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		<title>Neat, new way to preserve insects for the classroom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Click on this image or this link to Dragonflywoman&#8217;s blog to learn how to preserve insects in hand sanitizer&#8230;.what a cool way to prepare insect specimens for the classroom. http://dragonflywoman.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/hand-sanitizer-preservation/ BTW,  you&#8217;ll find a lot of great insect resources on her web site.  I think you&#8217;ll be impressed.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nabt.org/blog/2011/02/23/neat-new-way-to-preserve-insects-for-the-classroom/</link>
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		<title>Kim Foglia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We lost a great biology educator, Kim Foglia on Jan. 4th, 2011 after a long, dignified and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.  Back in 2009 a number of AP Biology teachers got together and worked hard to establish an award from NABT, sponsored by Pearson, Benjamin Cummings, recognizing Kim&#8217;s unprecedented contributions to the AP Biology teaching community. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nabt.org/blog/2011/01/09/kim-foglia/</link>
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		<title>World&#8217;s Biggest Demo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All right, I confess.  I love cooking shows.  I can&#8217;t resist them.  As I enjoy cooking myself, I find it inspiring to watch well trained and creative food gurus work their magic.  How exactly do they hold the knife?  In their estimation, how much is a &#8220;handful&#8221;?  What pots, pans, and kitchen gadgets do they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nabt.org/blog/2010/11/17/worlds-biggest-demo/</link>
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		<title>Participatory Media Workshop at #NABT10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, at the National Assocation of Biology Teachers meeting in Minneapolis, I gave a workshop on Participatory Media. The session was designed to introduce teachers to participatory media tools through the concept of student projects.  That is, what are students in biology courses across the country, doing with these new web 2.0 tools?  In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nabt.org/blog/2010/11/08/participatory-media-workshop-at-nabt10/</link>
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		<title>A Social Media Experiment at #NABT 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those of you attending the NABT conference in Minneapolis this year, you might have noticed this card (above) in your bag of goodies from the registration booth.  The card urged anyone posting content related to the conference to add the identifying &#8220;hashtag&#8221; #NABT10 to their postings. A hastag is a short character string, preceded [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nabt.org/blog/2010/11/07/a-social-media-experiment-at-nabt-2010/</link>
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		<title>Richard Dawkins @ #NABT10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Richard Dawkins was the dinner speaker at this year’s National Association of Biology Teachers Conference. I didn’t attend the dinner (it was $85 &#8211; gulp) but I did attend his follow-up Q/A session the next day. He started his talk with a few of vignette movies from his website, www.richarddawkins.net. These are short (2-3 minute) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nabt.org/blog/2010/11/06/richard-dawkins-nabt10/</link>
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		<title>Four Year Section Poster Session #NABT10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a quick slide show of the Four Year Section Chair Poster session&#8212;always a fun event interacting with students and neat ideas.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nabt.org/blog/2010/11/06/four-year-section-poster-session/</link>
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		<title>Greetings from Minneapolis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Thurs. morning. As I went down to register, I stopped by the OCIE (Outreach Coordinators and Informal Educator Section) poster session: &#8220;&#8230;highlighting a variet of programs and services beyond the traditional classroom&#8230;&#8221; Here they are:]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nabt.org/blog/2010/11/04/greetings-from-minneapolis/</link>
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		<title>Playing around with the Floating Disk Assay&#8212;Light Response Curves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the years I&#8217;ve made the claim that the floating leaf disk assay is quite possibly the best way for students to explore how the process of photosynthesis. The method is inexpensive, accurate, reliably replicable and most importantly accessible for all levels of students from 5th grade to university. However, I&#8217;ve got to say that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nabt.org/blog/2010/10/23/playing-around-with-the-floating-disk-assay-light-response-curves/</link>
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		<title>DNA Day Student Essay Contest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Michael Dougherty: The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) invites you to participate in the 6th Annual DNA Day Essay Contest! It is open to students in grades 9-12. DEADLINE: MARCH 7, 2011 at 5:00 PM EST Please visit http://www.ashg.org/education/dnaday.shtml for the rules, rubric, and more information. 2011 Essay questions: Option1: In 2010, a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nabt.org/blog/2010/09/16/dna-day-student-essay-contest/</link>
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