KABT BioBlog

Last spring, at KATS KAMP, I introduced the idea of using student generated spreadsheet models to explore Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and as a substitute for the H-W simulations described in the AP-Biology lab manual. This fall at KABT’s meeting, I presented a bit about collaborative documents. I propose that we combine the two [...]

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Last night, on the AP-Bio listserv a teacher asked about trouble with sinking leaf disks for the Floating Leaf Disk lab. Her class had difficulty getting the spinach leaf disks to sink. I offered some possible solutions and I also promised to post a video of the procedure in case the students were missing [...]

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A talk by David Sloan Wilson
Monday Oct 6, 2008, 7:00 pm
Spooner Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
(right across from the Natural History Museum)
The most disturbing fact about public awareness of evolution is not that roughly 50% of Americans don’t believe it, but that nearly 100% don’t connect it to matters of importance in their lives. [...]

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This post is meant to inform those unable to attend the Dolan DNA Learning Center workshop Inside Cancer at the Stowers Institute today, which unfortunately I can now count myself among since I woke up under the weather the morning of the workshop and didn’t attend.  So, if there is anything that needs to be added to this post, [...]

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Eric recently posted about a new set of resources from the Dolan Learning Center–Genes to Brains. Sandra Porter has just posted information about an award program from the American Academy of Neurology for students studying the brain. Something to consider….includes free trips to Seattle. BW

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Tagged Monarch from the Monarch Watch Site
The Monarch Watch and Jayhawk Audobon are tagging monarchs at the Baker Wetlands in Lawrence, tomorrow morning. Here’s more info. Why not join in on the fun–there’s no charge and it is a lot of fun. Should be a bunch of monarchs to tag based on [...]

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This post is meant to inform those unable to attend the Dolan DNA Learning Center workshop at the Stowers Institute on Genes to Cognition.  This is a site that you will want to delve into when you have a bit of time on your hands.  Well, that is if you are interested in learning and teaching about [...]

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Several folks found the idea of using collaborative documents very promising at the recent KABT fall meeting. Bill Welch and Noah Bush have already been trying to get all their students up and running. They apparently ran into a limit on the number of gmail accounts they could create. I did some [...]

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Over the years, KABT has entertained the idea of traveling to Picketwire Canyon in SE Colorado to view firsthand the impressive dinosaur trackways along the Purgatory River.  A number of logistical issues have always delayed the trip but you can get an idea of the trip from a photo essay at the Wichita Eagle–http://www.kansas.com/static/slides/091408picturecanyon%20/

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Carl Zimmer has a new post up at the Loom that directs folks to a new video of pilobus fungi “shooting” their spores. Here’s the video:

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