As a Director of a science teaching facility, who sees maybe close to 2000 high schoolers in my lab each year, I'm hoping we can have a good showing in this great DonorsChoose challenge that Janet set up. There's certainly a lot of incentive, ranging from the simple act of promoting science within the school setting, to the prizes and offer of matching funds from Seed Headquarters.
From our end, to sweeten the pot even more, we would like to let you know that donations, $10 or higher, placed via our World's Fair + Science Creative Quarterly challenge, will immediately entitle the donor to publication of a science haiku of their composition. In particular, we'd like a Haiku that relates to an organism of sorts, which would dovetail into a Science Creative Quarterly sidebar.
Essentially, for a while, I've been interested in presenting a phylogeny related section at the SCQ, which would use some type of creative form as its driving force. And why not haikus (or is it Haiki?). I might even see if the SCQ's manner of presentation can be relatively sophisticated by calling upon folks who have bioinformatics software experience.
Anyway, this Haiku offer stands indefinitely for now, and will also be formally presented at the SCQ as of tomorrow, but if you want in on the other prizes and to squeeze that matching offer from Seed as well, you would need to donate before the 1st of July. Note that to clarify your inclusion in the Haiku Phylogeny Project, please also forward your DonorsChoose confirmation to tscq@interchange.ubc.ca along with your Haiku.
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I think this is a great project and have forwarded my submission and contribution. (Curious as to whether funds go to both Canadian and American schools? Just curious, doesn't diminish what a wonderful thing this is).
Also had to share my own variation on the "pure" haiku I submitted. Seeing as I'm very torn on the issue of genetic engineering and preselection:
DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER DISASTER
fruit fly punnett squares
tic-tac-toeing genotypes
give birth to Mothras
and monstrously perfect phenotypes
--thanks for the catalyst guys
Posted by: Scheherazade | June 17, 2006 2:10 PM
It's still Haiku I believe, not haikus or Haiki but either way, I'm so excited and will begin working on haiku right away.
Posted by: Angie | August 16, 2006 8:16 PM