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This story is about the Mexican Axolotl. Note, in the photos accompanying the story, there are plants. Did you see them, or, were you, "plant blind?" Do you think plant-blindness has anything to do with the disappearing frog-like creatures? Do plants play a role in lives of organisms? Do we need plants (Tropical and temperate forests, weeds, crops, herbs) for organisms like axolotls and humans to live? Do some investigating and write an essay, supported with facts you've found, or, experiences you've had. Formulate an opinion on endangered species, such as the axolotl. Indicate a global public policy that you feel would help sustain the Earth. Check with your parent, guardian, teacher, or, supervisor: Should you submit your essay as a letter to the editor of a local paper, or, post it on line? Would it make a good bulletin board? Are any science standards covered by your activity?
Fill your essay (and your mind) with hope. When we educate ourselves and act toward sustainability, we are very capable of achieving sustainability. I believe it is important to carry the message of hope with any activities where we deal with global problems, including extinction, or loss of habitat, among others.
Story:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUKTRE5114WI20090202
Film (in Spanish): http://uk.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=98040&videoChannel=82
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Building Observation Skills
Watch this clip, then, write about what you see.
What did you write? Share with others.
Did you write about the animals?
Did you write about the plants?
Did you write about the earth and water, and sky?
What did you see?
Watch the video again and see if you see more this time. Don't forget animals need plants. Plants re-cycle the oxygen we need to breathe. Was the water clean? What did you see the second time?
Reflect on your observation skills. Did they change from the first viewing to the second?
What did you write? Share with others.
Did you write about the animals?
Did you write about the plants?
Did you write about the earth and water, and sky?
What did you see?
Watch the video again and see if you see more this time. Don't forget animals need plants. Plants re-cycle the oxygen we need to breathe. Was the water clean? What did you see the second time?
Reflect on your observation skills. Did they change from the first viewing to the second?
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Anser fabalis, "The Bean Goose," "Гуменник ," "oie des moissons," (A Case Study in What Information can be found on the internet)
[Under development]
People at the Asian Association for Biology Education Conference mentioned in the previous post were watching birds...They were watching the Bean Goose (Anser fabalis), among watching other exciting organisms, doing science activities, and meeting with other biology educators. So, I thought we could look and see how just an idea, like the Bean Goose, can lead to some internet research. Wiki provides a starting point for many students, so let's look at that and then go beyond.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean_Goose, or,
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Anser_fabalis
There's a picture and quite a bit of information, but, what else can you find? How do you look? Think of the search as a treasure hunt. Try some searches yourself.
Ooooh! You tube the goose:
Thank you for posting this, I'd like to give you credit but can't read your language (but, some of our Read-about-it.blogspot.com readers can, so I'll quote the information found at the url):
Bird Life fact sheet: http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=375
Discover Life: http://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?search=Anser+fabalis
ITIS (more data) with links to experts, Alan Peterson and Richard Banks: http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=all&search_value=Anser+fabalis&search_kingdom=every&search_span=exactly_for&categories=All&source=html&search_credRating=All
Then, Ah ha...Tree of Life...Pictures
Encyclopedia of Life (to which you can contribute...): http://www.eol.org/pages/1048449
A peaceful photo: http://www.avesphoto.com/website/NA/species/GOSBEA-1.htm
A free stock photo: http://www.absolutvision.com/gallery/gallery/th/1C1342.preview.jpg
Now, let's get technical...Step up the level (Just like playing video games, moving to the higher and higher levels is a game in itself (for young and old scientists alike).) Let's try the refereed journal articles. Can you find something in them? Here are some links to articles. Are these articles, "refereed?"
Here's one...Oh, Bean Goose and, Hmmmmm! The journal is not, "Plant blind:"
The Bean Goose and Winter Wheat: (Using: http://dx.doi.org/-----> http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0167-8809(95)00586-H) Bean Goose and Winter Wheat Here's the information:
Now, what about public policy? Do we need global cooperation to help the Bean Goose? What do you think?
Policies? See if you can come up with some policies. Perhaps this article will help you form some opinions. Policies are based on opinions based on facts known at the time the public policy is to be decided: http://66.102.1.104/scholar?hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&q=cache:NTKmdELYMfcJ:www.unep-wcmc.org/resources/publications/bulletin_3/arctic_birds.pdf+Anser+fabalis
Post your, "treasures," in, "Comments," below.
