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Kid in the Kayak: May 2014
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Kid in the Kayak. Exploring Nature and Science with Kids in the Cockpit. Saturday, May 17, 2014. Playing catch up. Families of finches. I wrote this weeks ago, April 28th, in fact, and never got around to posting it. Since I can't update on stories until I've told them in the first place, and I just spent an hour giving myself a stiff neck attempting to photograph updates, I ought to post it, yes? The clamp around the beam:. Finally, the dad stepped up. Links to this post. Thursday, May 15, 2014. If your...
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Kid in the Kayak: Growing in the garden: finches and food
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Kid in the Kayak. Exploring Nature and Science with Kids in the Cockpit. Thursday, May 15, 2014. Growing in the garden: finches and food. If you're the cat Lucy, you would, of course, put finches and food in the same category. With enthusiasm. This is why, Lucy, you are being confined to your house right now. If you learned to hunt rats, Lucy, and not baby birds, you could roam at will. And eggplant, summer squash, snap peas, corn, tomatillos, grapes, and tiny baby carrots. Chives and snap peas. Look at ...
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Kid in the Kayak: July 2014
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Kid in the Kayak. Exploring Nature and Science with Kids in the Cockpit. Monday, July 21, 2014. This morning, gratitude. My small piece of the world has been turbulent. Not in the way that Syria or Gaza or Lebanon is turbulent, I am not so conceited. A smaller piece than that, small enough to fit inside my own skull. One of my students wrote me a note last week, with a photo attached. English is not his first language. He wrote:. That should cheer anyone, should it not? This morning, two emails. Both...
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Kid in the Kayak: Playing catch up. Families of finches.
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Kid in the Kayak. Exploring Nature and Science with Kids in the Cockpit. Saturday, May 17, 2014. Playing catch up. Families of finches. I wrote this weeks ago, April 28th, in fact, and never got around to posting it. Since I can't update on stories until I've told them in the first place, and I just spent an hour giving myself a stiff neck attempting to photograph updates, I ought to post it, yes? The clamp around the beam:. Finally, the dad stepped up. May 17, 2014 at 11:22 PM. There, I always learn som...
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Kid in the Kayak: Keystone
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Kid in the Kayak. Exploring Nature and Science with Kids in the Cockpit. Friday, May 2, 2014. Robert Paine, 1969:. Is one whose impacts on its community or ecosystem are large. And greater than would be expected. From its relative abundance or total biomass. The breakdown of civilized society. That's the theme of every other blockbuster movie, these days, right? The breakdown of civilized society. It's not like we haven't seen it in our own lifetimes. Rwanda. Bosnia. Serbia, today. And so I lecture on th...
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Kid in the Kayak: November 2012
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Kid in the Kayak. Exploring Nature and Science with Kids in the Cockpit. Thursday, November 15, 2012. The mind of 7 year old is often nonstandard. In which Kid1 takes a great idea, flies with it, and then shows his true colors. The following is an email sent to Kid1's 2nd grade teacher on Monday:. Dear Mrs. D, (as dictated by Kid1). Is this idea ok? They have programs called Read to Feed where children earn money for each extra book they read, and Change for Chores, where they earn money for doing extra ...
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Kid in the Kayak: March 2014
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Kid in the Kayak. Exploring Nature and Science with Kids in the Cockpit. Sunday, March 30, 2014. Continuing in the geological vein (bah dum! We woke up this morning after a Rainy Saturday, and determined that due to sunshine, it was going to be an Adventure Sunday. Ensues heated debate re destination options. Kid 2 wanted frogs and newts and turtles. Ok, easy. Theres a little place we know thats hiking distance from Borges Ranch. Cute wittle baby wattlesnakey. 160; Zero. Ditto newts....160; They ...
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Kid in the Kayak: Octopus's Garden
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Kid in the Kayak. Exploring Nature and Science with Kids in the Cockpit. Monday, August 4, 2014. One of my students just emailed me the best video ever, of me teaching. I should watch my language when I teach! Sheesh, woman. It's a good thing they're in college. Https:/ www.youtube.com/watch? August 14, 2014 at 12:07 AM. Left a comment on YouTube. Great to see you in the field with your students. Boy, I wish Id been taken on field-trips like that when I was their age! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Dream Ride: Tia Isa Wants a Car | Masala Reader
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Dream Ride: Tia Isa Wants a Car. Tia Isa Wants A Car. By Meg Medina/Illustrated by Claudio Muñoz. Level: Picture book/ages 5-up. About a year ago, having been newly appointed to ALA’s Amelia Bloomer Project. I was on the lookout for picture books with feminist themes. For ABP, it was relatively easier to find YA books that highlighted feminism. But finding picture books with significant. Reflect empowerment, but also be age-appropriate. Which was personally recommended to me by Raquel Matos. Tia Isa̵...
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