Sacred places, special places, magical spots…as humans we have a tendency to identify specific or particular natural locations or sites with some sort of significance that sets these places apart from others. I have a feeling that this is an essential human feature; part of our never ceasing endeavor to recognize patterns in the natural […]
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Special Places
June 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
A history of KABT’s web presence or why we needed to try something else
February 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
Small professional organizations like the Kansas Association of Biology Teachers (50-500 members) face a number of distinct challenges communicating with their membership. As an example, KABT members are spread across a large geographical area, our president and immediate past-president teach about 350 miles from each other. Try getting together for the week-end to coordinate […]
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KABT Bioblog: The beginning
January 1st, 2008 · No Comments
The leadership of Kansas Association of Biology Teachers (KABT) meets each winter at my father’s cabin at Kanopolis Lake. It’s quiet, often snowy and centrally located. I tag along as host—feeding the birds, deer and KABTer’s and making sure that the facilities are in working order. We sit around the woodstove out on our enclosed […]
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Avida-ED
January 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Wednesday at NABT’s national conventions are usually reserved for workshops and field trips. This year a late entry to the workshop program caught my eye and sparked my interest. Dr. Rob Pennock scheduled a workshop to introduce a student resource for exploring evolution concepts in a sophisticated artificial life environment while learning […]
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Francis Collins at NABT
December 4th, 2007 · No Comments
An NABT’er by the username “kvhteach” has posted a YouTube video of Francis Collins’ sing-a-long at the recent NABT meeting in Atlanta. Rhoda Garcia and others asked about the lyrics. Here they are. Thanks to Dr. Collins and “kvhteach”
It is truly amazing what we can do today, isn’t it?
BW
Back from NABT
December 3rd, 2007 · No Comments
Congrats to the staff and board of NABT—they put on a very informative and enjoyable meeting at Atlanta. Not that I talk to all that many members (yea right) but I can say that I did not hear a single negative comment the entire time. I’m convinced that almost everyone attending found […]