Jeff Grant
@jeffgrantscience.bsky.social
Science Teacher. Nature Explorer. Pathological Optimist. Illustrator. Dad-Joke-Teller. Partnership Specialist in the Science Education and Outreach Program at NCSE
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.
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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.
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.
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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.
A great morning smashing pumpkins and sending them to compost instead of a landfill. @downersgrovenorth.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
A great morning smashing pumpkins and sending them to compost instead of a landfill. @downersgrovenorth.bsky.social
The colors today were beautiful.
November 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The colors today were beautiful.
A podcast that I did an interview for got turned into an article. www.dw.com/en/what-us-s.... @melissaarctic.bsky.social and @ncse.bsky.social were also a big part of this great discussion on the importance of climate change education.
What US school kids are learning about climate – DW – 10/31/2025
As the long arm of the fossil fuel lobby enters the classroom, some US science teachers are finding their job requires more than simply imparting knowledge and wisdom.
www.dw.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A podcast that I did an interview for got turned into an article. www.dw.com/en/what-us-s.... @melissaarctic.bsky.social and @ncse.bsky.social were also a big part of this great discussion on the importance of climate change education.
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I'm honored to be giving the Ethel Belk Lecture at @miamiuniversity.bsky.social, 7 p.m. on Weds, Nov 6. It is a public lecture, so please join us if you can! It is also live-streamed if you can't make it in person. Either way, I hope to see you... details below:
events.miamioh.edu/event/copy-o...
events.miamioh.edu/event/copy-o...
“Oak Origins: From Acorns to Species and the Tree of Life” Belk Lecture
events.miamioh.edu
October 31, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I'm honored to be giving the Ethel Belk Lecture at @miamiuniversity.bsky.social, 7 p.m. on Weds, Nov 6. It is a public lecture, so please join us if you can! It is also live-streamed if you can't make it in person. Either way, I hope to see you... details below:
events.miamioh.edu/event/copy-o...
events.miamioh.edu/event/copy-o...
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
November 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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
@evoexplorer.bsky.social absolutely crushing his presentation on microsafari. @nabtbio.bsky.social A privilege to call this talented man my friend.
November 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
@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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My colleague AP bio teacher @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social in @science.org (10/9/25), on the now-shuttered climate.gov: "I always provide [students] with the latest research."
By contrast, Donald Trump on climate change: "the biggest con job ever perpetrated." Plus side? Jeff is the one teaching.
By contrast, Donald Trump on climate change: "the biggest con job ever perpetrated." Plus side? Jeff is the one teaching.
October 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
My colleague AP bio teacher @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social in @science.org (10/9/25), on the now-shuttered climate.gov: "I always provide [students] with the latest research."
By contrast, Donald Trump on climate change: "the biggest con job ever perpetrated." Plus side? Jeff is the one teaching.
By contrast, Donald Trump on climate change: "the biggest con job ever perpetrated." Plus side? Jeff is the one teaching.
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Woolly bear time!
September 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Woolly bear time!
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Downers Grove N AP bio students collecting data in the bur oak common garden experiment, asking: what traits vary betw OK, MN, and IL plants? What traits are correlated? Do gall wasps of 5 spp have preferences?
A great start to the semester!
@jeffgrantscience.bsky.social @cavenderg9.bsky.social
A great start to the semester!
@jeffgrantscience.bsky.social @cavenderg9.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Downers Grove N AP bio students collecting data in the bur oak common garden experiment, asking: what traits vary betw OK, MN, and IL plants? What traits are correlated? Do gall wasps of 5 spp have preferences?
A great start to the semester!
@jeffgrantscience.bsky.social @cavenderg9.bsky.social
A great start to the semester!
@jeffgrantscience.bsky.social @cavenderg9.bsky.social
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I'm very happy to have this article published in The American Biology Teacher w/ @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social & colleagues, conveying lessons learned in 12 years co-mentoring high school AP bio students in practices of plant biodiversity research.
Please share!
online.ucpress.edu/abt/article/...
Please share!
online.ucpress.edu/abt/article/...
