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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Is it really a bad idea? We want students to be able to communicate professionally. We want them to understand that there are so many more jobs than doctor or lawyer. We want them to see that we are still trying to understand the world and there is much still to learn. Is there a better way?

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

As a teacher in the heart of the AI world, NO. Please NO. We do not want this. We do not need this. NO.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Are we ever going to talk about how @waymo.bsky.social cars are unpredictable for other drivers and thus we have to play defense anytime we drive in the Bay Area? Driverless cars aren’t ready for high traffic driving where communication with other drivers is key to keeping traffic moving safely.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I had a 9th grader ask me if I use AI to give them feedback on their science papers. Another student responded for me with “why would she use AI to grade our papers? She actually wants to know what we write and help us get better.” Couldn’t have said it better myself.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

The hill I will die on is that it isn’t an e-bike if you never have to pedal. Children are riding motorcycles without helmets or licenses and it’s unsafe for themselves and unsafe for everyone around them.

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Nature @nature.com · 20/02/2026

An innovative approach supercharges the innate immune system to provide a first line of defence against respiratory infections. go.nature.com/4qQncQx

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‘Universal vaccine’ protects mice against multiple pathogens

An innovative approach supercharges the innate immune system to provide a first line of defence against respiratory infections.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Oh has it been stressful? I hadn’t noticed… What happens when my body battery hits zero? Is that even possible?

A screen shot from the Garmin app showing my “body battery” is at 17 out of 100. The text below reads:

Stressful day
Today has been stressful. On days like this, try to take relaxation breaks and make time for some physical activity. You can focus now on winding down before bedtime to help improve your sleep quality.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

It’s more crazy if you know this street. There is absolutely no reason to be going over 20mph here. This is in a neighborhood where most of the streets dead end. It isn’t that cars in this area don’t see you. The drivers don’t even look.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Today I taught a 9th grader how to use a binder clip. Took five seconds. Not a big deal. But I am constantly surprised by the things we think are normal and yet children have never experienced them. Today it was a binder clip. Who knows what it will be tomorrow.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

One more coloring sheet for the last of the biomolecules.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

It’s a mistake the public makes to think that young people don’t do the work because it’s to hard. It isn’t that students don’t want to do difficult things. They do. I have 9th graders doing incredibly difficult scientific thinking and writing. But not all of them and not most of them.

levels.it

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Happy National Unsubscribe Day to all who practice. If a business is going to send you an email, they are probably sending you one today. So rather than delete the email, unsubscribe, and keep your inbox clean going forward.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Last year I bought a seasoning injector for making our turkey. This year I used it to add extra caramel to the middle of my apple pie mid bake. My husband thinks I’m crazy. I think it was ingenious.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

As a Seahawks fan that moved to the Bay Area I’m just loving this start for Brock Purdy.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Made my famous “Clarey Cake”, so named because I created it for my friend Clarey’s birthday well over a decade ago. Chocolate cake with cookie butter icing.

Three tiered tan colored cake with chocolate ganache drizzled in a messy grid pattern on top.

Inside view of a three tiered chocolate cake with cookie butter icing. Looks delicious if a bit messy.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Getting really tired of calling my senators and yet here we are once again…and I live in California.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

My ninth graders voted for Sour Patch and Twix. Unexpectedly, they expressed a lot of enthusiasm for water. It’s our first Halloween at this address and I hope we get a lot of kids of all ages.

Halloween offerings. A yeti with bottled water. A bowl with squish toys, mini play dough, and light up bracelets. And a bowl of candy with Twix, skittles, starburst, sour patch kids, and mini junior mints.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I don’t really care about baseball. But I’m obsessed with the fact that this guy “caught” number 61 and promptly took off the shirt to reveal he was wearing a “Dump 62 Here” shirt underneath.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

I spent way too many hours in the last week making these coloring sheets for my students but I’m very happy with how they turned out.

Black and white cartoon coloring sheet for proteins.

Blank and white cartoon coloring sheet for carbohydrates.

Black and white cartoon coloring sheet for lipids.

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Dr. Raven the Science Maven @ravenscimaven.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

My mentee in undergrad has a 3.9 GPA in biology and wants to do her PhD at Stanford in the microbiology department. She found her dream lab. Can my community help us? She's so talented and I really want this for her! She has accomplished so much against all odds. Please share.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Is Ted Cruz really trying to body shame JB Pritzker? Wow, men giving men the same stupid treatment they have been giving women for decades. Someone needs to stand in front of Cruz with a mirror.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

This behavior would get you expelled from my school. Apparently the House needs the same behavior policies that we have for literal teenagers.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

At 26 I had been paying all my own bills for more than 8 years. I had a masters degree and was married. We were financially supporting my in-laws. I had moved across the country with my spouse and was in my fourth year of teaching middle school. I was a whole ass adult.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I paint occasionally, only for my own enjoyment. I’ve been painting animals for my nieces, the last of whom was born 7 months ago so I am a bit behind but I hadn’t had the inspiration to paint. Last night I painted this little guy and it was such a joy to just fall into painting again.

