Mary van Opstal, (She/Her) (@chemwithatwist) 's Twitter Profile
Mary van Opstal, (She/Her)

@chemwithatwist

science educator, Community College #chemistry, evidence-based pedagogy: #POGIL, professional development, trying new pedagogies to make class accessible.

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Back to fully in person classes for the first time since March 2020. I’m exhausted! Adding lecture and lab together 4 days a week feels like a lot. Students are engaged though and ready to learn! #Teachers

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Update to #bioplastics project. Students stretch,heat and freeze pieces tomorrow, but today some bad news. MOLD! Trying to figure out the source since it hasn’t happened before! #processofscience #ScienceTwitter my guess: ventilation was off over the weekend… or summer heat!💡?

Update to #bioplastics project. Students stretch,heat and freeze pieces tomorrow, but today some bad news. MOLD! Trying to figure out the source since it hasn’t happened before! #processofscience #ScienceTwitter my guess: ventilation was off over the weekend… or summer heat!💡?
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Starting/joining an #ungrading community of practice with other faculty, we can request a budget! What conferences are top for #ungrading? #facultydevelopment

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#inquiry #experimentaldesign let students use and improve their science skills! Burning 🔥 up Cheetos in homemade calorimeters. They improved their heat transfer over two weeks and 4-5 trials.

#inquiry #experimentaldesign let students use and improve their science skills! Burning 🔥 up Cheetos in homemade calorimeters. They improved their heat transfer over two weeks and 4-5 trials.
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Energy struggles. first semester I’m back to teaching all in person and it is utterly exhausting. I question how I did it before the pandemic with even smaller children. Maybe I was just on auto pilot then and now I think a lot more about how I should care for myself and time.

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#ChemTwitter best easy to navigate websites to find Lewis structures for smaller organic molecules. For an intro chem course that doesn’t have a lot of experience navigating google for proper images.

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POGIL Pledge Week begins on Monday. Please consider donating to The POGIL Project to improve the educational opportunities of both teachers and students. Visit pogil.org/pledge to see how your donation could make an impact today. #TogetherWePOGIL

POGIL Pledge Week begins on Monday. Please consider donating to The POGIL Project to improve the educational opportunities of both teachers and students. Visit pogil.org/pledge to see how your donation could make an impact today. #TogetherWePOGIL