Quote from students today: “Mrs. Pineda why are you wearing a hat?” “You look like Indiana Jones” “I don’t know what we are doing but I’m excited!” All in the name of getting students to learn continental drift theory, I think they’ll remember today! 🤣

6th grade Tays Junior High Titans exploring forces using none other than their shoes! 🤣 Lots of great conversations on which shoes would require the most force to move. Molly Niedens ⚡️ Lindi Kudlacek #KISDscience

Allowing students the freedom of choice sparks their creative minds to come alive. Tays Junior High Molly Niedens ⚡️ Lindi Kudlacek #KISDscience

Pop up PD today Tays Junior High as we Dip into Spring to build community with affinity maps. Think our teachers appreciated having treats on this Monday after spring break! Ashley Williams

Shout out to Katy ISD educators, Molly Niedens Molly Niedens ⚡️ & Courtney Lewis Courtney Lewis for representing #KISDscience with their presentation on Developing Visual Literacy in the Classroom. Way to go ladies!

What a great session by @chuck_Link on day 3 at #NSTA2023. Excited to take The Transfer Learning Routine back to my teachers Tays Junior High and Adams Junior High

Modeling, Modeling, Modeling! Tays Junior High scientists modeling various learning targets. Students are creating their initial models to demonstrate their current thinking. Final models coming soon! Chandra Zepeda Kelly Danford Molly Niedens ⚡️ @kisdscience

A few of our 6th grade Vikings compacting for their next Rocks & Minerals unit. Adams Junior High Erin Krueger Angela Martin

Let's celebrate the diversity of languages and cultures in our communities and advocate for the resources and support our multilingual learners need to thrive. 🌍🗣️ #Multilingualism #Advocacy #Education bit.ly/40saStv

These kids are my kids. 💜

This stuff is getting very old and offensive to conservatives actually working to improve TX public ed. Greg Abbott you’ve been at the wheel since 2015 - you appointed Mike Morath. If it’s so bad - fire him. Just gross political theatre

Our first collaborative learning day Adams Junior High as teachers dig into why our junior high kids do what they do. Plenty of laughs, collaboration and aha moments while we investigated The Adolescent Brain. Melissa Shukis Elisabeth Brodt Kim Crandall

So proud to announce that #KISDScience teachers and instructional coaches will be presenting 25 sessions at CAST23 presented by Science Teachers Association of Texas (STAT) #STATCAST23

What an amazing first look at animal adaptations for our Tays Junior High 7th graders!! @thecreatureteacher brought the coolest animals, and our budding scientists even got to pet a baby kangaroo!!