K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Another successful WildLink year in the books! 20 miles total 12 with backpacks. Couldn’t be more proud of my students. 000
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 26/04/2026It’s WildLink Week!!!! 6 days in Yosemite with my students is my favorite week of the school year. 010
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026NESTA at NSTA (I’m in Anaheim for 4 days on the DOs CC and get to hang out and present with some really fabulous and really smart science educators and I couldn’t be more excited about this opportunity 030
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Today I was asked to lead one of my schools biggest PDs next fall. I’m flattered and going to do it but I also know it will change the way coworkers think of me and there is no going back after I do it. 010
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 11/03/2026I’m hosting my first NESTA webinar tomorrow. Kinda excited. Kinda nervous. 020
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 23/01/2026kvpr.orgHow a Sierra Nevada landslide in 1867 left Visalia floodedIn December of 1867, a portion of Dennison Mountain slid into the Kaweah River, creating a 400-foot natural dam that eventually gave way, flooding Visalia. 000
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 15/01/2026What an exciting day!!! ATLAS- NGSS performance tasks- has been released!!! www.ngss-atlas.comngss-atlas.com 000
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 11/12/2025This year I flipped my Kepler unit and taught it Kepler law 321 instead of Kepler law 123. My average quiz grade went up a point and my habitable zone performance task was so much better this year (less students confused). Going into winter break with this huge win! 110
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Loving my Lego mineral collection I put together on Thanksgiving 000
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 04/11/2025The best part about writing a CV is that you only have to do it once 000
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 01/11/2025My man is elk hunting in Colorado and I just have to share his sunrise picture. 000
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 27/10/2025I love my geology community. FOP- Friends of the Pleistocene- is easily my favorite weekend of the fall. 010
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 17/10/2025I’m so excited for next weekend too! But TBH, I think Jerry is more excited then I am :) 110
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 16/10/2025I’m going to Palm Springs this weekend with my best work friend to attend and present at the CA Science Teachers Conference….. and I cannot wait b/c it’s exactly what I need right now. 120
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Got my PSAAPG TOTY award in the mail today and I must say I love the creativity of it not being a plaque 120
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Pro teaching tip: schedule a planning day the week before finals with your work BFF. Like seriously cannot wait to build these ocean core replicas and map out our new oceans unit for next year. 010
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 08/05/2025ISO ocean circulation, ice cores, ice caps and sea level change curriculum. Please reach out if you are willing to share your resources. 💜🧡💚 000
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 05/05/2025That’s an idea! Thanks! I do have the original copy. 000
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 05/05/2025The link to my Geology teacher guide of RMNP is no longer working and I’m so sad. 😭😭😭😭😭nps.gov 100
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Thanks. Apparently there is no beer in the house so wine it is. 010
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 03/05/2025I just survived a week of taking 11 students backpacking in the Yosemite wilderness. They covered 18 miles total, 12 of them carrying 35ish lbs. I’m gonna go have a beer now. 250
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Thanks. I’m going as the solo chaperone this year and a new trail head so the unknown makes my head spin.This ground kids is amazing though and I trust. 010
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Pre show jitters are nothing compared to pre Yosemite jitters. 110
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Not me about spend a week (and my 40th bday) in the backcountry of Yosemite. 😂😂😂 I swear it’s for the kids. 010
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Started a group chat with the 11 students I’m taking to Yosemite. Thinking I might put it on mute and let them run with it 010
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 21/04/2025hetch hetchy rancheria falls First time doing this trail head with students. 110
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 21/04/2025It’s soul settling every time. Like shhh don’t talk during the jam vibes. It’s always a moment. Always. 010
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Driving down the 101 this Easter morning from Santa Rosa to Belmont like it’s 1999 again. No ones on the road and Im loving it! 140
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Geology is cool www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...ctvnews.caScientists stumble across rare evidence that Earth is peeling underneath the Sierra NevadaSeismologist Deborah Kilb was wading through California earthquake records from the past four decades when she noticed something odd — a series of deep earthquakes that had occurred under the Sierra N... 051
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 16/04/2025The bus driver was not comfortable driving the bed down the dam road…. So we got the “tour” just looking at it 110
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Todays field trip didn’t go as planned but that’s ok. We still spent the afternoon at the lake and it was amazing. 110
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 11/04/2025“Vibrations at the unique sound stimulate the otolithic organs in the inner ear, which detect linear acceleration and gravity,” Airplanes should have subwoofers that tune their rumble to 100hz scitechdaily.com/scientists-d...scitechdaily.comScientists Discover Unique 100 Hz Sound That Alleviates Motion SicknessA 100 Hz sound developed by Nagoya University researchers safely reduces motion sickness by stimulating the inner ear and improving balance. A research team led by Takumi Kagawa and Masashi Kato at Na... 010
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 09/04/2025So this happened tonight. San Joaquin Geological Society Teacher of the Year 2025 130
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 07/04/2025I just called the 40mL beaker a shot glass when introducing todays lab procedures 😂😂😂 010
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Yesterday I saw my dream bird! A pair of mating quetzals just 50ish steps into our hike 💚🧡💜 120
K e l l y n @berylbyrd.bsky.social · 14/03/2025He said the current dept head has been told to change and he must give the opportunity to show change before making a decision 000