Philip Bell
@philipbell.bsky.social
Learning Sciences professor fighting for a thriving, just world🌿 Settler on Coast Salish Lands in Dxʷdəwʔabš (Seattle)🌿 University of Washington
#SciEd and #ClimateChange Work: STEMTeachingTools.org & ClimeTime.org
http://faculty.washington.edu/pbell
#SciEd and #ClimateChange Work: STEMTeachingTools.org & ClimeTime.org
http://faculty.washington.edu/pbell
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Philip Bell
@philipbell.bsky.social
· Dec 21
For the new followers interested in #ClimateChange Ed, here's our collection of open ed resources on how to #TeachClimate…
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These professional learning resources have been co-designed by researchers & practitioners over the past decade. See what you think!
🌿 stemteachingtools.org/sp/climate-l...
These professional learning resources have been co-designed by researchers & practitioners over the past decade. See what you think!
PLS SHARE #SciEd #NGSS #STEAM
The UW @stemteachingtool.bsky.social team just published another NEW TOOL. This one shows how to use ART PEDAGOGIES as a powerful platform for students to learn about and take action on #ClimateJustice and #EnvironmentalJustice!
➡️ stemteachingtools.org/brief/105
The UW @stemteachingtool.bsky.social team just published another NEW TOOL. This one shows how to use ART PEDAGOGIES as a powerful platform for students to learn about and take action on #ClimateJustice and #EnvironmentalJustice!
➡️ stemteachingtools.org/brief/105
November 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
PLS SHARE #SciEd #NGSS #STEAM
The UW @stemteachingtool.bsky.social team just published another NEW TOOL. This one shows how to use ART PEDAGOGIES as a powerful platform for students to learn about and take action on #ClimateJustice and #EnvironmentalJustice!
➡️ stemteachingtools.org/brief/105
The UW @stemteachingtool.bsky.social team just published another NEW TOOL. This one shows how to use ART PEDAGOGIES as a powerful platform for students to learn about and take action on #ClimateJustice and #EnvironmentalJustice!
➡️ stemteachingtools.org/brief/105
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
PLS SHARE #SciEd #NGSS
The UW @stemteachingtool.bsky.social team just published a NEW TOOL on how the words we use to describe the ecological world matters! Since language reflects & constructs power we should root our words in environmental justice & flourishing.
➡️ stemteachingtools.org/brief/104
The UW @stemteachingtool.bsky.social team just published a NEW TOOL on how the words we use to describe the ecological world matters! Since language reflects & constructs power we should root our words in environmental justice & flourishing.
➡️ stemteachingtools.org/brief/104
November 7, 2025 at 12:43 AM
PLS SHARE #SciEd #NGSS
The UW @stemteachingtool.bsky.social team just published a NEW TOOL on how the words we use to describe the ecological world matters! Since language reflects & constructs power we should root our words in environmental justice & flourishing.
➡️ stemteachingtools.org/brief/104
The UW @stemteachingtool.bsky.social team just published a NEW TOOL on how the words we use to describe the ecological world matters! Since language reflects & constructs power we should root our words in environmental justice & flourishing.
➡️ stemteachingtools.org/brief/104
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60 yrs ago today (Nov 5, 1965), the 1st US government report to warn about climate change was published.
"Restoring the Quality of Our Environment" included warning of C02 build-up and sea-level rise/melting ice-caps.
allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/04/6...
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"Restoring the Quality of Our Environment" included warning of C02 build-up and sea-level rise/melting ice-caps.
allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/04/6...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
60 yrs ago today (Nov 5, 1965), the 1st US government report to warn about climate change was published.
"Restoring the Quality of Our Environment" included warning of C02 build-up and sea-level rise/melting ice-caps.
allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/04/6...
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"Restoring the Quality of Our Environment" included warning of C02 build-up and sea-level rise/melting ice-caps.
allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/04/6...
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At NSTA in Minneapolis, the UW Seattle @stemteachingtool.bsky.social team & our colleagues will host 13 sessions on EQUITY-focused #SciEd and #ClimateChange education. Join us!
Please share and help spread the word through your networks!
#NSTA in Minneapolis Nov 12-15
➡️ my.nsta.org/conferences/...
Please share and help spread the word through your networks!
#NSTA in Minneapolis Nov 12-15
➡️ my.nsta.org/conferences/...
November 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
At NSTA in Minneapolis, the UW Seattle @stemteachingtool.bsky.social team & our colleagues will host 13 sessions on EQUITY-focused #SciEd and #ClimateChange education. Join us!
Please share and help spread the word through your networks!
#NSTA in Minneapolis Nov 12-15
➡️ my.nsta.org/conferences/...
Please share and help spread the word through your networks!
#NSTA in Minneapolis Nov 12-15
➡️ my.nsta.org/conferences/...
