Ms. De Jong 🇨🇦 🍁🇳🇱 🌷
@msadejong.bsky.social
she/her #OntEd #IBBio & #TOK teacher and #IBDP coordinator at #TFSSIB. I post about biology, tech, books & sometimes my students. Here to be inspired!
Measuring osmosis in potatoes in hypotonic and hypertonic solutions to determine the potato's internal concentration.
November 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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“Hey, I thought everybody knew that adding more lanes to address traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to address obesity.”
November 1, 2025 at 3:35 AM
“Hey, I thought everybody knew that adding more lanes to address traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to address obesity.”
Teachers are Fighting on the Front Lines While the System Leaves Them Stranded.
Excellent article by @jbradshaw.bsky.social (sorry, no commentary this time)
Excellent article by @jbradshaw.bsky.social (sorry, no commentary this time)
Teachers Are Fighting on the Front Lines While the System Leaves Them Stranded - ByBlacks.com | #1 online magazine for Black Canadians
A veteran teacher reveals how Ontario schools face mounting challenges with shrinking resources—and why "back to basics" rhetoric misses the real crisis.
byblacks.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Teachers are Fighting on the Front Lines While the System Leaves Them Stranded.
Excellent article by @jbradshaw.bsky.social (sorry, no commentary this time)
Excellent article by @jbradshaw.bsky.social (sorry, no commentary this time)
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Come. To. Canada.
We like vaccines, pot, and Koreans.
We like vaccines, pot, and Koreans.
July 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Come. To. Canada.
We like vaccines, pot, and Koreans.
We like vaccines, pot, and Koreans.
How dandelions conquered concrete to bring nature back to cities
theconversation.com/how-dandelio...
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How dandelions conquered concrete to bring nature back to cities
Here’s why those little yellow flowers are everywhere you look.
theconversation.com
May 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
How dandelions conquered concrete to bring nature back to cities
theconversation.com/how-dandelio...
theconversation.com/how-dandelio...
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My heart is full, and my tears flowing...80th anniversary of Netherlands liberation
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They liberated the Netherlands during WWII. The Dutch have never forgotten
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
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May 4, 2025 at 3:13 AM
My heart is full, and my tears flowing...80th anniversary of Netherlands liberation
youtu.be/GH39vA0eG7k?...
youtu.be/GH39vA0eG7k?...
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In today’s instalment of “I won’t go to the ER unless I’m literally dying…” an Ottawa hospital is housing patients in the gymnasium due to overwhelming demand.
We need masks in healthcare. We need to stop pretending COVID is over. We need to push back on anti-vaxx rhetoric
This isn’t sustainable
We need masks in healthcare. We need to stop pretending COVID is over. We need to push back on anti-vaxx rhetoric
This isn’t sustainable
Ottawa Hospital preparing ‘unconventional spaces’ to handle influx of patients
The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) says it is currently dealing with higher-than-normal patient volumes and is preparing some “unconventional spaces”, such as the gymnasium, to meet demand.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 18, 2025 at 5:12 AM
In today’s instalment of “I won’t go to the ER unless I’m literally dying…” an Ottawa hospital is housing patients in the gymnasium due to overwhelming demand.
We need masks in healthcare. We need to stop pretending COVID is over. We need to push back on anti-vaxx rhetoric
This isn’t sustainable
We need masks in healthcare. We need to stop pretending COVID is over. We need to push back on anti-vaxx rhetoric
This isn’t sustainable
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Your child is not sick from lack of exposure to sickness. They do not have immunity debt. Your child born after lockdowns does not have intergenerational immunity debt. The immunity debt that your child’s mother never had was not passed on to them via her mitochondria…
A new longitudinal cohort study found that children who were sick more often in early childhood were more likely to continue being sick in later childhood with more moderate to severe infections and require more antibiotic therapies.
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January 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Your child is not sick from lack of exposure to sickness. They do not have immunity debt. Your child born after lockdowns does not have intergenerational immunity debt. The immunity debt that your child’s mother never had was not passed on to them via her mitochondria…
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“42 years ago I left a country that built walls to come to a place without them.
