To celebrate Darwin Day, today in class we watched Baba Brinkman’s Performance, Feedback, Revision song and began watching the following video: Did you enjoy the video? I also reposted the student blog post, “Why you and your iPod must die“, and you can find the Mockingbird conservation post here. Thumbnail image source: Diamond...
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This blog was originally published on January 7, 2008. I caught your attention, right? Well, I’ve just finished Survival of the Sickest by Dr. Sharon Moalem and the title of this blog was the title of the last chapter. It might give you a bit of insight to the way that the book is...
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I tried sending this ecard to all my students, but had some difficulty. So, I decided to just post it here. Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809. Each year on his birthday, people all over the world celebrate! Because his birthday falls on a Saturday (and we’re celebrating Valentine’s Day on Monday),...
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This post was originally published on February 15, 2009. by Erik Check out the animation I created about my post. Enjoy! Darwin’s Mockingbirds! by spudinski01, made at DoInk.com On two small islands somewhere in the midst of the Galapagos Archipelago live some 100-200 mockingbirds. These specific mockingbirds however are some of the rarest bird...
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Spore™ is a computer game released in 2008, commonly known for its recurring concept of evolution, both biologically and technologically/culturally. Spore takes you not only through a creatures’ family tree, but the way culture and technology develops after it becomes a dominant and sentient species. Spore gives you the remarkable ability to design your...
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Do you like dinosaurs? Well, if you do, this is the article for you. Scientists just made a significant discovery and advance in paleontology, because in recent discoveries, two new species of horned dinosaurs were found. Their names are the Utahceratops gettyi and the Kosmoceratops richardsoni. The fossils of these dinosaurs were found in...
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