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7/n 👩‍🏫 Fellow STEM Instructors: Do you allow or require photo documentation in your labs? How do you address safety, equity, and data permanence? Would love to hear how others are blending visual tools with core scientific habits. #STEMEducation #ChemistryLab

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6/n 🔬 Real-World Tie-In From #Photo51 to modern lab audits, visual documentation is a cornerstone of scientific research and regulatory compliance.

5/n 🔍 Why Photos (videos) Matter Document setups, procedural steps, and final results Create a verifiable, reproducible lab record Strengthen written entries in lab notebooks

4/n This reflects real-world expectations in FDA-regulated and professional labs, where Good Documentation Practices (GDP) are essential. I emphasize: “If it’s not documented, it didn’t happen.”

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David Eldredge @citlan.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Do you happen to have a "junk drawer" phone you can donate for a good cause? 📸 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐖𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐬 In my chemistry labs, students are required to document their experimental work, observations, actions. A Camera is one way to do it! #photo51 1/n

$Photo 51 is an iconic X-ray diffraction image of DNA taken by Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling in 1952. This image played a crucial role in the discovery of DNA's double-helix structure, which was later published by James Watson and Francis Crick. While Watson and Crick received the Nobel Prize for their work, Franklin's contribution, including Photo 51, was not fully acknowledged.$

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Do you still use paper lab notebooks in your lab courses—or have you gone digital? 🧪📓💻 A small research team (including some of my undergrads) is developing a new #ACS publication focused on modern lab notebook pedagogy in undergraduate science programs. We’d love your insights #ChemEd #LabNotebook

Pictured: one of my student’s hand-drawn flowcharts from her lab notebook

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David Eldredge @citlan.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Special thanks to @lieslmcconchie.bsky.social for her persistence, diplomacy, and 930 days of advocacy that helped move this forward. #IAQ matters! assets.churchofjesuschrist.org/m4/60/m460hn...

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David Eldredge @citlan.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

🎥 Clip from the original 2 Dec 2022 broadcast. UVU will receive 75 #Aranet4 Home units next week. Students will collect data manually with the Home version. Thanks @mikeandersonksl.bsky.social for covering these vital air quality stories! #IAQ #CO2 #UTed #PublicHealth @aranethome.bsky.social

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David Eldredge @citlan.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Aranet Spring Sale, direct w/Aranet. #Aranet4 #Aranet_Rn #Aranet_R & more! You end up paying about $23 in shipping making it exactly the same price on Amazon unless you use or send in your own shipping label. FedEx offers "One-Rate" 2-Day Air for ~$12 saftehnika21679.acemlnb.com/lt.php?s=370...

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David Eldredge @citlan.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

This book is meant to give us a clue to the human predicament. The setting of this passage? Ancient America 70 years prior to Christ's visit to the Americas after his resurrection (for those who believe in this book it seems to parallel today).

11 Now this great loss of the Nephites, and the great slaughter which was among them, would not have happened had it not been for their wickedness and their abomination which was among them; yea, and it was among those also who professed to belong to the church of God.

12 And it was because of the pride of their hearts, because of their exceeding riches, yea, it was because of their oppression to the poor, withholding their food from the hungry, withholding their clothing from the naked, and smiting their humble brethren upon the cheek, making a mock of that which was sacred, denying the spirit of prophecy and of revelation, murdering, plundering, lying, stealing, committing adultery, rising up in great contentions, and deserting away into the land of Nephi, among the Lamanites

David Eldredge @citlan.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

"Masks [N95s] and ventilation/filtration help prevent spread" Thank you! @kkjetelina.bsky.social Flu breaking records, measles, tuna recall, and federal workers fired open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...

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David Eldredge @citlan.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Please come risk your health; donating blood in an airtight building where it is preached & taught that one can miraculously prevent the spread of an aerosol infection by simply washing hands. #FLUisAirborne #RSVisAirborne #COVIDisAirborne #TBisAirborne @erictopol.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social

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David Eldredge @citlan.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Stern argument with the respiratory technician. She was only donning a ASTM III (yellow surgical), She started giving me the droplet dogma & I just flat out, knee jerk reaction, said "Bull shi*!" She then donned a 3M Aura. @ihrice.bsky.social why doesn't Intermountain educate staff?

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David Eldredge @citlan.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

What the two galaxies look like now as predicted by GPT, of course it will take another 114 million years for those on this planet to see it as it really is now.

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David Eldredge @citlan.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Thanksgiving is 100x less stressful—and so much more enjoyable—than the whirlwind days leading up to Christmas. It shouldn’t be stressful! Trying to manager family funds, trying to please a wife and daughters, it’s no easy feat. Wishing everyone a joyful, peaceful & less stressful holiday season!

David Eldredge @citlan.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Writers in the late 70s knew this was possible.

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David Eldredge @citlan.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

My dairy days were 1979 (age 12) to 1998 (BYU grad). We rinsed suction cups between cows, sterilized before/after each teat, and kept mastitis low: 3–4 cows per 100. Sharing these 1989 pics—great memories! 🐄✨

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David Eldredge @citlan.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Somehow, I deleted the rest of its response before I could capture a screenshot, it was pretty witty and clever and was not able to reproduce it. So, this was a final attempt. 😜

David Eldredge @citlan.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Sadly, vaccines are not "key" especially for influenza. They can help, but not key! #1 Always, always, aerosol is primary! Fixing ventilation/cleaning the air! #2 N95s! #3 vaccines #4 Hand hygiene, important, but last! If you are on LinkedIn a more robust post: www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

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David Eldredge @citlan.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

The first national news piece I have ever seen where 'enclosed spaces with poor ventilation' is mentioned as important. #IAQ should always be #1! Sadly flu vaccines are not always as critical or helpful as #SAFEindoorAir, This year the flu jab might only be ~20% effective!