More You-tube Goose (This time from Sweden):
Thank you. :-)
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http://66.102.1.104/scholar?hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&q=cache:NTKmdELYMfcJ:www.unep-wcmc.org/resources/publications/bulletin_3/arctic_birds.pdf+Anser+fabalis
http://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?search=Anser+fabalis
http://genomics.senescence.info/species/entry.php?species=Anser_fabalis
http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/picpages/pic27-19-1.html
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People at the Asian Association for Biology Education Conference mentioned in the previous post were watching birds...They were watching the Bean Goose (Anser fabalis), among watching other exciting organisms, doing science activities, and meeting with other biology educators. So, I thought we could look and see how just an idea, like the Bean Goose, can lead to some internet research. Wiki provides a starting point for many students, so let's look at that and then go beyond.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean_Goose, or,
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Anser_fabalis
There's a picture and quite a bit of information, but, what else can you find? How do you look? Think of the search as a treasure hunt. Try some searches yourself.
Ooooh! You tube the goose:
Thank you for posting this, I'd like to give you credit but can't read your language (but, some of our Read-about-it.blogspot.com readers can, so I'll quote the information found at the url):
marcinro January 13, 2007
Gęś zbożowa (Bean Goose) i dwie młode gęsi biał...Gęś zbożowa (Bean Goose) i dwie młode gęsi białoczelne (White-fronted Goose) widziane w Gdańsku. Category: Pets & Animals Tags: Anser fabalis albifrons gęś zbożowa białoczelna gęsi Bean Goose White-fronted Saatgans Blässgans Gänse
Bird Life fact sheet: http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=375
Discover Life: http://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?search=Anser+fabalis
ITIS (more data) with links to experts, Alan Peterson and Richard Banks: http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=all&search_value=Anser+fabalis&search_kingdom=every&search_span=exactly_for&categories=All&source=html&search_credRating=All
Then, Ah ha...Tree of Life...Pictures
Encyclopedia of Life (to which you can contribute...): http://www.eol.org/pages/1048449
A peaceful photo: http://www.avesphoto.com/website/NA/species/GOSBEA-1.htm
A free stock photo: http://www.absolutvision.com/gallery/gallery/th/1C1342.preview.jpg
Now, let's get technical...Step up the level (Just like playing video games, moving to the higher and higher levels is a game in itself (for young and old scientists alike).) Let's try the refereed journal articles. Can you find something in them? Here are some links to articles. Are these articles, "refereed?"
Here's one...Oh, Bean Goose and, Hmmmmm! The journal is not, "Plant blind:"
The Bean Goose and Winter Wheat: (Using: http://dx.doi.org/-----> http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0167-8809(95)00586-H) Bean Goose and Winter Wheat Here's the information:
doi:10.1016/0167-8809(95)00586-H
Copyright © 1995 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.Effect of bean geese (Anser fabalis) grazing on winter wheat during migration stopover in southern Sweden
Another journal article is on Bean Goose tongues: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9025994 (See below for title, author, and citation.) Here's the information:Accepted 21 December 1994. ;Available online 5 April 2000.
Ultrastructural study of the keratinization of the dorsal epithelium of the tongue of Middendorff's bean goose, Anser fabalis middendorffii (Anseres, Antidae).
Department of Histology, Nippon Dental University School of Dentistry at Niigata, Japan
Policies? See if you can come up with some policies. Perhaps this article will help you form some opinions. Policies are based on opinions based on facts known at the time the public policy is to be decided: http://66.102.1.104/scholar?hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&q=cache:NTKmdELYMfcJ:www.unep-wcmc.org/resources/publications/bulletin_3/arctic_birds.pdf+Anser+fabalis
Post your, "treasures," in, "Comments," below.
More You-tube Goose (This time from Sweden):
Thank you. :-)
Hyemalis505 October 27, 2007 There are 20 000 bean geese that rest every year at lake östen, skövde, sweden. Thes are some, filmed 27 okt 2007 Category: Pets & Animals Tags: bean goose lake östen sweden birdsThank you.Source information:
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http://66.102.1.104/scholar?hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&q=cache:NTKmdELYMfcJ:www.unep-wcmc.org/resources/publications/bulletin_3/arctic_birds.pdf+Anser+fabalis
http://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?search=Anser+fabalis
http://genomics.senescence.info/species/entry.php?species=Anser_fabalis
http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/picpages/pic27-19-1.html
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International Biology Education Information
Dear Dr. J [... and readers...],
You can see the documentary [photographs] of
AABE 22 in the bottom of the following webpages.
AABE (Asian Association for Biology Education)
CONTENT:
AABE 22
(The 22nd Biennial Conference of
Asian Association for Biology Education)
Period: November 21-24, 2008.
Place: ANA Gate Tower Hotel, Osaka, Japan
Joint support:SBSEJ(The Society of Biological
Sciences Education of Japan)
Photo of ANA Gate Tower Hotel and A Ferric Wheel
Photo of All participants of AABE 22
Photographs of AABE 22 (an eve.)
Photographs of AABE 22 (The first day)
Photographs of AABE 22 (The second day)
Please enjoy memorial photos of AABE 22.
