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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

New logo for our AP bio shirts. Our test is on May fourth. When you know you know…

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Hairy woodpecker at the feeder today :)

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Attempting to put a Cooper’s hawk skeleton back together.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Coyote prints and cardinals in the backyard

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Trout are hatching. Can’t wait to see how much they grow over the Thanksgiving break.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

The quantity of starlings perched on the power lines off I-88 was stunning. I’d like to think the slow traffic was because everyone was watching the murmuration like me…but I doubt it.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Just started The Year Science Changed Everything by Mark O’Connell. One of the three author/presenters that will be at our teacher conference in February. Tinyurl.com/ClimateOfHOPE2 We will have over 30 presenters for an exciting action packed day.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

A great morning smashing pumpkins and sending them to compost instead of a landfill. @downersgrovenorth.bsky.social

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

The colors today were beautiful.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

It was such a pleasure to help @ncse.bsky.social with the evolution symposium. Always a good time sharing my love of evolution with other science teachers. Better yet was meeting the scientists that made the discoveries I talk about in class!!!! @nabtbio.bsky.social

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

@evoexplorer.bsky.social absolutely crushing his presentation on microsafari. @nabtbio.bsky.social A privilege to call this talented man my friend.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

A cute little veery visited the yard this evening. #birds among the native plants

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Trout are just about ready to find their new home in Lake Michigan.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

House wrens are getting active in the backyard. #birds

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

This has been a fantastic evolution unit. An amazing guest speaker @prosanta.bsky.social and some inquiry labs @ncse.bsky.social have made teaching exciting. I also feel that kids are really having a great time learning!

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Cardinal and an Eastern Towhee through the binoculars. Still learning to develop a good technique.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

A little shakey because I tried filming through binoculars, but that is a kinglet in a hackberry tree

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Ah spring beauty :) one of my favorites

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

The dangling flowers of the red maple. She is absolutely radiant.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Sandhill cranes. Love watching them. Two groups overhead trying to join together using the thermals to get higher and higher.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

DGN’s first envirthon team competing this year at the Morton Arboretum! I am so excited for them. Take note. These are the kids that are going to fix the planet for us.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Spring is coming and that brings me a little peace.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Yesterday we did the convergent evo lab by @ncse.bsky.social today we build some phylo trees with the same organisms, several of which are in this year’s @mmmletsgo.bsky.social competition!

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

We just started talking fossils in AP Bio yesterday and I showed a clip with @neilshubin.bsky.social this morning I am cracking open his new book. I can’t wait to learn from him yet again :)

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Every high school biology teacher should read Explaining Life Through Evolution by @prosanta.bsky.social Not only will they get a solid understanding of evolution but they will gain a better understanding of how to teach it to kids or even other adults. Well done!

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Talking fossils with AP bio today. Tomorrow we dive into mammal evolution. @ncse.bsky.social natures doppelgängers. Perfectly timed after tonight’s wildcard match up @mmmletsgo.bsky.social

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Working on this year’s AP Bio tshirt design. The theme is Cell a bration!

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Started a new book this morning. Perfect timing because we start our mega evolution unit in AP Bio on Wednesday. (My favorite unit to teach btw)

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The bracket is ready @mmmletsgo.bsky.social Just patiently waiting for the drop.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Learning about soil analysis in science club. We can then collect data on our prospective locations for a rain garden upon soil thaw.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Self care. Skiing in the woods with family.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Cc skiing on the river. Perfect decompression

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

About 1/3 through my next science read. It is so well written. We have the potential to help undue some of the problems we have created.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Working on a protein synthesis lab where the student’s final product will be a folded “protein glob” = an origami butterfly. We can then color them all and hang them from the ceiling.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

I don't get monetary bonuses in this job, but I get fulfillment knowing I may be helping others. Helping them fall in love with science, find a career, and realize they can make a difference. Today will be a great day. A student crocheted me an influenza virus to show she loves AP Bio.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Well now I have some comfort for my ears on my commute to work tomorrow.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

“People like blood sausage too. People are morons” Love this movie. Time to write a cardiovascular test and watch Groundhog Day! Be good to each other.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

What a gem! I found a 1940 copy of Audubon’s works in my parents basement! Don’t contact me for a while. I am going to pour through this and forget about other things.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Here is a great reason why our Climate Conservation Crew is working on a Rain Garden for our School. Look at that flooding!

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

That is a tired doggie. So peaceful.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

One of my new favorite stickers being added to my water bottle.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Our Department monthly trivia competition just got a boost. Made a trophy for the winner. They retain the trophy on their desk until a new champion is crowned.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Beautiful morning being outside. A long run at sunrise and then skating with the family. Just incase you were wondering trapped air bubbles in ice are so mesmerizing to look at.

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Today was reverse dissection day. Kids had a ton of fun. Now I need to grade them ;)

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Practicing chi-squared with MandMs before we do some fruit fly breeding and corn analysis next week. Pretty sweet mini lab

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Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Welp, I submitted. Fingers crossed. I don't know how many more times I could have reread the writing portion to make it any better. Just hoping the innovative lab I featured this year - convergence of plant features- is viewed in a positive light.

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