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How to Deal With Blog Content Scraping
A few weeks ago a friend posted a question about content scraping in a Facebook group for running bloggers that I started (you can join here if you’re interested, bloggers of any type are welcome). He...
View ArticleQuitting Academia and Writing About It
Back in May I jumped off the ivory tower and left academia. It was a huge and difficult decision to give up tenure, and one that was a long time in the making. It was also a decision that I struggled...
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Move Over Elf on the Shelf, It’s Time to Bring Back Krampus!
It seems that blogging about the Elf on the Shelf is a requirement in the month of December. My Facebook feed has been littered with links to Elf posts that either A) document all of the hijinks that...
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How to Build a Homemade Lego Table
I don’t have a lot of hobbies, but one that has carried over from my childhood is building with legos. My children have all inherited this “gene,” but each has a different variant. Emma loves to build...
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Blogging Tip: Be Patient and Persistent When Starting a New Blog
I just got an email from a reader of my main website (Runblogger.com) asking about audience building strategies for a new blog (a running blog in his case). This is a great question, and it’s an issue...
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How To Get An RSS Feed From an Instapaper Folder, And Why You Might Want to...
Say you find a blog post that you want to read but don’t have the time right now. Instapaper is a tool that allows you to clip and save the article so that you can read it either on the Instapaper site...
View ArticleOn My Playlist: She Lit A Fire by Lord Huron
Thought I’d share music that I’m currently liking from time to time here. Hat tip to my sister for introducing me to Lord Huron, great band, and really liking this song: You just finished reading On My...
View ArticleWhat the Cat-Cucumber Video Taught Me About How We Teach Biology in Schools
I had an eye opening experience in biology class the other day. The students were given a current event assignment in which they had to use their Chromebooks to find an article of interest, read it,...
View ArticleTardigrades Are Awesome, But Their Genome May Not Be As Unsual As Recent...
I’ve long been fascinated by Tardigrades. You’ve gotta love an animal that can survive extreme cold, heat, and pressure, desiccation, starvation (as many as 10 years without food!), exposure to...
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Histocats: When Cats Hide in Histological Specimens
I hate to admit that I’m a sucker for funny cat videos/photos. I also happen to love teaching histology, and have been doing so for the past week in Anatomy and Physiology class. I never would have...
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Beaked whales and purple disco balls: New and unusual species discovered in...
I never cease to be amazed by the fact that we are still finding new creatures on this planet. In the past week I’ve read two stories on NPR.com about discoveries of animals that appear to be new to...
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I have gained new respect for the power of lightning…
YouTube user Anja Englert recently uploaded a video of a lightning bolt destroying a telephone pole in Chicago – check it out, it’s quite striking Need to save this one for Physical Science class. You...
View ArticleHave you ever heard a bullfrog scream?
One of the most memorable experiences I had as a teacher intern last spring was an ecology class field trip to a vernal pool near my home. The kids were fully engaged, and several of the boys were...
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Attendance Roster and Grading Spreadsheets in Google Sheets
I’ve wasted far too much time trying to format attendance and grading rosters “just right” in Google Sheets (I’m a bit of a perfectionist!), so I thought I’d share links to blank versions of each in...
View ArticleThe Poison Garden at Alnwick Castle
This plant…will kill you. You just finished reading The Poison Garden at Alnwick Castle! Consider leaving a comment!
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My Kids Participated in the Global Cardboard Challenge and They Didn’t Even...
Last summer I attended a Google Apps for Educators workshop at Pinkerton Academy in New Hampshire. One of the videos they showed in the keynote address was Caine’s Arcade – if you’re not familiar with...
View ArticleBiology Quizlet Review: Energy in Ecosystems, Food Webs, and Food Chains
Below are Quizlet review activities for my College Prep Biology class at Coe-Brown Northwood Academy. The topic for this review is Ecology: Energy in Ecosystems, Food Webs, and Food Chains. First is a...
View ArticleBiology Quizlet Review: Ecology, Levels of Organization, and Biomes
Below are Quizlet review activities for my College Prep Biology class at Coe-Brown Northwood Academy. The topic for this review is Ecology: Levels of Organization and Biomes. First is a Quizlet...
View ArticleJaguar Sneak Attack on a Basking Caiman
Amazing video from the PBS series The Story of Cats – a jaguar swims to sneak up on and attack a caiman in Brazil’s Pantanal. Watch below: You just finished reading Jaguar Sneak Attack on a Basking...
View ArticleThe Sponge Song: An Ode to the Porifera
In an effort to make sponges more interesting for my students (a challenge for sure!), I came across this fine song by Jake Shields. Enjoy! You just finished reading The Sponge Song: An Ode to the...
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