Let's #Meet112! Throughout the year, we're highlighting the incredible teachers and staff at NSSD112's nine schools. Today we're meeting Northwood science teacher Todd Middendorf! #112Leads

Cassini gave us Saturn, but also gave us Earth — as only deep space could reveal: Small. Frail. Lonely. Steeped in darkness.

What we need today are universal values based not on faith but on scientific findings, common experience and common sense.

Time-lapse video from Sept. 15 of an aurora above Canada begins over California coast, to North Dakota then on to Quebec when day breaks.

Did you know that International Space Station is the 3rd brightest object in the night sky? Find out when and where to look up: spotthestation.nasa.gov

Congratulations to Arbor’s Itzel Garcia for winning the Golden Spoodle Award for her work on the greenhouse at Northwood Middle School #112pride

Funding for NASA, our agency that explores the universe, as a percent of the US Federal Budget: 1966: 5% — 2017: 0.5%

Check out our 7th graders learning about the Ravine ecosystem at Rosewood Beach Northwood Middle School #112pride

7th grade team Trolls Northwood Middle School #HappyHalloween #huskypride!

Exploring how to aggregate and apply collected data in science to hit targets with our rubber band launchers! #112pride

Today, we're honoring the late #CarlSagan—who would have been 83 today. We can't think of anyone who inspired so many people to love science and the universe. #CarlSaganDay

Learning about Potential and Kinetic energy in science class at NW with our Crazy Roller Coasters. #112pride

Playing with static electricity at Northwood in science class while learning about forms of energy #112pride

The CDC is reportedly banned from using several words and phrases in their budget documents, including "science-based"—here's why actions like this are dangerous on.natgeo.com/2olivV0

Ask me a question about science and you might get on my national radio show. Call 612-564-8135. (The line is not yet completed, so start speaking as soon as you hear the beep.) Leave your name and city.

Northwood Huskies are exploring strange "landscapes" in our microscopes this week while comparing plant and animal cells, the organelles, and their general structures. #112pride

Modern education pays little attention to inner values and yet our basic human nature is compassionate. We need to incorporate compassion and warm-heartedness into the modern education system to make it more holistic.

I'm back! Did you miss me? This selfie is part of a fresh batch of images, direct from #Mars. Check out all my raw images at go.nasa.gov/2n5oyKo

Never too late to work on culture! x.com/gcouros/status…

Remembering Stephen Hawking, a renowned physicist and ambassador of science. His theories unlocked a universe of possibilities that we & the world are exploring. May you keep flying like superman in microgravity, as you said to astronauts on International Space Station in 2014