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Rick Taylor

@rickjtaylor.bsky.social
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Educational Technology/STEM Education/Outdoor Learning/Global Collaboration/ISTE Certified/NatGeo Certified

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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Our talking carrot reminding students on our school news program about cafeteria #compost collection days #STEM #EduSky #sustainability #outdoorlearning
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Prof. Gillian Brown @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Crab apple blossom in my Scottish garden. 🌸🌱
Dark pink crab apple blossom against a bright blue sky.
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Eric Curts @ericcurts.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
My weekly EdTech newsletter just went out - mailchi.mp/controlaltac... 🈴 Little Language Lessons 📖 Lexend Font 💻 Favorite Portable Monitor 🤔 THInC Forum ➡️ New Brisk Resources 📰 What's New in Google 🤖 M2 from Swivl #EduSky #EdTech
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Getting our hands dirty in the garden with 2nd grade! #EduSky #STEM #ScienceEd #outdoorlearning #gardening
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Cait Darfler..... is on SUBMISSION! @caitdarfler.com · 03/05/2025
📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks Millie Fleur's Poison Garden Christy Mandin @christymandin.bsky.social This is a top book for me. Wednesday-Adams-ish in cute gardener form. I would plant all of these plants. They are adorable!
Cover for Poison Garden. small white girl with black hair, wearing a blue collared dress, holding a small trowel held high. Surrounded by eye and faces on her strange garden plants.
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Pots ready for our 2025 Sunflower Project! Classes track growth of indoor and outdoor plants through measurement and observations. #EduSky #STEM #ScienceEd #outdoorlearning
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Did you celebrate Arbor Day this week? Trees do a lot for us. They help cool things down, absorb carbon dioxide, and keep soil from washing away. Check out this conversation from last year on how—and where–trees make a difference in cities.
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How Trees Keep D.C. And Baltimore Cool
Satellite technology—and community outreach—can help harness trees’ cooling power for city residents.
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Excited to check in this morning at #offseas25 in Bangkok! Theme is “The Investment of a Lifetime: Outdoor Education for Future Generations” @21cl.bsky.social #outdoorlearning #EduSky
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Predator and prey mini-lesson today with students in the school garden. #EduSky #STEM #ScienceEd #outdoorlearning
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Students observed abundant hoverflies on our flowering mustard plants in the school #garden, our second most important #pollinator behind bees. Students also learned about their use of mimicry to avoid predators. #EduSky #STEM #outdoorlearning #ScienceEd
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Adam Marsh @notthatmarsh.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Never underestimate the power of fossils to inspire scientific curiosity in children. #FossilFriday 🦖🧪
Four children looking at a small reptile jaw on a tvVisitors looking at a wall exhibit behind a mounted skeletonFour children digging in a simulated fossil dig pit
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
My #EarthDay t-shirt choice - checking on the school #garden beds on a rainy morning in Korea! #outdoorlearning #sustainable
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
New student Worm Farm built with repurposed Covid-era plexiglass shields for our Outdoor #Makerspace #EduSky #STEM #STEMed #sustainability #outdoorlearning
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Alice Keeler @alicekeeler.com · 01/04/2025
Every week the NYT makes a resource for teachers to help students think critically and analyze a graphic. What do you notice? What do you wonder? What is a headline you think this would be an article for? 👉 buff.ly/TZ2rdcq #EduSky #DOKchat
NYT what is going on in this graph. Bar graph with 4 colors
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Dalton Flanagan @daltron3000.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Stanford University has launched the Generative AI Education Hub, offering trusted tools, research, and expert insights. As the field of generative AI evolves rapidly, staying informed can be challenging. scale.stanford.edu/genai
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Generative AI for Education Hub
The Generative AI for Education Hub delivers trusted research, insights, and tools for K12 education leaders to leverage generative AI to benefit students, schools, and learning.
