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Patrick Goff

@bmsscienceteach.bsky.social
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Middle School Science Teacher - National Board Certified - An old dog willing to learn

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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Each Friday I have been emailing random students a good note home. Helps me end the week on a good note and the parents get a good note sent home. I use a random number generator and then just count down to find that kid (2 per class). #scistuchat #educhat
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Some recent pics I took while we were in Maine.
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Had a tough day at school and I know what it stems from. As a system, it has become do more with less with little to no acknowledgement of all your hard work. That is just really irritating me.
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Tomorrow is Day One of the new school year. This will be the 28th Day One for me as a teacher. This job has changed so much since when I started. Some for the better, some not. To all my teacher friends, you got this folks. Just do good and it will be alright. #scienceed #education #teachscience
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
My favorite pic from Friday at Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge.
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Evening all - I am asking if any scientist might be willing to volunteer to work with no more than five students on their science fair project through weekly email check-in’s. If interested or would like more details, please let me know. #scichat #science
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
You know what is fun? Taking doors off hinges, taking them outside and painting them. Fun I tell ya. Fun.
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Why do so many issues with plumbing happen on the weekend? Is it baked into the pipes and appliances to mess up on the weekend? Ugh…
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Replaced a bunch of outlets in the house today. Only got shocked once. Shoulder is sore but overall in good shape. Felt stupid because of it.
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Found a pic of an old friend @drmichellelarue.bsky.social
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Crazy to think that my wife and I now have 59 combined years of teaching. Crazier to think that this time next year our son could be joining us as a public school teacher. #scistuchat #edusky
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Just wrapped up year 24 at my current school and year 27 overall of teaching. Goodness.
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Random bird pics from the last few days.
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Looking to go back old school to get the kids off the Chromebooks for some of the time. I would like to go back to notebooks. What or how do you use old school science notebooks? #scistuchat #science #teach180
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
State testing season is upon us.
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This week is #TeacherAppreciationWeek. Let's share stories of Teachers who made a positive impact. Would love to hear everyone's story. If you know a teacher let them know they are appreciated. If possible, send that teacher a private note. It will make them smile. Thanks. Feel free to share out.
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
My bird pics from the weekend.
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
May I present a Gold finch and an Orchard Oriole. Getting used to a new camera.
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
So my wife fell getting off a boat in Mexico and fractured her arm on the last night of our spring break vacation. Got a tour of Mexican emergency medicine. Fun times folks. Fun times.
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Just a few more random bird pictures.
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Some of my bird pics with our new camera.
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Alright peeps: we are getting ready to start a climate change unit. What are your non negotiables in this unit? #teach180 #edusky #science
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Heading off to spring break. When we get back, my student teacher wanted to know if he could do a comp Sci unit with the kids do a week. I told him, absolutely. #teach180 #edusky
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
So Thursday, we made goblin war horns to talk about acoustics, waves and energy transfer while letting the kids work through a variety of experimental setups. #teach180 #edusky
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Demand a Straight Answer: Scrap the Cap. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
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Demand a Straight Answer: Scrap the Cap
HB 500 caps the state's health insurance contribution for public employees — and the Kentucky Personnel Cabinet says it will lead to a 78% premium increase hitting 310,000 workers, retirees, and their...
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Kids are taking the unit assessment today. Yesterday they were rocking out the information so I am pretty hopeful for today. #edusky #teach180
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Student teacher has been home sick the last two days. Being sick as a teacher sucks. #edusky #teach180
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SCB Marine Program @scbmarine.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Join 800+ ocean conservationists in Edinburgh, Nov 13-17, 2026 to Make Marine Science Matter. Submit symposia, workshops, focus groups, art & conservation projects + nominate plenary speakers by March 6. Details: conbio.org/mini-sites/i...
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Today at the FCPS district science fair a former student of mine came to find me, to say hi, tell me all about her research she was doing in a lab and to thank me for believing in her and pushing her to sign up for the Science magnet program. Ok, there is still good out there. #teach180 #edusky
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Six of the seven science fair projects I sent to the district science fair won. The kids are gonna be ok! I am so proud of them. #teach180 #edusky
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
10 days in a row we have missed school because of weather and the response to that weather event. Ugh.
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Tomorrow is a traditional snow day for our school district. I had a @skypeascientist.bsky.social session set for awhile. So I asked the kids, if they would still want to meet with her on their snow day? The majority of that class said yes so we are still meeting with her tomorrow. #edusky #teach180
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Afternoon all. This weather sucks. Hope everyone is ok.
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Blast from my childhood!!
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Hanging out at the Guggenheim with my daughter for the afternoon.
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I have been sharing information about the Artemis II mission with my students and families. This is super exciting and I love sharing stuff like this with my kiddos. #teach180 #edusky
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Today we are going to be working on a webquest to have the kids learn and understand more about deep time. We spent the past three days looking at various fossils to make observations and inferences plus look at structure and function. It had been a good week. #teach180 #edusky
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Spent the day talking about the Artemis 2 launch and working through a bunch of fossil observations. My student teacher has his list ready to send home positive notes tomorrow to some of the students. His wait time is better and is now setting expectations clearer. #teach180 #edusky
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Physics question - a student is asking about Brewster’s angle. She wants to know if an electron is moving in the direction of the wave, will it move in the direction of the wave or is it still moving in a varied path around the nucleus? #scicomm
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
This week with my student teacher, I am going to give him three goals: 1) no hands raised, use names and call on students at random using the seating chart for the warmup 2) get out to observe another teacher in the building 3) send home a good note for one student in each class #edusky #teach180
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Day 3 working with my student teacher. Good things: has a calm demeanor, interacting with the kids, taking initiative, working on names. Things to work on: higher order questions, wait time, working on an attention signal and setting expectations. All these will come in time. #edusky #teach180
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
My student teacher today was up front again today. He didn’t do a bad job. Overall he is on a good trajectory and look forward to seeing how he improves through the semester. #edusky #teach180
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Today I had my student teacher up front doing the warmup with the kids. He did a decent job for the first time. Needs to work on getting their attention and asking deeper questions but for a first time, not bad. He and I chatted about it and I am looking forward to tomorrow. #teach180 #edusky
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Today was day one with my student teacher. The students took a pretest so there was no real chance for him to get up in front. We spent today looking at the results, talking about what they meant and what decisions I would make based on them for the upcoming unit. #teach180 #edusky
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Tomorrow we get back to it in the classroom to get ready for our students who show up Tuesday. Also, I get another student teacher for the spring semester. Looking forward to helping this young teacher. #teach180 #edusky
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Anyone on here know a reputable random science fact generator? I was thinking of having a fact of the day to share in my class for next semester. #scichat #edusky
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Went on vacation with the family and it has been pretty good. We hiked about seven miles yesterday next to a river, saw a waterfall, ID’d some birds, hurt myself hiking. Yeah, good day.
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Anyone else find it difficult to let your kid drive you around?
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Morning everyone. When we start back in January, I have the honor of hosting a student teacher again. I truly believe it is part of my professional responsibility to help student teachers and part of that is because of my personal experience as a student teacher. 1/ #edusky #teach180
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Patrick Goff @bmsscienceteach.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
I have to admit I did not think the science fair post I had up would get the most traction if anything I have put up on here. I truly enjoy it, do not want it to be a burden, and do as much as I can to help my kids with it. Part One #teach180 #edusky
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