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What does it mean to tell the story of climate change on Indigenous terms? Read about Beyond Fires & Floods (BFF): Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes at @moaubc.bsky.social moderated by @rickharp.bsky.social https://f.mtr.cool/gziohzbuhs
October 31, 2025 at 9:02 PM
What does it mean to tell the story of climate change on Indigenous terms? Read about Beyond Fires & Floods (BFF): Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes at @moaubc.bsky.social moderated by @rickharp.bsky.social https://f.mtr.cool/gziohzbuhs
At NSTA in Minneapolis, the UW Seattle @stemteachingtool.bsky.social team & our colleagues will host 13 sessions on EQUITY-focused #SciEd and #ClimateChange education. Join us!
Please share and help spread the word through your networks!
#NSTA in Minneapolis Nov 12-15
➡️ my.nsta.org/conferences/...
Please share and help spread the word through your networks!
#NSTA in Minneapolis Nov 12-15
➡️ my.nsta.org/conferences/...
November 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
At NSTA in Minneapolis, the UW Seattle @stemteachingtool.bsky.social team & our colleagues will host 13 sessions on EQUITY-focused #SciEd and #ClimateChange education. Join us!
Please share and help spread the word through your networks!
#NSTA in Minneapolis Nov 12-15
➡️ my.nsta.org/conferences/...
Please share and help spread the word through your networks!
#NSTA in Minneapolis Nov 12-15
➡️ my.nsta.org/conferences/...
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Last Thurs, the Trump admin announced it is opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, which sits on Inupiaq and Gwich’in land. The Gwich’in consider the land sacred and rely on the caribou migration.
Trump administration finalizes plan to open pristine Alaska wildlife refuge to oil and gas drilling
The Trump administration has finalized a plan to open the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, renewing long-simmering debate over whether to drill in…
www.npr.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Last Thurs, the Trump admin announced it is opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, which sits on Inupiaq and Gwich’in land. The Gwich’in consider the land sacred and rely on the caribou migration.
Come get your Master's or PhD degree with us! We have a new program strand focused on LAND AND WATER EDUCATION FOR SOVEREIGN FUTURES!
Come explore how land- and water-based pedagogies that uphold Indigenous sovereignty support environmental & #ClimateJustice.
education.uw.edu/academics/pr...
Come explore how land- and water-based pedagogies that uphold Indigenous sovereignty support environmental & #ClimateJustice.
education.uw.edu/academics/pr...
October 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Come get your Master's or PhD degree with us! We have a new program strand focused on LAND AND WATER EDUCATION FOR SOVEREIGN FUTURES!
Come explore how land- and water-based pedagogies that uphold Indigenous sovereignty support environmental & #ClimateJustice.
education.uw.edu/academics/pr...
Come explore how land- and water-based pedagogies that uphold Indigenous sovereignty support environmental & #ClimateJustice.
education.uw.edu/academics/pr...
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TL;DR "Al in education is something to avoid as much as you can."
Great 🧵
Great 🧵
I actually don't really care if AI is useful/interesting/good for some things in education actually - it is besides these things clearly a big problem already that maybe need listing yet again:
October 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
TL;DR "Al in education is something to avoid as much as you can."
Great 🧵
Great 🧵
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New report examines fossil fuel ties of dozens of Trump administration hires.
grist.org/accountabili...
#Politics #Oil #FossilFuel #Politics #Report #News
grist.org/accountabili...
#Politics #Oil #FossilFuel #Politics #Report #News
New report examines fossil fuel ties of dozens of Trump administration hires
Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 43 fossil-fuel industry insiders among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.
grist.org
October 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
New report examines fossil fuel ties of dozens of Trump administration hires.
grist.org/accountabili...
#Politics #Oil #FossilFuel #Politics #Report #News
grist.org/accountabili...
#Politics #Oil #FossilFuel #Politics #Report #News
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“If we cannot even in principle be free from external manipulation and anti-scientific claims — and instead remain passive … and welcome corrosive industry frames into our computer systems, our scientific literature, and our classrooms — then we have failed as scientists and as educators.”
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Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia
Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col...
zenodo.org
September 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“If we cannot even in principle be free from external manipulation and anti-scientific claims — and instead remain passive … and welcome corrosive industry frames into our computer systems, our scientific literature, and our classrooms — then we have failed as scientists and as educators.”
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Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.
October 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.
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Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org
The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...
www.nobelprize.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
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Reposted by Philip Bell
🧪 NEW STUDY: Air pollution increases risk of Lewy Body Dementia, the 2nd most common dementia after Alzheimer’s*
Your reminder that air pollution is just another name for fossil fuel combustion byproducts.
*linked to air pollution in previous studies
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Your reminder that air pollution is just another name for fossil fuel combustion byproducts.
*linked to air pollution in previous studies
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Lewy body dementia promotion by air pollutants
Evidence links air pollution to dementia, yet its role in Lewy body dementia (LBD) remains unclear. In this work, we showed in a cohort of 56.5 million individuals across the United States that fine p...
www.science.org
October 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🧪 NEW STUDY: Air pollution increases risk of Lewy Body Dementia, the 2nd most common dementia after Alzheimer’s*
Your reminder that air pollution is just another name for fossil fuel combustion byproducts.
*linked to air pollution in previous studies
1/3
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Your reminder that air pollution is just another name for fossil fuel combustion byproducts.