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Last steps before spring break…start seeds in mini greenhouse so they will be sprouted when we return and set up #garden trail cam! #EduSky #STEM #outdoorlearning #STEMEd
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Loving this!!
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Baseball season is officially underway. To celebrate, we revisit this conversation from 2024 about the physics of baseball and how sports can be a gateway to scientific literacy.
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A Cheer For The Physics Of Baseball
When you watch a baseball game, you’re also enjoying a spectacular display of science—from physics to biomechanics.
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Maureen Schoenberger @mschoenberger.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
#fourthgrade Ss...It works!! So exciting! So much more to come for Robotic Art! @birdbraintech @microbit_edu @MSMakeCode #makerspace #computerscience #tinkering #robotics #STEM #STEMeducation
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Thanks to Ranger Gillian at Kenai Fjords #NationalPark for meeting virtually with our 4th grade for lessons on glaciers, fjord estuary ecosystems, and global climate awareness #EduSky #STEM #scienceed #globalcollaboration
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Successful day of cafeteria #composting!! Our student Green Team does a great job and we are excited for spring #gardening! #edusky #sustainability #STEM
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Bunches of fun in our #Makerspace Cardboard Corner today!! #EduSky #STEM #funinschool
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21st Century Learning @21cl.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
It's next Wednesday, 26 February 2025! Not too late to register to join this annual Maker & STEAM Spaces Syposium! 🔥 zurl.co/huEWO Join us as our speakers share their insights and strategies for designing and utilizing these innovative learning spaces.
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
3D Design #STEAM challenge has been a hit with the students #STEM #EduSky #edtech
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Eric Curts @ericcurts.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
❤️ Googley Valentine Activities - www.controlaltachieve.com/2024/02/goog... Great projects for writing, math, creativity & more: 📊 Hearts & Charts Math Activities 😍 Valentine Emoji Rebus Stories 🧲 Valentine Magnetic Poetry 💌 Valentine Cards in Drawings #EduSky #EdTech #GoogleEDU #ValentinesDay
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Googley Valentine Activities
With Valentine's Day coming up, this is a great time to highlight some activities I really love! In this case I am talking about technology...
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Eggs must be a popular Lunar New Year gift!! All these flats found in recycling this weekend will be great for creating in our #Makerspace Cardboard Corner station! #EduSky #STEM #MakerEd #sustainability
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Bring a California State Parks expert virtually into your classroom! Check out the wide variety of parks and topics. #EduSky #STEM #globalcollaboration #scienceEd #socialstudies ports.parks.ca.gov/portson-dema...
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PORTS On-Demand - PORTS Program
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Adam Hill @adamhilledu.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
My student and I built this crane using @strawbees.bsky.social and two radio-controlled micro:bits. The biggest challenge was keeping my student still while he was wearing the armband. His excitable cheers and dances really put the crane through its paces! @microbit.org #STEM #EdTech #Edusky
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Free downloadable "I Am STEM" K-5 activity book from DoDSTEM #EduSky #STEM dodstem-assets.dodstem.us/files/DoDSTE...
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Students were excited to find new growth on the arugulas in our school #hydroponics! The little things matter. #EduSky #STEMEd #science
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Love these bugs! Looks a little like a table in my office ❤️
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Debbie Alexander @debbiealexander.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Aren't these great? A teacher in our #STEM group wanted to know where her class could get a personal Minecraft avatar for a project - I showed her these, and included the prompts for her on CoPilot. #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary @edusky.bsky.social @msftcopilot.bsky.social
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Julie Anderson Bailey @juliejulieart.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
“Biology Rising” in my solarium made of hundreds of hand-pulled monotypes on tissue paper, dipped in beeswax. Reminds me of Volvox, freshwater algae that form daughter colonies in their mother cells, and collaborate to move towards the light to survive #sculpture #installationart #science #STEM #art
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Fun and easy citizen science activity for students, helping marine biologists train #AI to identify fish around coral reefs to assist research on coral reef life. #EduSky #edtech #STEMed #STEM #ScienceEd #environment #citizenscience artsandculture.google.com/experiment/c...
