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BEACON Researchers at Work: Males have no taste… at least if you are a Heliconius butterfly
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by BEACON Faculty Affiliate Adriana Briscoe, from University of California, Irvine. Males have no taste… at least if you are a Heliconius butterfly Unlike their male counterparts, female Heliconius butterflies have taste … Continue reading
Evolve & Conquer: Teaching Evolution via an Engaging Multiplayer Video Game
Cross-posted from the Adami Lab website. Teaching with games has been one of the buzz topics in pedagogy lately. Although video games aren’t a formal teaching method by any means, many education scientists suggest games increase intrinsic (self-) motivation to … Continue reading
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Animal Athletes: BEACONites introduce kids to biomechanics
‘How do animals jump so high?’, ‘Why are some animals so fast?’, and ‘How do kangaroos hop?’ were just a few of the questions kids and their families had a chance to explore at the ‘Animal Athletes’ Science Saturday program … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work – Teaching Evolution: The Ladybug Game
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by University of Idaho graduate student Joshua Rubini. Hi, my name is Joshua Rubini, and I am a graduate (master’s) student in computer science at the University of Idaho. I’m a … Continue reading
BEACON High School Summer Program
In the summers, BEACON hosts a week-long residential high school program at Kellogg Biological Station. Students develop, carry out, and report on a research project focusing on evolution in action. 30 students participated this year, including two from Utica Community … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Teaching Kids about Evolution
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by University of Washington postdoc Heather Goldsby. Initially, I was planning on chatting with all of you about my actual research into studying division of labor using digital organisms. I’m fascinated … Continue reading
BEACON exhibit and workshop draws teachers interested in Evolution in Action!
The Michigan Science Teachers Association held their 59th Annual Conference, Pure Michigan Science, in Lansing March 8-10, 2012 and a number of BEACONites attended, informing regional teachers about the exciting educational programs in development across our consortium. The BEACON … Continue reading
BEACON co-sponsors math and science day for middle school girls at MSU
MSU graduate student Michelle Vogel, writer of this post, was one of several BEACONites who participated in this event. While the undergrads were vacant from MSU last week, local middle schoolers descended on campus to learn about science. The Graduate … Continue reading
Third graders take action to save the striped hyena
Recently, MSU postdoc and BEACONite Aaron Wagner received a call from a group of third graders at Riverside Elementary School in Oneonta, New York, asking to talk with him about how to save the striped hyena. Their teacher, Mr. Ken … Continue reading