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I need your help picking out a tee-shirt.

Category: Atheism

I would very much like your help in picking out a tee-shirt to wear around town. Let me tell you about the town, and you'll be able to make an appropriate suggestion....

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Ken Hubert, Hero of Life Science Teaching

Continuing with our discussion of the Evolution 2008 conference ... Yet another item from the first day of the conference, the pre-conference teachers day sponsored by Evolution 2008 and the Minnesota Citizens for Science Education (MnCSE) ... The Minnesota Citizens for Science Education presented Ken...

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Monarch butterflies in the classroom

Category: Insects

Continuing with our discussion of the Evolution 2008 conference ... Karen Oberhauser talked about the "single species" approach to pedagogy. This involves focusing on a single species and using it throughout an entire course. Karen has taught classes on this approach for teachers' professional development...

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Drs Myers and Decker: Advice on Teaching Evolution

Continuing with our discussion of the Evolution 2008 conference ... many things have been going on and I have more to report than time to report it. But I will get to all of it, I assure you. Tonight, I just want to cover part...

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Genome Size and Flight in Bats

Continuing with our discussion of the Evolution 2008 conference, I was hoping to meet T. Ryan Gregory yesterday. He is listed on the Evolution 2008 program as an author of a talk on genome size. Goodnews/badnews: Gregory did not show, but the talk, given by...

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Biology Never Was The Same: Mark Borrello

Continuing with our discussion of the Evolution 2008 conference, I'd like to relate at least the essence, as I saw it, of an excellent talk by Mark Borrello. I've seen Mark speak at least three times including yesterday, and soon after his talk we continued...

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I got my tee shirt!

Category: Evolution 2008

I'm at the Evolution 2008 Conference. It's great. And I got a tee-shirt. Here's what the front looks like:...

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Biology Will Never Be the Same Again: Scott Lanyon

The Evolution 2008 conference started out today with a special program for K-12 teachers (mainly life science teachers) organized by the Minnesota Citizens for Science Education (MNCSE). The opening speaker was Scott Lanyon, director of the Bell Museum of Natural History. (The Bell hosted this...

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