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Calling in Our Corals - Google Arts & Culture
In just three minutes help marine biologists attempt to bring life back into coral reefs.
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Have you checked out Doodle3D? Even our primary students are enjoying 3D design with this easy and free tool that saves and exports files for 3D printing #edtech #EduSky #makerspace doodle3d.com
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Teachers got new carpets…and #STEM got new toys!! What are we going to make with these? #EduSky #STEMEd #stemteachers
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Love the curated #map collection and the editing tools for students to create and download their own map projects using @nationalgeographic.bsky.social MapMaker #EduSky #edtech #STEMEd www.nationalgeographic.org/society/educ...
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Winter is cold here - so students were thrilled to see all the worms thriving when they turned over the #compost today! #EduSky #STEMEd #ScienceEd #outdoorlearning #sustainability
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Perfect wrap up to an inspiring day at #InnovateEDUSK25 - Sandra Chow’s keynote “Thinking Global the New Normal”! So appropriate - educators from all over Asia meet in Seoul for a bilingual conference on #innovation! Thanks @21cl.bsky.social team! @watnunu.bsky.social #EduSky #edtech #InnovateEDU
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 09/01/2025
“The most important qualities of any educator are not adequately captured on a resume. It is hard to quantify passion, energy, dedication, patience, perseverance, and love… but in the classroom… those qualities make all the difference in the world.” —Danny Steele, Educator
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Excited to be traveling to Seoul for @21cl.bsky.social InnovateEDU today! #edtech #innovation
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Students are thrilled to see growth in our main hall #hydroponics!! Classroom lessons include life science plant growth, #sustainabilty, and Mars missions! #EduSky #ScienceEd #STEMed
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Darrell Wakelam @darrellwakelam.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Today took me further East, to Potley Hill Primary School in Hampshire. The Year 5 children wanted to create some artwork for their ‘Earth in Space’ project, so here it is, all in a days work. 😮😁 darrellwakelam.com
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Mr_Minchin @mr-minchin.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
This maths lesson was ‘electric’ today! ⚡️ Great leadership of learning and awesome to see pupils pursuing their own choice of learning after the ‘main’ activity #playinupperprimary #globalgoals
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FeM - Funghi e Micologia @funghimicologia.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Fungi could unlock the recycling of carbon fiber #mycosky #FungiFriends #Environment #Sustainability www.advancedsciencenews.com/fungi-could-...
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Fungi could unlock the recycling of carbon fiber - Advanced Science News
Scientists have developed a process to recycle carbon fiber into valuable chemicals with the help of fungi.
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Cafeteria #Compost day for the Green STEAM Team today! #EduSky #STEMed #ScienceEd #sustainability #outdoorlearning
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Morning #moon viewing with our kinder and pre-k students today was spectacular! #EduSky #astronomy #space #STEMed #ScienceEd #outdoorlearning
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Real life Squid Games!! 4th grade dissecting squids with a local marine biologist in science #EduSky #STEMed #ScienceEd #STEM
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Rick Taylor @rickjtaylor.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Georgia Public Broadcasting has a fantastic interactive virtual field trip exploring the life of President Carter from boyhood to the White House, good for upper elementary and middle school students. #EduSky #Educators #SocialStudies #edtech www.gpb.org/education/vi...
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Virtual Learning Journey: Jimmy Carter
The Jimmy Carter virtual field trip takes students on a journey through the remarkable life of James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. from his hometown experiences and early years through to his time as gover...
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Wixie by Tech4Learning @wixie.com · 05/01/2025
Diary of a Snowflake!❄️ Students draw a snowflake and write a story about the snowflake's journey from its birth in the sky to its life on Earth. 💡Lesson idea: www.wixie.com/org/resources?id=diar…
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