Sincerely yours,
Mitsuo Saitoh
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The Society of Practical Education in Biology
SAITOH MITSUO
Saitoh Institute for Biology Education
E-mail:rxp04450@nifty.com
http://www004.upp.so-net.ne.jp/jissen/
http://www004.upp.so-net.ne.jp/jissen/English.htm
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You can see the documentary [photographs] of
AABE 22 in the bottom of the following webpages.
AABE (Asian Association for Biology Education)
CONTENT:
AABE 22
(The 22nd Biennial Conference of
Asian Association for Biology Education)
Period: November 21-24, 2008.
Place: ANA Gate Tower Hotel, Osaka, Japan
Joint support:SBSEJ(The Society of Biological
Sciences Education of Japan)
Photo of ANA Gate Tower Hotel and A Ferric Wheel
Photo of All participants of AABE 22
Photographs of AABE 22 (an eve.)
Photographs of AABE 22 (The first day)
Photographs of AABE 22 (The second day)
Please enjoy memorial photos of AABE 22.
Sincerely yours,
Mitsuo Saitoh
------------------------------
The Society of Practical Education in Biology
SAITOH MITSUO
Saitoh Institute for Biology Education
E-mail:rxp04450@nifty.com
http://www004.upp.so-net.ne.
http://www004.upp.so-net.ne.
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Thursday, January 22, 2009
Keeping our Rivers and Wetland Woods
Science and politics overlap. History and the future are linked to the present through the overlap. For some, this overlap is the link needed to foster interest in science. Globally, rivers and wetland woods need attention. What can you do to help keep this global resource environmentally sound and sustainable? Plenty. Each of us can find at least one task we can accomplish toward the goal of sustainability.
The Hudson 1903
Maybe your role is getting involved in zoning. Maybe you are the one to save one wetland woods, to un-tile one children's ballpark so homes don't flood (Does the park have to be dry every day? Perhaps reading on a rainy day is better than flooding homes, for example). Maybe you can help save the Hudson River, or the Potomac, or the Yellow River, or the Wallkill? Maybe you can save the river nearest you!
Maybe you'll just save habitat, water, and, food for mushrooms or plants or animals (including people).
Perhaps you'll read a Beatrix Potter book to school children, or talk to them about Silent Spring. Maybe you'll share photographs from, "before the malls." You might take a child fishing or for a walk in the woods.
Maybe you'll be the one to change environmental impact studies so they include studying the natural environment (in addition to things like traffic patterns).
You might just be the one to create a documentary that changes the environment for the better because it reaches the hearts of so many people.
Perhaps just adding a comment here will inspire someone else, or, share just the needed tidbit of information.
Everyone can do something toward a sustainable Earth. Reflecting on our rivers and wetland woods and our roles in preserving them, and on the politics involved in preserving them, benefits everyone. I'll post a few items which might start such a reflection. Please feel free to add more by e-mailing them to me or adding them in the comments (by clicking, "Comments," below the post).
RiverKeeper
The National Trust
Beatrix Potter Resources
Rachel Carson (Silent Spring) Resources
Build our future (Our Stolen Future)
(c)2009 J S Shipman
The Hudson 1903
Maybe your role is getting involved in zoning. Maybe you are the one to save one wetland woods, to un-tile one children's ballpark so homes don't flood (Does the park have to be dry every day? Perhaps reading on a rainy day is better than flooding homes, for example). Maybe you can help save the Hudson River, or the Potomac, or the Yellow River, or the Wallkill? Maybe you can save the river nearest you!
Maybe you'll just save habitat, water, and, food for mushrooms or plants or animals (including people).
Perhaps you'll read a Beatrix Potter book to school children, or talk to them about Silent Spring. Maybe you'll share photographs from, "before the malls." You might take a child fishing or for a walk in the woods.
Maybe you'll be the one to change environmental impact studies so they include studying the natural environment (in addition to things like traffic patterns).
You might just be the one to create a documentary that changes the environment for the better because it reaches the hearts of so many people.
Perhaps just adding a comment here will inspire someone else, or, share just the needed tidbit of information.
Everyone can do something toward a sustainable Earth. Reflecting on our rivers and wetland woods and our roles in preserving them, and on the politics involved in preserving them, benefits everyone. I'll post a few items which might start such a reflection. Please feel free to add more by e-mailing them to me or adding them in the comments (by clicking, "Comments," below the post).
RiverKeeper
The National Trust
Beatrix Potter Resources
Rachel Carson (Silent Spring) Resources
Build our future (Our Stolen Future)
(c)2009 J S Shipman
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Writing in the garden...
I am writing in the garden. To write as one should of a garden one must write not outside it or merely somewhere near it, but in the garden.as cited by : http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lookup.htm, accessed January 21, 2009.
Frances Hodgson Burnett
(1849-1924)
Compare this quote to the idea of studying science only in books versus in the laboratory and in the field. You can use a Venn diagram a chart or an essay.
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