Online Discussion Prompts

June 15, 2021
I just generated an assignment based on the VAERS interactive website. It is in the link for online discussion prompts. Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the page.
 

Follow-Up Video to Previous VAERS Video

June 14, 2021
Here is a 1 minute addendum:

https://vimeo.com/562738423

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New Video on Vaccines

June 11, 2021
This video shows you how to navigate the VAERS website. I will soon be making this into an assignment:

https://vimeo.com/561319196

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Online Discussion Prompts

May 28, 2021
This semester I will be teaching an asynchronous online class. Consequently I shifted more credit to online discussion. I am sharing my discussion prompts in the section for online activities.
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Firefighters spend FOUR HOURS putting out the flames in a crashed Tesla.

April 22, 2021
We will have to move beyond lithium batteries if electric cars are to become a thing.


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Article on Government Website Says Masks are Counterproductive

April 20, 2021
According to this article on an NIH-related government website, masks are for the most part, counterproductive for fighting COVID:


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Deadly Consequences of Food Adulteration in the Past

April 12, 2021
Disturbing video on heartbreaking consequences of food adulteration in Victorian England:


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When Does Government Regulation Go Too Far?

April 2, 2021
When do government regulators get in the way of innovation? More often than you think:

https://cleantechnica.com/2021/03/30/are-us-regulators-regulating-or-dominating/

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California Condor Fed by Puppet

March 31, 2021
This video is great for discussing captive breeding of endangered species:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/other/watch-as-adorable-condor-chick-is-fed-with-a-puppet/vi-BB16dV9Q

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Amish Community Achieves "Herd Immunity" Against COVID

March 29, 2021
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9411549/Amish-community-United-States-achieve-herd-immunity-Covid.html

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About this blog

This blog was originally created in January 2013 to serve as a means for providing updates on science activities from the environmental science lab manual Ecology, Development, and Sustainability. I have now expanded its purpose to include other items of interest to science teachers. 

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