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Contents contributed and discussions participated by John Burk

John Burk

PBL: Empowering Students - Crazy Teaching - 0 views

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    very cool PBL to teach photosynthesis
John Burk

Course | Mini Med School - YouTube - 0 views

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    Stanford Mini Med School is a series arranged and directed by Stanford's School of Medicine, and presented by the Stanford Continuing Studies program. Featuring … more
John Burk

FlipperTeach (CArolyn Durley, AP Biology, British Columbia) - 0 views

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    Carolyn Durley is a fast talking, multi-tasking, teacher of students first and biology second, who has fallen hard for technology. She attended McGill University and after receiving a Bachelor of Science she ventured West and made BC home for the last 20 years. She is currently in her 18th year of teaching; Biology 12 and AP Biology at OKM in Kelowna, B.C.
John Burk

How Simple Ideas Lead to Scientific Discoveries - 0 views

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    Adam Savage of Mythbusters gives a short talk on simple ideas leading to complex findings. Good. "Just thought a little bit harder" and "were a bit more curious."
John Burk

How to see around corners : Nature News & Comment - 0 views

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    How to see around corners Ultra-fast camera can create images of hidden objects using scattered laser light.
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On Being the Right Size | Farnam Street - 0 views

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    cool article on scaling in animals in biology
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An Evolution Animation Unlike Any You've Seen Before… | PsiVid, Scientific Am... - 0 views

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    Awesome evolution lesson using elementary students
John Burk

Experts vs Novices: what students struggle with most in STEM disciplines (pdf) - 0 views

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    hese results seem to indicate a troubling disconnect between how students (novice learners in the discipline), learn and understand their course material and how faculty (expert learners in the discipline) traditionally approach and teach this material. Possible reasons for this disconnect become clearer when we look at what differentiates an expert from a novice learner.
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Birds evolved compass 'head up display' - 0 views

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    But now Oxford University and National University of Singapore scientists have shown that birds may really 'see' the invisible force of magnetism, giving them a compass on top of their normal vision: rather like aircraft 'head up displays' which overlay crucial navigation information on a transparent screen in front of the pilot.
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