3+ Quick- Birthday, (grading) scale matters, exposing climate fraud, debunking handbook

These aren’t brand new items, as they’re things I came across awhile ago and am just getting around to posting now. In addition, I realized that the anniversary of this blog just passed. My first post was published January 12, 2008. As I look back at my first posts, it’s clear that I’ve come a [...]

January 27th, 2012 | Category: 3 quick, earth science, science literacy, standards-based grading | Leave a comment

Problems with Pluto

The first year I taught about planets was 2006. As luck would have it, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) did me a big favor in August of that year. On August 24, 2006, the IAU clarified the definition of a planet, and thus changed the status of Pluto from “planet” to “dwarf planet.” There was [...]

October 12th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: astronomy, earth science, science lessons | 4 comments