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Science teachers are the most underrated humans on the planet.
We built ScIC to celebrate them, connect them, and give them the spotlight they deserve.
Science Is Cool. And so are you. 🧪🔬⚡
Follow along. 👇
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Astronomy begins with looking up, but it grows when students learn what to look for. Virtual observatories and real datasets can make the sky accessible from any classroom.
#ScienceIsCool #AstronomyEducation #SpaceScience
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Science is not an extra after reading and math. It is a place to use both with purpose. Investigation gives students a reason to calculate accurately, read closely, write from evidence, and communicate clearly.
#ScienceIsCool #ScienceLiteracy
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Citizen science turns noticing into participation. Students can document species, monitor habitats, collect local data, and contribute to a larger scientific picture from a creek, park, schoolyard, or city block.
#ScienceIsCool #CitizenScience
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Students can see a wave. Data helps them describe it. Observe the pattern, build a model, measure motion, compare with real-world data, then explain what changed.
#ScienceIsCool #DataLiteracy #OceanScience
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The deep ocean connects biology, chemistry, geology, engineering, climate, and human impact in one compelling context. It also reminds students how much remains to be discovered here on Earth.
#ScienceIsCool #OceanExploration #OceanLiteracy
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What can students discover in the environment right outside their door?
Dr. Joanna Philippoff joins Science is Cool Unplugged to explore place-based learning, marine science and culturally grounded curriculum in Hawai‘i.
Listen: hubs.ly/Q04wjhwW0
@Uhmanoa
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Not every student can reach a volcano, research vessel, telescope, or remote island. Every student can still be invited into the work.
Where would you take your class if distance were no barrier?
#ScienceIsCool #VirtualFieldTrip #EquityInSTEM
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Using Conceptual Academy + PocketLab Notebook?
Tomorrow's Back-to-School PD session is built for you.
Join us, bring your questions and get ready for the school year.
Register through: hubs.ly/Q04w4wQS0
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Hawaiian wayfinding brings together stars, swells, wind, wildlife, memory, story, and place. It reminds us that science is not separate from culture and that rigorous knowledge has many forms.
#ScienceIsCool #Wayfinding #IndigenousKnowledge
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Place-based science can start outside the school door: map sound, compare sun and shade, observe plants, track weather, or measure air quality. Return often enough for patterns to appear.
#ScienceIsCool #PlaceBasedLearning
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Science lessons don’t have to go perfectly to make an impact.
Ellen Peterson joins Science is Cool Unplugged to talk student curiosity, real data and learning by doing.
Listen here: hubs.ly/Q04v3Mzp0
#ScienceIsCool
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An egg breaks. A model sinks. A prototype misses. That is not the end of the investigation. It is the first useful dataset. Build, measure, redesign, repeat.
#ScienceIsCool #EngineeringDesign #STEMeducation
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Students do not need every answer before they begin. They need a reason to wonder. Start the lesson with a phenomenon, invite predictions, then let the questions lead.
#ScienceIsCool #InquiryBasedLearning
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Science has no borders. Educators joined #ScIC16 from classrooms around the world with one shared goal: help students stay curious.
#ScienceIsCool #STEMeducation
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From black holes to distant galaxies, some of the world's most important astronomy research happens atop Maunakea.
Meet Emily Peavy and @mblaychack at #ScIC16
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Some of the most important science happens where the land meets the sea.
Join Dr. Joanna Philippoff at #ScIC16 as she shares how citizen science and Hawaiʻi's coastal ecosystems inspire authentic, hands-on STEM learning.
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Conservation happens one project, one habitat, and one community at a time.
Meet James Morioko, Mark Manuel, and Josh Atwood at #ScIC16.
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Every landscape tells a story. Science helps us understand it.
Meet Serena Massrey at #ScIC16.
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