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August 27th, 2007 — achievement gap, chemistry, family time, higher order thinking, math fears math phobia, science education environment health nutrition, scientific literacy, women in science from Dr-J @ Read about it
Watched the Eclipse? Add your comments!
August 27th, 2007 — H.O.T. skills, achievement gap, home schooling, homework, tips for summer, writing from Dr-J @ Read about it
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2007Aug28/image/TLE2007Aug28-GMT.GIFWatch the eclipse. Check out the time in your time zone.http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzcExample:10:37:00 p.m. Monday August 27, 2007 in GMT conve…
Online StoresAugust 23rd, 2007 — biology, botany, challenges, science education environment health nutrition, sustainability, typha from Dr-J @ Read about it
Why you should know Typha spp. Cattail plants are often seen on towels and kitchen decanters and placemats…but you might notice fewer of them along the roadways and creek beds. In…
School starts bringing the Holiday Season
August 23rd, 2007 — achievement gap, children's activities, holidays, stress reduction from Dr-J @ Read about it
Whenever the holidays were approaching we would be very excited because we could get a book that we had been wanting all year. Careful selection went into the choice of each book. Now that we are grown, we still look forward to getting whatever book …
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Literature enhances Science Education
August 22nd, 2007 — achievement gap, biology, science education, sustainability from Dr-J @ Read about it
THE CROW AND THE SEA GULL by Dr J. S. Shipman In the nearly empty lot of a McDonald’s not far from the coast one stormy summer’s day a Sea Gull was trying to open his lunch sack.It had been conveniently left there by the previous guest, Mr. Litterbug. …
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August 17th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Dr-J @ Read about it
http://www.chemistryteaching.com/chemsim.htm
Mental Seeding
August 16th, 2007 — achievement gap, poetry, writing from Dr-J @ Read about it
Mental Seeding Breathe in the silenceThen open your eyes.Look at all the evidence,Breathe out in sighs. Look up above andSee the clouds, sun, moon,Or stars numerous as sandIn desert dune. Smell the scented wood,Aroma of pine.Lift your heart toward all …
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August 11th, 2007 — achievement gap, biology, family time, holidays, home schooling, science education from Dr-J @ Read about it
Many people are traveling at this time of the year. Even if you are at home all summer, you can act like a tourist for a day or two. Try new restaurants, go to museums. What about going to the botanical gardens, the park or the zoo? Talk or write abou…
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Lichens can tell you if you can breathe!!!
August 11th, 2007 — H.O.T. skills, achievement gap, botany, higher order thinking, scientific literacy, sustainability from Dr-J @ Read about it
Do you know what lichens are? Lichens are living things. They are symbionts, in simple words symbionts means they live together. In the case of lichens, algae and fungi live together and produce a “new look.” But this description is a very short f…
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Botany: Key to Clean Air (and fun!)
August 11th, 2007 — biology, botany, children's activities, desert research, environment, family time, higher order thinking, history of science, science education, scientific literacy, sustainability, women in science from Dr-J @ Read about it
There are great items for everyone at the Botanical Society Website…students, teachers, families, scientists, photographers…Here’s a 2007-2008 School Year Resource Link: http://www.botany.org/outreach/weblinks.phpHere’s a web site on a talk from t…
Online StoresWays to Fund College
August 11th, 2007 — PayPerPost, achievement gap, family time, paying for college, science education, sustainability, tips for summer from Dr-J @ Read about it
An opportunity to help fund college for parents and students to discuss and decide if it is right for you:PayPerPost is a unique way to fund college. It is a good way to improve writing skills, too. You can review a product, write about it and earn mo…
Happy Birthday, Shelly!
August 11th, 2007 — family time, holidays, world peace from Dr-J @ Read about it
Hope you have the happiest of birthdays and many happy returns!
Supercool Science!
August 10th, 2007 — Physics, achievement gap, chemistry, higher order thinking, home schooling, homework, tips for summer, women in science from Dr-J @ Read about it
Happy Birthday, If you were born today!
August 7th, 2007 — important birthdays and anniversaries from Dr-J @ Read about it
Just commemorating the day you were born. Praise God for this and all days and blessings.
Politics…Not as usual
August 5th, 2007 — Reading, achievement gap, build economy, continuing education, homework, sustainability, world peace, writing from Dr-J @ Read about it
Please read up on signing statements and line item vetoes. Then, try drafting letters on your opinions about them to your elected officials. Thanks.
Slit Science
August 2nd, 2007 — Physics, achievement gap, family time, holidays, home schooling, homework, scientific literacy, tips for summer, women in science from Dr-J @ Read about it
Protect against Plagiarism
July 30th, 2007 — identity theft angry, language dialect "Standard American", stress reduction, writing from Dr-J @ Read about it
Natural and Financial Resources
July 29th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Dr-J @ Read about it
People need to learn sustainability. Whether financial or natural, sustainability is important.
Water Supply
July 29th, 2007 — sustainability from Dr-J @ Read about it
http://www.city-data.com/picfilesc/picc31426.phpThis photo reminds us of how precious water is.
