Animals at the Poles
Many students come to school with a fascination for the polar regions. One reason for this might be related to their associating the North Pole with Santa Claus. Another might be the images they have...
View ArticleBirds of a Feather: Citizen-Science and Data Analysis
Do you need an innovative way to engage students in data collection and analysis? Or maybe you’d like to teach life science concepts in a more authentic context. Whether you are a science teacher, a...
View ArticleSpiders Have Been Around For A Long Time
I get the Wired Science RSS feed everyday and was incredibly grossed out and amazed by a posting on a 165-million year old spider fossil that had been found in China. The fossils were found at a site...
View ArticleShark Science
As fearsome as they look, sharks are key to the health of the world’s oceans. The more we know about them, the more we can appreciate them. Here are five fishy facts brought to you by our friends at...
View ArticleProject Earth – Making the World a Smaller Place
Project Earth is a global networking website for K–12 educators and the public designed to connect people around the world to help solve environmental problems. Its mission is to generate ongoing...
View ArticleA Corpse Flower Named Woody
Joan Leonard, coordinator of OSU’s Biological Sciences Greenhouse, said a story about her soon-to-bloom corpse flower, named “Woody,” has gone global. The Dispatch published this story about the...
View ArticleCitizen Science Projects
I came across this post – 12 Days of Christmasy Citizen Science Projects – and thought I would share some of my favorite Citizen Science Projects. One thing to remember – just because the word...
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Granite Helps Scientists Piece Together Rodinia
If you’ve taught plate tectonics at the middle school level, you’re probably quite familiar with the supercontinent Pangaea. But did you know that Pangaea was not the only supercontinent in earth’s...
View ArticleWhat Are Seed Gene Banks and How Do They Work?
Seed gene banks exist throughout the world. As you might guess, their purpose is to catalog, store, and protect as many varieties of plants as possible. These banks are useful to plant breeders trying...
View ArticleCrop Failures and Food Riots
In the spring of 2008, many news outlets reported that rice crop failures in East Asia could have been avoided. An infestation of the brown plant hopper is the cause for the crop failure. The science...
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