Saturday, January 23, 2016

20 Science Educators You Should Follow

Following other educators in your field on Pinterest and Twitter and subscribing to educator channels on YouTube is a great way to stay current in your content area.  It also provides you with some quick and fun resources for your classroom.  Here 20 educators that I'm currently following on social media outlets. 

Pinterest:

1. Mrs. Smith: She is a science teacher at CVHS.  The majority of her boards are strictly educational.  What's so helpful about her boards is that she uses the Next Generation Science Standards as her titles.  Each standard (board) has multiple teaching resource pins!

2. Amy Brown Science: Amy Brown is a biology and chemistry teacher who has taught for over 30 years.  She posts pins of original resources and teaching links, and she categorizes her boards based on subject and topic.  She also provides a link to her website on teacherspayteachers.com where you can purchase some of her teaching products!

Twitter:

@dragan39: Doug Ragan is a chemistry teacher at Hudsonville High School who uses a flipped classroom, lots of ipad applications, and fun demos and lab activities in his classroom.

@DrAl_wmu: Allison Hart-Young tweets about educational practices in general.

@AmandaChemist: Amanda Hardy is a British science teacher who tweets about biology, chemistry and all things STEM.  It's good to know what's going on in science education over there.

@iteachchem: Janet Brownell is a HS chemistry teacher who tweets about chem resources and educational inspiration.

@chrisludwig: Chris Ludwig is a high school science teacher in Colorado who is "practically paperless in every way" and tweets mostly about educational articles and student work.

@sfhs_Clark: Mrs. Clark is a high school biology teacher who tweets fun science resources and PD reads.

@Furlow_teach: Seth Furlow is a chem and bio teacher who tweets about science teaching types and he usually uses the hashtag #miched at the end of every tweet.

@LReustle: Lindsay Reustle is a biology teacher out of Kansas who tweets fun biology articles, pictures, and facts.


YouTube:

ScienceMusicVideos: This YouTube channel was created by Mr W.  He is a science teacher who creates original raps about biology topics!  These fun to show in class and are a great way for students to review the concepts.

ParrMr: Mr. Parr also creates songs about all sorts of science concepts, but he covers hit songs that students are familiar with.  These are also a great introduction or review tool. 

ThePenguinProf: This channel was created by a introductTyory biology professor who wants to give students more background and history behind biological concepts and discoveries. 

Bozeman Science: Mr. Anderson posts video lectures of biology concepts and includes visuals and demonstrations. 

Beverly Biology: Kyle Kobe is a high school biology teacher who posts his PowerPoint presentations of various topics. 

Brian Swarthout: This chemistry, physics, and math teacher's channel has all of his lectures and some of his demos presented in a visual way.  Great for homework/reviewing of concepts.

Amoeba Sisters: Theses sisters have so many biology videos explaining key concepts in a cute, humorous, and clever way.

Teacher's Pet: This channel is made by a science teacher in California.  She provides quick and easy to follow animated video explanations of science concepts.

RicochetScience: Produced by a group of science educators, provides a lot of visual explanations of introductory science topics. 

Tyler DeWitt: Tyler does an excellent job of breaking down complex chemistry concepts for introductory learners. 



1 comment:

  1. Clare,
    Nice array from various social media platforms. As I look through all of the various options teacher's have to get content. I wondered what specific platform (YouTube, Pinterest, Twitter,etc...) is most useful to you.

    Well done on the blog. It should come in handy showing off your digital blueprint and tech integration for a future employer.

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