Eid Mubarak!!

It is important that educators, especially ones who teach Arab and/or Jewish students, learn more about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This is something that directly affects our students.

This note from a student means a lot, especially after this hard year. 😭

Good news!

📰 🌳 | Mature oak trees will increase their rate of photosynthesis by up to a third in response to the raised CO2 levels expected to be the world average by about 2050, new research shows. #UoBClimateImpact birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/20… College of Life and Environmental Sciences @BIFoRUoB Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT)

This Is The Hard Part Of Teaching. It’s Getting Harder. via Peter Greene forbes.com/sites/petergre…

Happy Halloween!! 👻

Just another reminder that it's never too late to learn! npr.org/2021/11/07/105…

"If you don't want to teach, don't teach. Quit." - JoeNBC - Teachers want to teach. - Teachers are getting sick. - There are not enough subs. - Teachers who aren't getting sick are now expected to cover for the teachers who are. - Then those teachers get sick or leave.

Until I became a science teacher, I never fully understood how much work and care my teachers put into setting up the cool labs and activities we did. Just spent some time making gels and pipetting DNA samples—I’m excited to do some biotech labs this week with my students!!

My young scientists learning how to use gel electrophoresis as a tool for detecting cancer-causing genetic mutations and determining patterns of inheritance. 🧬🥼

Today Cora and Lorenzo welcomed Zunix00 of Niles West eSports Team to the IWU family! Coach Ali Sayed and his program set her up to help her step into collegiate prepared! Roster spots are still available for next Fall, reach out today to see if IWU can be your collegiate home!

Big day!!

We're featuring #KnowlesFellow Ali Sayed this #FellowFriday! Ali joined Knowles with the 2019 Cohort. We admire his dedication to creating an engaged classroom. Read more about him here: knowlesteachers.org/bios/ali-sayed #EduTwitter #Eduleaders #TeachersofTwitter

Congratulations to our varsity Valorant team who won 4th place in the state championship!! This was out of 61 schools who participated in the Illinois High School Esports Association tournament. From left to right: Dylan N, Adam C, Liam C, Syed G, Dylan S, and Mr. Sayed. Not pictured: Nathan M. 🐺🐺🐺

So proud of my esports graduates!

This is fantastic!

So proud of my honors bio 9th graders. We just genetically engineered E. coli using CRISPR-Cas9. This was my first time doing this lab, and they were able to follow a complex protocol to knock out the lacZ gene which makes the bacterial colonies appear white instead of blue. 🤩