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Comment on Long overdue update by Britt Gow

Britt Gow — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:47:38 +0000

These photos bring back memories of my own undergraduate Biology course at Latrobe Uni (Australia) – slippery seaweed and rocks, identification and data collection, salt spray and evenings by the camp fire. I look forward to your updates on this blog and twitter.

Comment on Student questions about sexually transmitted infections by Claire Thompson

Claire Thompson — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:02:53 +0000

Wow, your students came up with some great questions! I teach high school biology and every time we get to the human reproductive system in grade 12 I am reminded how little students know about STIs, despite many years of ‘health’ class covering just such a topic. This is not to say that I could answer all of the questions above though! It’s great that you are getting the students to think about STIs and hopefully their newfound/renewed knowledge with help them to make better decisions.

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Comment on Long overdue update by A little Twitter success story - Pink Shirt Day « Teach Me Science

A little Twitter success story - Pink Shirt Day « Teach Me Science — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:53:53 +0000

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Comment on First Year Students Want to Know! by Alyssa

Alyssa — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:05:09 +0000

I’m so excited for you – getting to teach a class would be an amazing experience! I’ll be sure to check in on how you are doing Good luck!

Comment on Long overdue update by Claire Thompson

Claire Thompson — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:16:24 +0000

Hana, thanks for sharing what you’ve been up to and congrats on the Botany paper! All the best next term.

Comment on Conferences as motivators by Jeff Whipple

Jeff Whipple — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:33:11 +0000

As an educator, conferences are all about defining a vision. I too have been lucky to have had the opportunity to attend several conferences – mine are of the educational technology variety – and have lately been invited to present at a few. I consider these events to be the best PD I can find.

Prior to attending my first ed tech conference a few years ago, I was utilizing technology simply doing old things in new ways. Through being exposed to a number of new ideas about learning in the 21st century, I have been able to connect information, mash it up in ways that make sense to me, and develop a clearer vision of how we must shift the education from teaching to learning.

These learning conversations continue in the blogosphere and twitterverse.

I am happy to be able to say that the school and the district are investing in this vision and leadership, allowing eight teachers to join me at a conference in Memphis next month. I know they’ll see a great return!

Comment on Conferences as motivators by teachmescience

teachmescience — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:02:07 +0000

Thanks, Claire! I agree, networking is a huge part of what happens at conferences. I think science conferences could be improved by providing more facilitated opportunities for networking (like the speed mentoring thing I’ve mentioned in an earlier post), and grad students would benefit even more.

Comment on Conferences as motivators by Claire Thompson

Claire Thompson — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:00:56 +0000

Hana, I like your analysis of science conferences vs outreach conferences. It’s been awhile since I attended a science conference, but I do remember the intense concentration needed to follow some of the sessions–easier if I was already familiar with the research and or researcher. Another common thread I would add is that most conferences are a great opportunity for face to face networking–still important despite Twitter, blogs etc. Cheers!

Comment on Activities to Share: 1. DNA Extraction from Bananas by Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:43:07 +0000

I have extracted DNA from spinach in a bio non-majors lab. We simply put the spinach and water in a blender and then strained the resulting slurry through cheesecloth into a beaker. We didn’t precipitate the DNA. Instead we added dye and ran it on an electrophoresis gel. Surprisingly, it worked pretty well. The times I ran it they seemed to like seeing the smear. It was first-year undergrads, but I think they like it. Unfortunately it wasn’t super interactive – only a few kids got to help. It would be really awesome to do a similar project using restriction enzymes. I would’ve loved to see all of the different sized fragments on a gel as an undergrad. It would be really cool to tie it into DNA fingerprinting – like the parental tests on talk shows or CSI.
Great blog so far