Watercolor painting of a green frog sitting down and facing head on.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

The problem is an issue of process vs product. Learning occurs during the process portion of writing the essay but often we only value the final product. AI can create the product but it can’t engage in the process. We can stop this discourse when we figure out how to value the process.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Covid shutdowns made many people realize they could do their jobs from home and to this day businesses are finding it challenging to get people back in the office 5 days a week. Even people who were not working at the time now have the expectation that some parts of work can be work from home. 1/

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Healthy Paws pet insurance is increasing my monthly cost by more than 250%. How is this legal?

Photo of a Hungarian vizsla dog laying down on a grey blanket. She is looking to her left with a quietly curious expression.

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Deanna @deestemteach.blacksky.app · 18/05/2025

There have been no donations today. Gabe has met 76% of his goal. Let’s bring it home! Thank you for your support!

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Boats & Garden Hoes @sassydannyva.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I donated. We are literally all we have. Please consider donating

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

My school collects student evaluations on a rotating basis and this semester it was my turn. Student have the option to write in gratitude at the end of the survey. Reading their gratitude has just made my day. #happyteacherappreciationweek

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Loved this sign seen in the Bay Area today.

Sign from an anti-Trump protest showing an image of an antibody bound to a black and white image of RFK jr’s face. The sign reads “we need immunity from ignorance.” The sign is held by a white man wearing a blue baseball cap and holding an American flag.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

@warren.senate.gov giving @booker.senate.gov almost ten min of break while speaking passionately about social security! That’s how it’s done senators.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Are there any scientists here who are researching CbtA toxin, FtsZ, or MreB, or who are using E. Coli as a model organism and who would be willing to email with one of my students? Please share. 🧬

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

The librarians at my school ask faculty what they are reading each month and then we get a placard with the book cover on our classroom/office doors. A student told another teacher that my reading list is “unhinged.” Sweetheart, that’s only the one book a month I report reading…

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

My 9th-grade students are making memes about the immune system. Memory B and Memory T cells when infected with a virus after vaccination.

The guy from squid games yelling, "I've played these games before!"

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Tim Walz is just like the rest of us.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Doctors offices - I implore you to get some sort of storage shelf/cubby for my stuff. We all know you are going to ask me to take my clothes off. Give me somewhere to hang my coat and place my bra. Thanks!

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

That’s my congressman! @schumer.senate.gov is a disgrace. Democratic congressmen need to read the room. Your constituents are asking you to fight like you said you would.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

As a current teacher, there is no reason why students can’t be expected to leave their phones in their backpacks for the entire school day.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Bay Area scientists - do you know of any awesome students/early carrier scientists who would want to talk about their research at my high school’s first bio expo? My honors biology students will be presenting their work and I’m looking for a guest speaker. Please share.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Are we talking antibodies or the whole T cell mediated response? Does measles reduce the effectiveness of prior vaccinations? (Assuming they had any prior vaccinations)

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Sport apparel designers, why do men get 582 options for a sweatshirt, all with the team logo and team font while every option for women either includes cursive, rhinestones, a weird graphic of a football/helmet/etc, or is pink?

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

My brain constantly reads LLM as MLM and I am left wondering why all these AI bros are turning into suburban housewife girl bosses.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Absolutely amazing Sunday night thread.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

I’m looking at a fantasy football loss in the playoffs because of the Colts defense. How is this happening!?!?!?

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I spent too many hours making this…but tomorrow my students have an escape room as part of their final. Not shown is the decoding spinner that took about 12 prototypes to finally make work.

Plastic boxes set up with material including rolled up DNA, triangles cut out with Morse code, a colorful foam wire twisted in a spiral, and a container of blue, red, white, and green foam RNA pieces.

TARSIA activity. Triangles with names of enzymes, DNA sequences, definitions, etc are cut out. They can be arranged into a shape. A Morse code decoder is included.

Small plastic containers holding plastic amino acid sequences. Amino acids are organized by type. PRO (P) and TYR (Y) can be read on two of the labels.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Happy unsubscribe day to all who celebrate! Don’t just delete all the emails you get today. Unsubscribe. Your inbox and future self will thank you.

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Hannah Crowder @mshcrowder.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

We decided to forgo turkey, so I was in charge of the beef Wellington and salted caramel apple pie.

Salted caramel apple pie with a lattice crust.

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