I swear I'm putting up a couple posts today that have nothing to do with the ScienceBlogs/DonorsChoose drive to fund science and math classrooms. However, there have been some developments since the last update, and I thought you ought to know about them.
- Although PZ Myers and his minions met the goal of the Pharyngula challenge days ago, it shambles on like a zombie, now at more than 250% of the challenge goal. Way to go, unholy army of the undead!
- ScienceBlogs readers have so far donated $10,307.86 to the drive. Among other things, this means we've secured the entire $10,000 that SEED put up in matching funds! So, the classrooms get $20,307.86 from us (so far). Way to bleed our hosts of funds!
- Sandra Porter of Discovering Biology in a Digital World has joined the fun with a challenge of her own. And, she has generously contributed some prizes: an Exploring DNA Structure CD-ROM, a Kissing DNA T-shirt, a Green Fluorescent Protein mug, and a pack of 10 Twirling Telomere magnets. (The updated list of fabulous prizes, in its entirety, below the fold.)
UPDATE: I'm sad to report that DonorsChoose is not set up to receive funds from outside the U.S. Believe me, if it was up to us we'd take your money (funny-colored though it might be). We appreciate your generosity, and we'll make sure to work out a way to include our non-U.S. readers if/when we do something like this again.
Excellent start, people! Have a gander at the challenges that are still open, and let's see if we can help some more kids get the kind of experiences with math and science that they deserve.
- A Blog Around the Clock
- Adventures in Ethics and Science
- Aetiology
- Afarensis
- Cognitive Daily
- Discovering Biology in a Digital World
- Evolgen
- Gene Expression
- Good Math, Bad Math
- Island of Doubt
- Mike the Mad Biologist
- Neurotopia
- Questionable Authority
- Scientific Activist
- Stranger Fruit
- Terra Sigillata
- Uncertain Principles
- World's Fair
Fabulous Prizes!
When Donors Choose sends you a confirmation email, forward it to: sb.donorschoose.bonanza@gmail.com This is your contest entry. Randomly drawn donors will win:
Subscriptions to Seed magazine
ScienceBlogs mugs
Exploring DNA Structure CD-ROM
Pack of 10 Twirling Telomere magnets
What We Believe But Cannot Prove, edited by John Brockman
The Republican War on Science, by Chris Mooney
Rebuilt: My Journey Back to the Hearing World, by Michael Chorost
Subscriptions to TIME magazine
Blogging in a Snap, by Julie Meloni
Viruses vs. Superbugs, by Thomas Hausler
Galileo's Daughter, by Dava Sobel
The Scientific Renaissance: 1450-1630, by Marie Boas Hall
Causality: Models, Reasoning, and Inference, by Judea Pearl
Paleoanthropology (1st ed) by Milford Wolpoff (gently used)
Please, can you refer to the Pharynguloids as unholy, soulless, pirate zombies from now on? We're cultivating an image.
I (a Brit) can't summon up much enthusiasm for donating to the public school system of the richest country in the world. I'm happy to give USD 200 to the non-religious charity of your choice working in a poor country or countries - Oxfam, if you have no strong views, because it's easy for me to donate on-line.