High Hopes for the Semester, part 1
I spent the summer traveling and thinking about new ideas for my courses or updates or changes to current ideas for my courses. It was a time of great hope and great promise. The first week of classes was a…
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It’s Been a Busy Week
It’s been a busy week. We are all so busy, I’ll keep this brief. But it is never too busy to learn anatomy. Some do so in interesting ways. Check this out Anatomy Model
Where Did the Summer Go?
I feel like I’m in one of those sports-car ads: Goes 0 to 60 in blah blah seconds. I did not teach this summer. For the past three years our district in San Diego has not offered summer science classes…
Out of the Country with A&P on the Mind – Part 2
As a continuation of my blog from Aug. 7, below are some additional observations from my recent trip to France. The emphasis of the trip was on architecture and landscaping, but of course my mind wandered to A&P in a…
Out of the country with A&P on the mind – Part 1
As of July 1, I began my term as the new HAPS secretary. However, summer is slow for board meetings, so I found alternate ways to practice my skills at observing and recording details. I just returned from a trip…
Summer Travels, part 2
Here’s a fun scientific thought for you. A beer can (or soda can) one-third full of liquid will stand on its indented angle. The new fad in several microbreweries is to have glasses shaped like beer cans because it’s familiar…
Summer Travels, part 1
It’s nice to have the summer to travel. For the past few years, I’ve spent most of the summer break driving around the US, visiting family, friends, and points of interest. I can be a workaholic during the school year,…
And so it begins…
For many of you, July 1st may not have been any big deal. It may have meant you were one day closer to your 4th of July weekend. Perhaps it was the start of your schools fiscal year, and that…
Ready for… HAPS 2014? Tell us what you want!
The HAPS 2013 annual conference in Las Vegas had record attendance, and preliminary member survey results indicate that most found the event informative and enjoyable. However, less than a month after the 2013 conference’s end, the HAPS leadership is making…
HAPS Poker Walk: fun and merriment for a good cause
Among my duties as President-elect of HAPS was to organize and oversee the yearly 5K fun run/walk that is held during the Annual Conference. This event was developed a few years ago as a way to raise monies for the…