tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post4098157350853252156..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: Testing, testing, 1...2...3doylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-11154016344107085182010-04-08T18:20:08.367-04:002010-04-08T18:20:08.367-04:00Dear John,
A wonderful point! The more I think ab...Dear John,<br /><br />A wonderful point! The more I think about it the more it makes sense.<br /><br />I love crane flies--we call them Jersey mosquitoes. And I have no idea what their binomial nomenclature would be. (Isn't <i>binomial nomenclature</i> a mouthful? Its definition is shorter than the words.)<br /><br /><br />Dear Mrs. Schroeder,<br /><br />Thanks for the kind words.I think that getting kids outside, observing, is as fine a thing we can do in biology. I need to do it more often.<br /><br />Dear Preston,<br /><br />I'm guessing that most kids would prefer to go outdoors once they realize what wonders await them outside. I suspect the same is true of adults. We create our own worlds inside, worlds that cannot compete with the depth of the outside.doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-12236230733348170012010-04-07T15:36:58.884-04:002010-04-07T15:36:58.884-04:00Yesterday we purchased two guinea pigs for my boys...Yesterday we purchased two guinea pigs for my boys for their upcoming birthdays. The animals are the first real family pets we have had, other than fish. I was amazed at how many questions my boys had and how much they wanted to learn. It was more than just something to play with. This coming from two kids that would rather play with their iPod Touch than go outside on a sunny spring day.Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01816030852507918828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-75322604797705571492010-04-07T10:00:34.931-04:002010-04-07T10:00:34.931-04:00Beautifully said. I teach high school, so for the ...Beautifully said. I teach high school, so for the most part, these poor kids long ago lost that natural wonder. We go outside as much as possible and look at rocks and clouds and stars. They love it. An often heard quote on the way back to school is "I feel like a little kid!"Tracie Schroederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237663751076265379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-23949352088208151952010-04-07T08:53:40.145-04:002010-04-07T08:53:40.145-04:00Your comment got erased from my blog, but I wrote ...Your comment got erased from my blog, but I wrote a response there anyway. I hope it makes sense. My point was that, in preparing students for life, they gain some job skills that aren't bad (hard work, critical thinking, creativity, ethics are all important for a sustainable economy).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-80023613908812677722010-04-07T08:18:22.010-04:002010-04-07T08:18:22.010-04:00I sometimes wonder if the real reason Americans lo...I sometimes wonder if the real reason Americans love dogs so much is not because a dog is a pet (though this is true) but because it is the only animal they get to observe daily at close proximity. Incidentally, I've never known a person to refer to a canine using binomial nomenclature.<br /><br />Last night the boys stared for about ten minutes (which is long for little kids) at a crane fly. They wanted to see if it was dead and then when it flew and landed again, they wanted to see what it would do. <br /><br />I observed the boys observing the bug. We both got an education on animals. None of us used binomial nomenclature.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705noreply@blogger.com