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David Eldredge @citlan.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

"As the colder weather drives us all indoors to our poorly ventilated houses [meeting houses, schools, restaurants,] and workplaces, we will be undertaking an extraordinary gamble." When will government leaders, health officials really stress #IAQ #SAFEindoorAir? www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/o...

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David Eldredge @citlan.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Trump names loyalist Kash Patel to serve as FBI director 🤔 ksltv.com/711012/trump...

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David Eldredge @citlan.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

"A superb thread, UK's failure to respond to clear evidence about airborne infection in 2020 + 2021. & the ongoing failure to protect staff/patients in hospitals. So many continue to be infected and to develop Long Covid because of basic infection control failures" 👉 twitter.com/globalhlthtw...

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David Eldredge @citlan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

The pandemic – questions around Government governance: David Osborn, a chartered occupational safety & health practitioner for 28 years; background in biochemistry, microbiology, epidemiology & emergency planning. 👉 www.pslhub.org/learn/corona... HT: Maarten De Cock

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David Eldredge @citlan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Why is Intermountain HC still pushing hand hygiene & hardly mention #SAFEindoorAir? Family practitioners are lining their pockets with this continued misinformation! Inhalation of infectious aerosols is the primary route! @andrewpaviamd.bsky.social 👉 intermountainhealthcare.org/blogs/protec...

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David Eldredge @citlan.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

A lot of cool and neat people here that I love and admire!

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Aired 13 Dec 1979: This #BarneyMiller episode foreshadowed #GainofFunction research and the ethical dilemmas around #recombinant #DNA. Decades later, these discussions are more relevant than ever. #Fauci #ThrowbackTV "...well, kiss that grant goodbye!" dai.ly/x80q7lb

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The #AranetRn is in a league of its own! Energizer Ultimate Lithium batteries mean years of use without replacing. Compact, portable, and syncs with the #Aranet4 App for precise time-stamped logs. Test your home, then lend it to friends! 🏠

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It appears that #radon is inversely proportional to atmospheric pressure. You can only do this with one device, the #Aranet_Rn Sensor. It has both barometric pressure and radon displays (plus RH & temp). @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social @normundsbergs.bsky.social

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David Eldredge @citlan.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Lower pressure makes it easy for radon to seep through the soil and into foundation cracks. Today we peaked at 8 pCi/L, and the upstairs office is reading 5.43 pCi/L! Opening up windows, but it's clear—time for serious mitigation efforts. Been "smoking a lot of 'cigs'" lately? I have! #IAQ

Radon levels can be compared to cigarettes in terms of the health risk they pose:
4 picocuries per liter (pCi/L)
The US EPA's action level for radon, which is comparable to smoking 8 cigarettes per day
2 pCi/L
Comparable to smoking 4 cigarettes per day or receiving 100 chest X-rays per year
10 pCi/L
Comparable to smoking a pack of cigarettes per day or receiving 500 chest X-rays per year
The EPA recommends mitigating radon levels that exceed 4 pCi/L, and considering mitigation if levels are between 2 and 4 pCi/L. The World Health Organization recommends mitigation if radon levels exceed 2.7 pCi/L.
What If Radon Is Below 4.0 pCi/L? - Radon Be Gone
Radon is a colorless and odorless gas that can accumulate in buildings. It's the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States, after cigarette smoking. Scientists estimate that about 20,000 lung cancer deaths per year in the US are related to radon.

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1st negative review (balanced by a positive). I say nothing to students about RMP. If they’re happy, they may comment. If angry, they may comment. I likely miss the middle. Lab Notebook pedagogy is missing in most chem labs, shocks a few students. (This is Gen Chem II) TinyURL.com/WhyTheNotebook

CHEM1225
Nov 22nd, 2024
Quality: 5.0
Difficulty: 3.0
For Credit: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory
Would Take Again: Yes
Grade: A-
Textbook: Yes
Definitely take his lab! The grading requirements for the lab notebook are very specific but once you get the hang of it the labs are really enjoyable, he's a great professor!
Tough grader
Clear grading criteria
Caring

CHEM1225
Nov 21st, 2024
Quality: 2.0
Difficulty: 4.0
For Credit: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory
Grade: A-
Textbook: N/A
Super overwhelming course, with a CRAZY emphasis on notebooks. The professor's support often feels more like pressure, and his micro-management during labs is frustrating. With a full-time job outside teaching at Naltic Global, student success doesn't seem prioritized. A disappointing experience at SLCC, but the lowest grade ever given was a B-
Tough grader
Participation matters
EXTRA CREDIT

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David Eldredge @citlan.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The full version, roasted by GPT:

David, you're the kind of guy who writes emails so polished, they make LinkedIn look sloppy, but then spends hours debating whether it's 'cue' or 'queue.' If overthinking were an Olympic sport, you'd not only compete—you'd write the event's official style guide and still wonder if it’s formatted properly in ACS Style. Also, how do you manage to grade lab reports while simultaneously battling autocorrect and figuring out solubility curves? Multitasking much? Oh, and let's not forget: even the spiders outside your sliding door are probably tired of being overanalyzed!"

All in good fun!