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Elizabeth Cerkez

@zekrec.bsky.social

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Associate Professor of Instruction @ Temple U. Chemistry and Chemistry Education Research. (Philly sports + Weather + Swiftie)

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Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · 1d

Did my annual rant about this in my instrumental analysis class on Monday 😂

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Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · 2d

two men in suits and ties are standing next to each other in a room .

ALT: two men in suits and ties are standing next to each other in a room .

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Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · 2d

This is my favorite game! “Hmmm definitely looks like bunch of dentists”

Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · 3d

Love a fundamental science Nobel win!

Nobel Prize in Physics 2025

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electri...

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Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · 5d

🙏🏻 Harry Gray 🙏🏻

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Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · 6d

I gasped out loud on the El.

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Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · 7d

I finished the set! So pretty!!

Set of legos built to resemble crystalline forms of minerals.

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Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · 8d

The number of commitments I have tomorrow is fully incompatible with the fact that there is a new Taylor album fewer than 6 hours away.

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Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · 8d

Need to get grading done. But my mineral Lego kit got delivered to work. What was I supposed to do, not build Lego pyrite?!? #ChemSky

Brown Lego square with a gold colored representation of pyrite sitting on top and a pink and green representation of watermelon tourmaline.

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Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · 9d

If I remember tomorrow, I’ll send you my little script.

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Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · 9d

Yes! Literally the first thing I say to them!

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Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · 9d

I’m with you. I do specs in my 50 person analytical but the 180 gen chem is a beast.

While I figure out the “time to learn,” I’ve been trying to focus on why we want to learn. We do a whole breathing exercise where we think about O2 movement in the body and why that might matter for a doctor, etc.

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Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · 9d

Very helpful, thank you!

That's what I'm focused on, I want to do more feedback on handwritten work but doing that at scale is 😬

Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · 9d

How big of a lecture do you use this in? And is it for their homework? I'm curious about giving it a try.

Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · 12d

Thrilled by this development!

Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · 14d

Nola went 8 innings with 2 hits? In this economy?!

Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · 18d

Ya know who’s not, Strahm.

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Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · 19d

LORD ALMIGHTY. BIRDDDDSSSSSSS

Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · 22d

Look at that, it’s an induced dipole!
#ChemSky

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Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · 22d

Oh yeah, same! my spec graded class has a "don't believe any number you read" as a disclaimer!

Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · 22d

And the Canvas gradebook can't distinguish that a blank should be counted as a zero! So the students see a total fiction of a current grade if they haven't turned anything in.

Don't even get me started on classes that don't operate with points. 😡😡😡

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Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · 23d

Gonna make trash day pretty exciting/terrifying around the country.

Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 23d

watch for exploding prosecco

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 24d

Costco considers a recalled wine so dangerous that it has sent a letter to every store member who bought a bottle telling them to immediately throw it away.

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one dozen bats at a keyboard @panasonicdx4500.bsky.social · 24d

Good morning, the Phillies are NL East Champions

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Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · 26d

Same. For a few years I operated on endless flexibility and found it just didn’t work. Some structure is really helpful, especially when students are navigating the change from HS to college.

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Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · 26d

Feel this deeply.

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