest cities, while support was stronger in smaller towns and rural areas.
Electric ferry aims to reduce underwater noise, but threats still remain for humpbacks in B.C. 3 humpback whales were found dead last fall in B.C., 2 died from vessel strikes. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #CdnSci #zoology #environment #ecology #SciChat
Donald Trump’s own energy secretary says gas prices could stay high until 2027.
Trump promised to lower costs on Day One. This war with Iran is causing prices to soar.
On 20 Apr 1798, Sir William Edmond Logan, one of Canada’s great scientists, was born.
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Louis Pasteur completed his first pasteurization test on April 20, 1862. biography.com/scientist/lo...
#history #SciEd #STEM #SciChat
The global clean tech boom really is one of the biggest and most consequential economic, environmental, and geopolitical stories of the century. It remains beyond weird that it is so often treated as a second order issue at best. www.businessgreen.com/news/4528514...
Alberta already has 4000+ orphan wells it hasn’t cleaned up — and it just got 4000+ more.
With inadequate funding from industry, this leaves Albertans to bear the harms associated with unremediated wells near their homes and businesses. #abpoli
@thenarwhal.ca with more 👇
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bugleweed, azalea, dogwood, and my hidden forest goblin house down the path
Heat pumps,solar energy and wind can reduce or eliminate oil drilling off our coasts, strip mining and mountain top removal for coal as well as dependence on other nations for energy. Energy independence with alternative fuels and conservation can both reduce costs and negative climate impacts.
A really beautiful, poignant, thought provoking and heartfelt piece by Narelle Towie about the death of a wonderful friend
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Junior Einsteins Chemists Mother's Day Science Camp!
📍South Courtice Arena - Meeting Room, Sunday 3rd May, 10:00am - 11:30am!
#JuniorEinsteins #ScienceClub #STEM #Science #KidsCamps #claringtonontario #oshawaontario #courticeontario #portperryontario #bowmanvilleontario
Political cartoon by Leanne W. (2026) depicting three caricatures seated around a table. On the left stands a figure resembling Donald Trump, holding a red MAGA hat and gesturing with his other hand. A speech bubble reads: “Think you fellas could help me bring more EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION to Alberta?” In the center sits a figure resembling Danielle Smith, holding papers and smiling. On the right sits a figure in a wheelchair wearing a suit and a campaign button reading “Re-Elect Abbott 2026,” holding a rolled document. On the table is a map of Alberta with pink boundary lines labeled “Strategies,” alongside additional rolled maps or documents.
Started drawing political cartoons on Procreate to give it a try.
Here’s my latest one feat. Danielle Smith and her role models.
#cdnpoli #abpoli #alberta
