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Jason Dillon

Bees and Colony Collapse - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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bees ecology farming

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  • real issue, though, is not the volume of problems, but the interactions among them. Here we find a core lesson from the bees that we ignore at our peril: the concept of synergy, where one plus one equals three, or four, or more.
  • the most sophisticated data set available for any species about synergies among pesticides, and between pesticides and disease. The only human equivalent is research into pharmaceutical interactions, with many prescription drugs showing harmful or fatal side effects when used together, particularly in patients who already are disease-compromised.
  • We discovered that crop yields, and thus profits, are maximized if considerable acreages of cropland are left uncultivated to support wild pollinators. Continue reading the main story 98 Comments Continue reading the main story Recent Comments Clyde Wynant 26 minutes ago There is no precedent in the short history of mankind for the toxic soup of chemical we all ingest from birth to death, in our food supply,... Carolyn Egeli 37 minutes ago Thank you for this thoughtful piece on the demise of the honeybees. The clear message is we have a problem the increasing use of pesticides... phyllis 58 minutes ago Bzzzzzzzzz! A very good reminder of the dying huge numbers of honeybee colonies and the also the plants they pollinate . We must always... See All Comments Write a comment A variety of wild plants means a healthier, more diverse bee population, which will then move to the planted fields next door in larger and more active numbers.
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  • Honeybee collapse has been particularly vexing because there is no one cause, but rather a thousand little cuts.
  • farmers who planted their entire field would earn about $27,000 in profit per farm, whereas those who left a third unplanted for bees to nest and forage in would earn $65,000 on a farm of similar size.
  • lesson in the decline of bees about how to respond to the most fundamental challenges facing contemporary human societies.
  • Mark Winston, a biologist and the director of the Center for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University, is the author of the forthcoming book “Bee Time: Lessons From the Hive.”
Jason Dillon

Minecraft in Education - 0 views

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chemistry minecraft

shared by Jason Dillon on 27 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • Jason Dillon on 27 Feb 14
     
    "she had assigned her sophomores a project in which they were to create molecular models. And one of them had asked if he could create his in Minecraft. "
  • Jason Dillon on 27 Feb 14
     
    I just joined this Google Group, Minecraft Teachers: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/minecraft-teachers A sampling of their resources and ongoing discussions: Lessons and Activities Looking for ideas? Want to share your curriculum? World Building Are you making your own maps? Have ideas for a lesson world? Mods Extend your game. Talk about the thousands of fun and useful mods to extend your game. Feature Requests What's on your wishlist for MinecraftEdu? What mods would you like to see to help you teach?
  • Jason Dillon on 27 Feb 14
     
    I saved this youtube video to our SAS video server: In "Creating is Learning: Building skills and knowledge through Minecraft", David Smeaton (as part of his M.Ed program in Australia) provides an overview of beyond-game knowledge and skills that players/authors are developing in Minecraft communities. http://videonew.saschina.org/watch_video.php?v=NUA5R6GG5N2Y
Erin Rossing

For the Birds: Environmental Effects on Population | SMILE - 0 views

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applied learning environmental population math lessons

shared by Erin Rossing on 16 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • Erin Rossing on 16 Feb 14
     
    Great math and science activities, many related to sustainability and environment
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