KABT BioBlog

Ant Lions and Biology

by Brad Williamson

Introduction
Science is driven by questions. For students to really experience the process of science they should work on answering questions that arise from their […]

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 […]

Here’s one of the Mead’s Milkweed sites at the KU Field station’s demonstration prairie at the Armitage Center.  The plot was recently burned and it is easy to see the marked sites.

Here’s two more sites.  […]

I went over to Johnson County this evening to check on some lady slipper orchids that I try and monitor each year.  These particular plants went missing for more than ten years.  I refound them last year but I was […]

Earlier this spring I came across this yard in Lawrence.

A closer look reveals a carpet of Spring Beauties:  Claytonia virginica  What a cool lawn.  That is my kind of lawn weed.

Ever since I saw a […]

Pat’s earlier post about Spring in Doniphan County inspired me to include a couple of shots I took yesterday.   Thanks Pat for sharing your day with us.

Yesterday morning Craig Hensley from the Schlagle […]

It seems with every passing day comes the realization that this winter is truly the winter that never was here in the central plains.  As I look out my window the redbuds are in full bloom as are the bradford […]

Here’s Stan’s updated  Events Calendar, 27 February 2012

For the last several years I’ve been waiting for a web-based “clicker” program that will work with smartphones, laptops and not require clickers.  Poll Everywhere works pretty well and is based on text […]

This summer the UKanTeach program along with the Concord Consortium is again hosting a summer ITSI-SU workshop.  This workshop works to introduce teachers to implementing and developing online lesson plans […]

2012 Smooth Earth Snake and Redbelly Snake Population Survey
Kansas Biological Survey (KBS) still is conducting a survey of these two Kansas snakes recognized as Threatened in the State. We are looking for new […]

Professional development opportunity for New York State high school biology (Living Environment) teachers

Support provided for travel, lodging, meals, and stipend!

Neurobiology for Your Biology […]

Another means of collecting female virgin fruit flies

I don’t know about you, but I have been interested in genetics ever since I understood the implications of Alfred Sturtevant’s all nighter when he […]

If I were still teaching I’d probably apply for this….I really love the upper Mississippi and have long been fascinated by the archeology of the area.  By way of Randy Dix and Bonnie Jancik…..

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Educational partnerships between scientists/faculty and K-12 teachers
offer mutual professional benefits.The National Institute for
Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) bringsthe two
communities […]

Back in the fall of 1969 I arrived on KU’s campus.  One of the first stops for me was the Museum of Natural History but I only viewed the famous dioramas along with horse, Comanche.  Like many during those times I […]

For those KABTer’s that author on this blog I have implemented a significant update.  WP3.3 has a number of new features but I think the one you’ll most like is the updated Media uploader.  You can now just drag and drop files from you computer.  This should make including files in your posts much easier.  [...]