June 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I'm very happy to have this article published in The American Biology Teacher w/ @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social & colleagues, conveying lessons learned in 12 years co-mentoring high school AP bio students in practices of plant biodiversity research.
Please share!
online.ucpress.edu/abt/article/...
Please share!
online.ucpress.edu/abt/article/...
Trout are just about ready to find their new home in Lake Michigan.
May 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Trout are just about ready to find their new home in Lake Michigan.
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!
April 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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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Happy Earth Day from @uchicagopress.bsky.social! 30% off selected books (including Oak Origins: From Acorns to Species and teh Tree of Life) w/ promo code EARTHDAY30.
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April 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Happy Earth Day from @uchicagopress.bsky.social! 30% off selected books (including Oak Origins: From Acorns to Species and teh Tree of Life) w/ promo code EARTHDAY30.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/vi...
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Cardinal and an Eastern Towhee through the binoculars. Still learning to develop a good technique.
April 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Cardinal and an Eastern Towhee through the binoculars. Still learning to develop a good technique.
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I'll be giving a free public lecture tonight at 6:30 p.m. for the Botanical Club of Wisconsin. The lecture is online and open to anyone; join us at the zoom link below if you're interested in learning more about oaks!
16 Apr 2025, 6:30 PM Central Time (US / Canada)
uwmadison.zoom.us/j/91623580182
16 Apr 2025, 6:30 PM Central Time (US / Canada)
uwmadison.zoom.us/j/91623580182
April 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I'll be giving a free public lecture tonight at 6:30 p.m. for the Botanical Club of Wisconsin. The lecture is online and open to anyone; join us at the zoom link below if you're interested in learning more about oaks!
16 Apr 2025, 6:30 PM Central Time (US / Canada)
uwmadison.zoom.us/j/91623580182
16 Apr 2025, 6:30 PM Central Time (US / Canada)
uwmadison.zoom.us/j/91623580182
A little shakey because I tried filming through binoculars, but that is a kinglet in a hackberry tree
April 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A little shakey because I tried filming through binoculars, but that is a kinglet in a hackberry tree
Ah spring beauty :) one of my favorites
April 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Ah spring beauty :) one of my favorites
Trout are getting huge!
April 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Trout are getting huge!
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The "de-extinction" concept is so bereft.
The same bereft sadness for the Lonesome Georges & that last Thylacine at the Hobart Zoo.
Extinction is FOREVER.
Splicing ghost genes into other species doesn't change that.
Just making lonely mutants.
Like the midnight carnival in the Last Unicorn.
The same bereft sadness for the Lonesome Georges & that last Thylacine at the Hobart Zoo.
Extinction is FOREVER.
Splicing ghost genes into other species doesn't change that.
Just making lonely mutants.
Like the midnight carnival in the Last Unicorn.
April 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The "de-extinction" concept is so bereft.
The same bereft sadness for the Lonesome Georges & that last Thylacine at the Hobart Zoo.
Extinction is FOREVER.
Splicing ghost genes into other species doesn't change that.
Just making lonely mutants.
Like the midnight carnival in the Last Unicorn.
The same bereft sadness for the Lonesome Georges & that last Thylacine at the Hobart Zoo.
Extinction is FOREVER.
Splicing ghost genes into other species doesn't change that.
Just making lonely mutants.
Like the midnight carnival in the Last Unicorn.
The dangling flowers of the red maple. She is absolutely radiant.
April 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The dangling flowers of the red maple. She is absolutely radiant.
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Take action to tell your elected officials that you oppose the transfer & sale of public lands, and ask your representative to support the Public Lands in Public Hands Act which would limit the privatization of public lands. #2025MMM vasquez.house.gov/media/press-...
Vasquez Introduces the Bipartisan Public Lands in Public Hands Act to Protect Outdoor Access
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On January 28, 2024, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-02) announced the introduction of the bipartisan Public Lands in Public Hands Actwhich would protect hunting and fishing ...
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April 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Take action to tell your elected officials that you oppose the transfer & sale of public lands, and ask your representative to support the Public Lands in Public Hands Act which would limit the privatization of public lands. #2025MMM vasquez.house.gov/media/press-...