KABT BioBlog

Here’s info about a number of workshops from the Dolan DNA Learning center at Cold Springs Harbor.  These workshops are great resources and note that two of them will be presented at the Stowers in KC.
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The Dolan DNA Learning Center (DNALC) is a pioneer in modern biology
education. Since it’s founding in 1988, more than […]

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In the first week of May of 2003 I took these pictures of Yellow-Lady’s Slipper Orchids.

They were past their prime by May 13th.  Today, I checked on the same orchids–they have not even budded, yet.  The leaves are still unfurling.  It’s truly a late spring for eastern KS.
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For several years I kept a copy of a BBC production that was shown in the early 90’s on the Discovery channel: “The Wonderful World of Dung”. It’s the only video that I would not loan to others in the department–keeping it as a special treat for my students as we wrapped up […]

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As part of the KABT thread at the recent KATS KAMP, I argued that we should be asking our students to use spreadsheets to model the concepts of population genetics–in particular Hardy-Weinberg equilibria. I tried to make the case that most of the efforts to model H-W equilibrium in classroom activities such as […]

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A Science Writer worth reading - Case
Note from Carl Zimmer;
Hello–
I just wanted to let everyone know that at long last my sixth book publishes today. It’s called Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life. You’ll recognize it at your local bookstore by the eerie glowing Petri dish on the cover. (And if you […]

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[ May 31, 2008; ] Kansas Assn. of Biology Teachers spring field trip, Ash Fall State Park, Nebraska

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[ May 2, 2008 to May 4, 2008. ] Kansas Ornithological Society spring field trip, Goodland KS

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