But today, as a citizen of the United States, for 1st time, I'm hearing rhetoric that reminds me of the Soviet Union of my youth, where it was a crime, and continues to be, a crime to be different”
-Mikhail Baryshnikov
But today, as a citizen of the United States, for 1st time, I'm hearing rhetoric that reminds me of the Soviet Union of my youth, where it was a crime, and continues to be, a crime to be different”
-Mikhail Baryshnikov
January 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“42 years ago I left a country that built walls to come to a place without them.
But today, as a citizen of the United States, for 1st time, I'm hearing rhetoric that reminds me of the Soviet Union of my youth, where it was a crime, and continues to be, a crime to be different”
-Mikhail Baryshnikov
But today, as a citizen of the United States, for 1st time, I'm hearing rhetoric that reminds me of the Soviet Union of my youth, where it was a crime, and continues to be, a crime to be different”
-Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Something something history rhymes something
January 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Something something history rhymes something
December 12, 2024 at 9:33 PM
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but you don't need to justify your reading preferences and choices to anyone. Audiobooks count as reading. Also, you don't have to finish books you don't enjoy. Don't read to impress, read for yourself. Life's too short, love yourself, ok?
Signed, a librarian.
Signed, a librarian.
December 7, 2024 at 3:51 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but you don't need to justify your reading preferences and choices to anyone. Audiobooks count as reading. Also, you don't have to finish books you don't enjoy. Don't read to impress, read for yourself. Life's too short, love yourself, ok?
Signed, a librarian.
Signed, a librarian.
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We are witnessing an exodus from the caring professions.
Educators. Nurses. Mental health providers. Family physicians.
Everywhere I look, I see stories of caring people who are so burned out that they can no longer continue to serve.
And this breaks my heart.
Educators. Nurses. Mental health providers. Family physicians.
Everywhere I look, I see stories of caring people who are so burned out that they can no longer continue to serve.
And this breaks my heart.
December 8, 2024 at 12:52 AM
We are witnessing an exodus from the caring professions.
Educators. Nurses. Mental health providers. Family physicians.
Everywhere I look, I see stories of caring people who are so burned out that they can no longer continue to serve.
And this breaks my heart.
Educators. Nurses. Mental health providers. Family physicians.
Everywhere I look, I see stories of caring people who are so burned out that they can no longer continue to serve.
And this breaks my heart.
I have completed my challenge of 125 books!
#goodreads2024
#goodreads2024
December 7, 2024 at 10:51 PM
I have completed my challenge of 125 books!
#goodreads2024
#goodreads2024
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“Full inclusion” is not simply dumping a highly vulnerable child with complex needs into a regular classroom with no additional staff training or supports for safety and academic success.
Inclusion means hard work.
Inclusion means putting our money where our mouths are.
Inclusion means hard work.
Inclusion means putting our money where our mouths are.
December 2, 2024 at 12:39 AM
“Full inclusion” is not simply dumping a highly vulnerable child with complex needs into a regular classroom with no additional staff training or supports for safety and academic success.
Inclusion means hard work.
Inclusion means putting our money where our mouths are.
Inclusion means hard work.
Inclusion means putting our money where our mouths are.
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It’s Friday.
Your patience may be wearing thin.
Check in with yourself.
What do you need right now to help you get through this day?
Extend grace to yourself.
Extend grace to others.
Keep going.
Your patience may be wearing thin.
Check in with yourself.
What do you need right now to help you get through this day?
Extend grace to yourself.
Extend grace to others.
Keep going.
November 29, 2024 at 11:07 AM
It’s Friday.
Your patience may be wearing thin.
Check in with yourself.
What do you need right now to help you get through this day?
Extend grace to yourself.
Extend grace to others.
Keep going.
Your patience may be wearing thin.
Check in with yourself.
What do you need right now to help you get through this day?
Extend grace to yourself.
Extend grace to others.
Keep going.
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It really is that simple...
November 25, 2024 at 1:55 AM
It really is that simple...
Just read a student’s commentary on the song Iris… now it’s an ear-worm and so many memories are coming up.
November 24, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Just read a student’s commentary on the song Iris… now it’s an ear-worm and so many memories are coming up.