*linked to air pollution in previous studies
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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👥👥 Panelists include @tanyatalaga.bsky.social @paulseesequasis.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social + Judi Kochon! 🤝 Event co-covened by myself and @candiscall.bsky.social
VANCOUVER! Whatcha doing Fri Oct 24? Come see our free public panel, "Beyond Fire & Floods (BFF): Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes," part of a larger invitational gathering of climate-related storytellers, hosted in MOA Great Hall at UBC!
sppga.ubc.ca/events/event...
sppga.ubc.ca/events/event...
October 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
👥👥 Panelists include @tanyatalaga.bsky.social @paulseesequasis.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social + Judi Kochon! 🤝 Event co-covened by myself and @candiscall.bsky.social
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Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals reut.rs/46I9oj6
Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals
The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision to allow soldiers to keep medals awarded for their roles at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which many historians consider a massacre.
reut.rs
September 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals reut.rs/46I9oj6
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social
A good read that gives important background as to what Signalgate clown is saying.
I WOULD like to include the official Oglala Sioux Tribe response to this.
I shared before, separately, but I feel this piece should be here as well.
A good read that gives important background as to what Signalgate clown is saying.
I WOULD like to include the official Oglala Sioux Tribe response to this.
I shared before, separately, but I feel this piece should be here as well.
September 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
A good read that gives important background as to what Signalgate clown is saying.
I WOULD like to include the official Oglala Sioux Tribe response to this.
I shared before, separately, but I feel this piece should be here as well.
A good read that gives important background as to what Signalgate clown is saying.
I WOULD like to include the official Oglala Sioux Tribe response to this.
I shared before, separately, but I feel this piece should be here as well.
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In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers and others.
See what changes are in store for your county 👇
See what changes are in store for your county 👇
New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States
According to new data analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures, rising seas and changing rainfall will profoundly reshape the way people have lived in North America...
projects.propublica.org
September 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers and others.
See what changes are in store for your county 👇
See what changes are in store for your county 👇
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"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
September 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
It is vital to understand climate change as a multispecies justice issue. Here's how SCIENCE mag covered this new study in @pnas.org:
"CLIMATE CHANGE TURNS ALASKAN RIVER TOXIC: The Salmon River, long a symbol of Alaska's untrammeled wild beauty, is now an emblem of Arctic climate change."
"CLIMATE CHANGE TURNS ALASKAN RIVER TOXIC: The Salmon River, long a symbol of Alaska's untrammeled wild beauty, is now an emblem of Arctic climate change."
A new PNAS study links #permafrost thaw and water toxicity levels from metal concentrations. This is bad news for Arctic rivers, their ecosystems, and food chains: www.pnas.org/doi/full/10..... Salmon River in NW Alaska, once praised for its pristine waters, has turned toxic to aquatic life.
Wild, scenic, and toxic: Recent degradation of an iconic Arctic watershed with permafrost thaw | PNAS
The streams of Alaska’s Brooks Range lie within a vast (~14M ha) tract of protected
wilderness and have long supported both resident and anadromous...
www.pnas.org
September 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It is vital to understand climate change as a multispecies justice issue. Here's how SCIENCE mag covered this new study in @pnas.org:
"CLIMATE CHANGE TURNS ALASKAN RIVER TOXIC: The Salmon River, long a symbol of Alaska's untrammeled wild beauty, is now an emblem of Arctic climate change."
"CLIMATE CHANGE TURNS ALASKAN RIVER TOXIC: The Salmon River, long a symbol of Alaska's untrammeled wild beauty, is now an emblem of Arctic climate change."
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Bureaucracy and budget constraints couldn’t stop CalPoly Humboldt’s Native American Studies Department from founding an Indigenous foods research lab.
How to build a food sovereignty lab - High Country News
Bureaucracy and budget constraints couldn’t stop CalPoly Humboldt’s Native American Studies Department from founding an Indigenous foods research lab.
buff.ly
September 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Bureaucracy and budget constraints couldn’t stop CalPoly Humboldt’s Native American Studies Department from founding an Indigenous foods research lab.
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TODAY is Sun Day! ✴️ Thousands of people are coming together at 469 events across the U.S. and beyond to celebrate the power of clean energy. Today shines a bright light on the future that we all want - a cleaner, fairer, future for all. ☀️ Join an event near you today: sunday.earth
September 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
TODAY is Sun Day! ✴️ Thousands of people are coming together at 469 events across the U.S. and beyond to celebrate the power of clean energy. Today shines a bright light on the future that we all want - a cleaner, fairer, future for all. ☀️ Join an event near you today: sunday.earth
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If you're housebound today (or in South Dakota, where there's no event), join us for a virtual Sun Day extravaganza!
actionnetwork.org/events/think...
actionnetwork.org/events/think...
Think Global, Act Local! A Sun Day Climate Action Party
Sun Day is a global day of action on September 21st, 2025, celebrating the unstoppable rise of clean energy. We’ll come together to showcase the power of the sun and wind, the energy sources that can ...
actionnetwork.org
September 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
If you're housebound today (or in South Dakota, where there's no event), join us for a virtual Sun Day extravaganza!
actionnetwork.org/events/think...
actionnetwork.org/events/think...