I love doing Skype a Scientist, the questions you get from kids are always so fun 😂 Student: How old are you? Me: Old enough to know better than to answer that question Teachers: 😆

Just had a Skype a Scientist session all about squid with 4 3rd grade classrooms. My favorite question was "Why do giant squid show no mercy" lmfao. Answering kid questions is the best.

Alrght everybody, get your Tin Can Telephones out. We need your help! We reach new people by word of mouth. Send all your educator friends this pic! Teachers, librarians, scout troop leaders, etc! We offer our program for free, so we need help getting the word out without advertising $$.

On October 7th, learn how to communicate genetics topics to classrooms and informal settings with with @robomalley.bsky.social from @pged.bsky.social! This is for teachers and all other kinds of educators. RSVP for free here: givebutter.com/8TVNiA

On Tues Oct 7th,, we're cohosting a livestream all about how to communicate on personal genetics in the classroom and informal science education settings! We'll be joined by @robomalley.bsky.social from @pged.bsky.social at Harvard to talk best practices. RSVP for free here: givebutter.com/8TVNiA

On October 7th, learn how to communicate genetics topics to classrooms and informal settings with with @robomalley.bsky.social l from @pged.bsky.social! This is for teachers and all other kinds of educators. RSVP for free here: givebutter.com/8TVNiA

Had such a fun time with Ms. Weiler's 3rd grade class at Stetsonville Elementary School in Stetsonville, Wisconsin. We learned about corals & coral reefs & they had so many great questions! Always a crowd favorite - that corals eat & poop using the same hole! @skypeascientist.bsky.social

To all my scientist friends - I highly recommend signing up for the @skypeascientist.bsky.social program! They connect scientists to classrooms across the US and beyond. Now, more than ever, it is critical to convey the importance of science and powerful for students to get to know a scientist.

Had my first @skypeascientist.bsky.social session of the semester. As always it was a blast chatting with a group of 8th graders interested in chemistry about how you can do "chemistry on a computer" (because you absolutely suck at lab work) 😂😍

Sneak peak inside my 2026 nature-loving wall calendar collab with @sarahmackattack.bsky.social Each month covers a different animals and Sept's is the Anglerfish! These calendar sales help support @skypeascientist.bsky.social 2026 native plant project! Pre-order: www.etsy.com/listing/4366...

Welp here we are again, fresh out of Archaeologists for Skype a Scientist matches. This fall, we have matched 248 groups with Archaeologists for online Q&As. I have 38 more groups who need a match, but I'm out of Archaeologists! Archaeologists! Please volunteer www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

Our new 2026 calendar is available for pre-order!! It celebrates the diversity and interconnectedness of the world around us. There's colorful illustrations, fun facts and ways to help written by @sarahmackattack.bsky.social of @skypeascientist.bsky.social ! Link: www.etsy.com/listing/4366...

Made in Your Community is a project led by @vangeliqueallen.bsky.social and @bridgetsquidget.bsky.social, with support from @skypeascientist.bsky.social #SciComm #RepresentationMatters #ArtandScience

These calendars will be funding our 2026 installment of the Native Plant Project! In 2025, we distributed 10,000 native seed packets throughout Philadelphia. We hope to do even more in 2026 with the help of these calendars!

Skype a Scientist executive director Sarah McAnulty had told her cats that people without an eel facts advent calendar may one day be at a “deleterious deficit of eel information” compared to those who do not participate in eelvent in 2025. (EelFacts.net)

Tomorrow we get to finish up our Skype A Scientist opportunity with two awesome microbiologists, one of which is going to share some in Spanish. @skypeascientist.bsky.social #teach180 #edusky

Yesterday two classes got to chat with a Microbiologist about the gut Microbiome and it was a great experience. The other two get to chat with Microbiologists on Monday all thanks to @skypeascientist.bsky.social Awesome program. Thank you. #teach180 #edusky

To any of my fellow science educators, you have to give @skypeascientist.bsky.social a try. They match your class up with a practicing scientist. It has been an awesome experience for my kids. Seriously, sign up for one. You won’t regret it. #teach180 #edusky

In short, we need more Archaeologists again. The First Lego League squads just keep rolling in. Spread the word among Archaeologists!

Got my @skypeascientist.bsky.social posters! As I am running out of office wall space, I had to get creative

Got my first ever repeat match via @skypeascientist.bsky.social and we're both super excited that we get to meet up again! That has been a definite bright spot to my day

Today! Join us for an online Q&A with @taricha-rivularis.bsky.social all about toxic newts! We’ll get started at 1pm eastern RSVP for the link! givebutter.com/2yhDvr

I am doing a Q&A with @skypeascientist.bsky.social tomorrow at 10am PST! RSVP here if you want to interrogate me about newts and their poisons 🦎🐸🧪☠️: givebutter.com/2yhDvr

Our fall livestream schedule is out! In each of these sessions, the scientist will introduce who they are, what they do and why they like it, give us some context for what they are an expert in, then we'll launch into YOUR questions! RSVP 4 free here: www.skypeascientist.com/livestreams....

