The Impact of Roads on Our Environment
Roads are a prominent feature across landscapes, creating a disruption in continuous habitat that directly affects animal and plant populations. The road system in the United States affects 15-20% of...
View ArticleDo the Results from Academic Research affect Conservation Management?
Depending on where the managers are and what resources they have, it is possible that research, past and present, has no effect on the management of threatened and endangered species. In fact, it has...
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Can vaccinations give cats cancer?
It is possible that vaccinations can give your cat cancer. Currently, the recommended vaccines for cats are rabies, feline leukemia (FeLV), and feline distemper (FVRCP). All three of these vaccines...
View ArticleA Class Blog for Everyone to Use
Until recently I had thought of blogs as being a website for individual use, like this one, or where some people would work together to publish articles. When I thought of class blogs I imagined each...
View ArticleTwitter for Science Classes
While taking classes in online teaching I had a great idea about how I could use Twitter to make my online class more engaged in science research: have students follow a scientist or research group...
View ArticleConservation Drones to Aid Research
This week the magazine Model Aviation published an article I wrote on the use of drones for conservation. One of the most important advantages to using drones for conservation is the ability to scout...
View ArticleLessons From an Adjunct: How to Keep Adjuncts Happy
I like teaching. I'm happy to have an adjunct position teaching. I'm even happier to be able to teach online so I can work my teaching around doing other things, like playing with my kids. One thing...
View ArticleLessons from an Adjunct: Luck and Desperation Led to My First Online Teaching...
I was lucky and they were desperate.After completing my PhD I thought online teaching would be a great route for me. As a mother of two little ones and a Navy wife I wanted something flexible that I...
View ArticleDoes Hiring Adjuncts Instead of Full-time Faculty Really Benefit Universities?
The number of adjuncts in schools has been increasing. Schools seem to think that hiring three or four adjuncts to teach the same amount of classes as a single full-time faculty member saves them...
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The Changing Shape of Printing - How Will We Use 4-D Printers?
Image from Wellcome Images, CC BY 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsWe have come a long ways since the old days of printing! Right now 3-D printing is becoming...
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Bringing Species Back from Extinction - How Far is too Far?
By Mauricio Antón [CC BY 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)], via Wikimedia CommonsScientists are currently working on how to bring extinct species back to the wild. The passenger pigeon...
View ArticleWhy We Should Teach Evolution Earlier in Biology Classes
I was recently presented with the chance to redesign an online introductory biology class. The was a very exciting opportunity for me! I started by thinking about what I wanted the students to take...
View ArticleHelping Students Bridge the Experience Gap
If you have found your way here I would love your opinion on an idea I have to start a website that would help give students experience with projects actually performed by entry-level employees in...
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