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National Canine Latin Barking assessments


11 January 12 09:00 PM
While immersed in the Krebs cycle in mid-January, pushing biochemical pathways on sophomores who have yet to learn chemistry, I marvel at their persistence, trying to grasp what I know they cannot, but I ask them to do it anyway. (There is something unethical Read More...
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A late December walk


29 December 11 06:51 PM
'Turn away no more; Why wilt thou turn away The starry floor, The watery shore, Is given thee till the break of day.' William Blake Today is the last day of the darkest two weeks of the year, the shadows stretched long on the beach like languid lovers Read More...
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Formalizing informal science


23 April 11 07:56 AM
I got an email from Education Week this morning that prompted this. Conclusion 1: Across the life span, from infancy to late adulthood, individuals learn about the natural world and develop important skills for science learning. I'm taking my lambs to Read More...
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The end of winter


27 February 11 06:38 PM
Our crocuses bloomed today. A tiny horseshoe crab, smaller than my thumbnail, crawled out of the Delaware Bay. The day lilies are rising again, like Phoenixes from the snow's ashes. All of this is more real than the nonsense that passes for discourse Read More...
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Apropos nothing two....


26 April 10 06:48 PM
I went fishing yesterday, tossing a bucktail into a channel behind West Wildwood. The sky was steely, a mist was falling, and the bugs enjoyed slurping hemoglobin from my scalp. I didn't catch anything, which was fine with me--I have scallops from Walt Read More...
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