You get your eel facts advent calendar yet? I need to make sure we have a banger of an advent calendar season so that Skype a Scientist can go into 2026 swinging. We're 11% of the way to the advent calendar goal (which is pretty far behind last year. I'm hoping I can turn it around). EelFacts.net

#EduSky cool science swag for your classroom alert!

We've got 35 sets of these posters left. This project came from my evergreen frustration with our important messages getting trapped on social media algorithms. Good stuff for posting on your local community bulletin board, classroom, office door, etc! squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/scie...

happy #WorldMosquitoDay 🦟🦟🦟 what started as some really funny questions at a @skypeascientist.bsky.social call with 7 year olds is now a @sangerinstitute.bsky.social blogpost, check it out to learn funky new mosquito trivia! sangerinstitute.blog/2025/08/20/h...

Seeking scientist volunteers for this fall! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? I need collaborators for the next cohort of SciComm & Comics art and design students. All countries and scientific fields eligible.

if you're a teacher who wants to bring science to life in the classroom, @skypeascientist.bsky.social brings scientists to your class. Sign up at: www.skypeascientist.com

This is an official Skype a Scientist HQ Mayday Alert to all Archaeologists. We've already gotten more requests for archaeologists than we have archaeologists. We have 38. We need a lot more than 38! Dig yourself into this database, we NEED ya www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

It’s eely important that we sell enough advent calendars to support Skype a scientist. The moray we sell the more good work we can do in 2026! Scratch off the boxes to reveal facts about eels! Get a calendar at EelFacts.Net

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Why Do Octopuses Change Color? How It Works and Why They Do It My latest “ask a marine biologist” quotes @sarahmackattack.bsky.social www.scubadiving.com/why-octopuse... 🧪🦑🌎

What do YOU know about eels?! @wowthanks.bsky.social asked some Indy Hall members and also our buddy Clear, who works next door. One thing's for certain: You need more eel facts. Get 'em at EelFacts.Net #EelReels

@lbciddio.bsky.social Really cool organization looking for archaeologists willing to talk to classrooms about their work!

Loud voice: This is a win for a classroom! (Whisper: it’s a win for you too. It doesn’t take long and it’s hard to imagine feeling low after participating in @skypeascientist.bsky.social). I participated last spring it and will again. Strong recommend!!

Is this… 🦋… Marketing? Squidfacts.net (Sound on unfortunately)

Scientists! @skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun! We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15 If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

Archaeologists! it's all hands on deck! The first lego league theme this year is Archaeology! We are about to get a deluge of requests for YOU. If you're willing to speak with a classroom/library/lego club virtually, sign up here! We wanna be ready for 'em 💪 forms.gle/PU3x7oayXGr3...

We have a new project: Made in Your Community! With support from @skypeascientist.bsky.social , we’re creating beautiful double-sided cards that feature local scientists and their work — all placed in local cafes, breweries, and community spaces. #SciComm #RepresentationMatters #ArtandScience

Philly!! On Sept 2, come to Bad Art for Good! We're gonna get together to overcome the shitty information systems we're living in. We're gonna do it with art. *Your* art. Whether that art is good or bad, who cares, we need it. + free beer + free snacks + free art supplies RSVP: lu.ma/1dv3p3ji

They’re here!!!!!!!! Ahhh!! Art by @ehrenenglish.bsky.social Get one here! squidfacts.bigcartel.com

We're preparing to do our biannual maintenance over here at Skype a Scientist! Want a match before we shut it down for 2 weeks to do some matching system maintenance? Sign up before July 30th! forms.gle/3dkJsFAZbcML... We'll get booted back up and ready to go mid-August 😎

Hey. When's the last time you thought about eels? I think you should probably think about eels every day for 24 days straight. Art by the amazing @ehrenenglish.bsky.social Learn about eels, support @skypeascientist.bsky.social, look at awesome art. Get one here: squidfacts.bigcartel.com

“Since its launch in 2017, Skype a Scientist has brought scientists into 50,000 classrooms across the country.”

Obviously, everyone needs an eel advent calendar

Please send to any Eastern CT artists you know!

I get this for my niece and nephew every year, and in return I get a steady stream of facts texted to me throughout advent. I recommend it!

Drumroll please… This year’s advent calendars… Designed by @ehrenenglish.bsky.social… Will be… EEL FACTS!!!! Get one at squidfacts.bigcartel.com Advent calendars keep Skype a scientist running (weird funding strategy, but hey! It works!), so share these far and wide ❤️