@AgKohn

Science Educator & Researcher. I design, implement, and evaluate science curriculum to enable informed decision-making and improve educational outcomes. He/him

 Waterford Union High School
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Joined January 2013
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Excited to announce that our paper examining how US #agriculturalists perceive risks and challenges in food production has been published! It’s a great meld of #education, #agriculture, and #riskperception. Check it out at tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… – at Lake Forest, IL

Makers vs. takers: perceived challenges to food production among agriculturalists in the United...

Numerous factors currently challenge food production in the United States, and these are likely to intensify. We sought to understand what challenges US agriculturalists find to be most salient as ...

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🚨 Science & Ag educators: Join me to learn about NASA’s STELLA program on May 20 (3PM CDT) to build your own spectrometer + get classroom-ready tools! Webinar #: 2826 320 5426 | Password: taMpJmgE654 🔗 nasaevents.webex.com/nasaeve… #STEMed #NASA #NGSS #AFNR #AgEd #CitizenScience
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This bread is designed to be tastier, made with climate-resilient wheat npr.org/2024/09/09/nx-s1-500…

Can better bread be a climate change solution? These bakers think so

A team of scientists and bakers in the Pacific Northwest is searching for ways to make whole wheat bread resilient to a warming world — and more delicious.

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It’s a sad day here. I’m gonna miss my little buddy. 🐾 😔
Tiffany’s paw print

ALT Tiffany’s paw print

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New study claims the age of the universe is estimated to be 26.7 billion years old, not 13.7 🤯
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"Be curious, not judgmental" - Ted Lasso (Please also don’t judge me that I attributed this to Ted Lasso. Curiously I cannot find who these words actually belong too).
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Science literacy matters. jsonline.com/story/news/poli…

Ron Johnson said climate change could be good for Wisconsin. Experts disagree.

In a Senate committee hearing, he said, "In terms of the United States and most of Europe, we're in pretty good shape."

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I asked ChatGPT to explain the central dogma of molecular biology in iambic pentameter and it’s kinda lovely (1/x): “A code of life, in strands of DNA, Encodes the secrets of our being's way, But first, to make a protein, we must say, The code in DNA must be conveyed.
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(3/x) The ribosome's where the mRNA will bind, And now translation, protein synthesis, can find, The code is read, and amino acids lined, Until the protein is complete in kind.
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(4/x) And thus, the language of DNA we see, In transcription and translation's poetry, Iambic pentameter, a symphony, Of science, art, and life's complexity.”
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40 years ago 'A Nation at Risk' warned of a 'rising tide of mediocrity' in US schools – has anything changed? via @ConversationUS theconversation.com/40-years…

40 years ago ‘A Nation at Risk’ warned of a ‘rising tide of mediocrity’ in US schools – has...

Polarization among the public and politicians threatens to undermine educational progress made over the past few decades.

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“…average teacher's salary has stagnated since 1990…that means teachers also earned 23.5% less than comparable college graduates” npr.org/2023/03/22/116037173…
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Two noteworthy research-based conclusions about the “why” of teaching science.
Sam Evans@samevns1 Mar 2023
Replying to @samevns
1. Emphasizing preparation for science-related careers falls far short of meeting the needs of most students. 2. We should focus far more on teaching science for the non-scientist and democratic decision-making.
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Today during a genetics lesson, a student discovered he was color blind. The previous day, he was one of the few who suggested that learning biology would never affect him personally. Trying not to be overly smug atm 😆
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Shaking Ordinary Ice (Very Hard) Transformed It Into Something Never Seen Before (Published 2023)

The research illustrates how much scientists still have to learn about a molecule as simple as water.

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In the last 25 years, wages for college graduates have risen 28%. Wages for teachers during the same period, only 2%. We’re calling on states and districts to increase teacher pay. It’s time our teachers saw the support and pay they deserve. Livable wage = Respect.
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How did whales get so big? This would make an absolutely perfect anchoring phenomenon for a NGSS-aligned DNA unit (and I’m thinking it’s gonna show up somewhere in ours this year - stay tuned). 🐋 #NGSS #3Dscience #anchoringphenomena #NGSSphenomena nytimes.com/2023/01/19/scien…

Unlocking the Genes That Made Whales Into Giants (Published 2023)

The submarine-size ocean creatures were not always behemoths. Now, a new study has found that the secret to a whale’s size may be in its genes.

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Don’t Ban ChatGPT in Schools. Teach With It. nytimes.com/2023/01/12/techn…

Don’t Ban ChatGPT in Schools. Teach With It. (Published 2023)

OpenAI’s new chatbot is raising fears of cheating on homework, but its potential as an educational tool outweighs its risks.

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Some good news for your Monday: Restoration of the Ozone Layer Is Back on Track, Scientists Say nytimes.com/2023/01/09/clima…

Restoration of the Ozone Layer Is Back on Track, Scientists Say (Published 2023)

Rogue emissions from China of ozone-depleting chemicals had threatened to delay recovery by a decade. But the emissions were stopped, according to a U.N.-backed report.

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I was able to successfully tell the difference all but twice, but this was quite challenging! via @NYTimes nytimes.com/interactive/2022…

Did a Fourth Grader Write This? Or the New Chatbot? (Published 2022)

Don’t be surprised if you can’t always tell. Neither could two teachers, a professor, nor even the renowned children’s author Judy Blume.

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