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You, too, can do Quantum Physics :-)
July 27th, 2007 — Physics, achievement gap, math fears math phobia, scientific literacy from Dr-J @ Read about it
Writing
July 24th, 2007 — P2P Lending from Dr-J @ Read about it
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Linking Websites
July 19th, 2007 — web traffic from Dr-J @ Read about it
Adsense Account Signup - information and tutorial on website traffic creation focussing on Google Adsense as a revenue generator.
Activities for a hot summer day!
July 19th, 2007 — H.O.T. skills, achievement gap, biology, chemistry, children's activities, higher order thinking, science education from Dr-J @ Read about it
Here’s a link to a simple-to-do, yet challenging thought process, activity.http://www.thisisby.us/grab_that_cold_soda_can_on_a_hot_day Enjoy!Dr. J
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July 18th, 2007 — H.O.T. skills, achievement gap, biology, environment, home schooling, science education, scientific literacy, stress reduction, tips for summer from Dr-J @ Read about it
An article on dragonflies, by Dr J, discussing reducing the global mosquito population while providing topic for art, science, literature and entertainment appeared in TIBU today. Here’s the opening and you can follow the link to read more. Dragonflie…
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July 18th, 2007 — Prosper, funding college, people-to-people, scholarships from Dr-J @ Read about it
These students are, too. As you look at these, remember that AA and A are good credit grades. People with any credit grades may default, so, only “bid” what you can risk to lose, just like using the stock market or other investments, Lower credit grad…
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If you’re a publisher or a parent, look here…
July 16th, 2007 — H.O.T. skills, higher order thinking, poetry, writing from Dr-J @ Read about it
You will be energized to see and read what one parent is doing to get ahead and support her family. http://kickshawcandies.blogspot.com/Thanks, Dr-J.
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Improving your writing and getting paid!
July 15th, 2007 — achievement gap, parenting, scientific literacy, tips for summer, writing from Dr-J @ Read about it
Here’s a link to TIBU, a great site for improving your writing. Parents might want to check it out and use your value system before letting your children on the site, but there are many teens and college students, among others, writing there. Don’t u…
Temperate Deforestation
July 14th, 2007 — biology, botany resource link, science education environment health nutrition, sustainability, tips for summer from Dr-J @ Read about it
http://www.forestsforever.org/logowordsthin1.gifThere’s a website where you can get information on deforestation of the Sequoia’sTemperate deforestation is an important issue, even though you hear so much more about tropical deforestation. In my mind,…
Accidents happen
July 14th, 2007 — safety from Dr-J @ Read about it
Car Accident Injury - offering information and locating available services for accident victims.In the US, get the forms on line or at your local police station.
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Prosper grows
July 14th, 2007 — Statistics, build economy, build schools. reduce debt, challenges, continuing education, higher order thinking, math education, math fears math phobia, money identity theft recovery 117379 from Dr-J @ Read about it
Integrity is an important part of any education. P2P lending counts on integrity. Prosper is a key place for P2P, People-to-people lending. Remember that your name is important, Honesty and integrity are part of that name. Prosper is a place that …
Vocabulary Development
July 13th, 2007 — achievement gap, holidays, home schooling, scientific literacy, standardized tests from Dr-J @ Read about it
Over the summer you can strengthen your vocabulary. When students swear, I suggest to them it is because their vocabulary isn’t developed sufficiently to have word to express accurately how they feel. This idea of words being able to express thoughts…
Twenty Minutes Twice a Week
July 11th, 2007 — achievement gap, challenges, continuing education, holidays, home schooling, math education, scientific literacy from Dr-J @ Read about it
Summer is a good time to review what you’ve learned over the last year. Twenty minutes twice a week, or even three times, is all you need for a good review. Since we learn as we progress through life, this applies to everyone, not just to, “students….
Jane Colden teaches Us
July 10th, 2007 — biology, botany resource link, environment, higher order thinking, holidays, home schooling, science education, tips for summer from Dr-J @ Read about it
Jane Colden, heroine of the botanic world, and now famous for her, “garden.” I went to Jane’s garden. I saw plants that you used to find everywhere around where Jane and I grew up. Well, Jane, in what became Coldenham, and me in the Town of Wallkill…
Online StoresKeep up on Science over the Summer
July 8th, 2007 — Deaf, achievement gap, biology, botany resource link, chemistry, hard of hearing, holidays, home schooling, science education from Dr-J @ Read about it
Find some NOVA Science videos you can watch for free here. They are close captioned for the deaf, too. Enjoy and report back in the comments what you liked/disliked/learned…http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/index.html(c) 2007 J. S. Shipman
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July 8th, 2007 — Statistics, Technology, continuing education, family time, science education, scientific literacy from Dr-J @ Read about it
http://www.ovelha.org/pasteler0/2007/07/08/rss-feeds-for-those-who-dont-know-rss-feeds/is a great link for understanding RSS and Atom. I recommend you read it to understand how your children (and you) can benefit.(c)j S Shipman 2007
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Please don’t play with Fireworks: Here’s one Reason Why
July 8th, 2007 — funding college, holidays, parenting, tips for summer, world peace from Dr-J @ Read about it
http://community.livejournal.com/bayarea/2007/07/05/ tells of a girl who lost her arm in the Bay area. The father is offering a $10K reward for information.Thank you,Chris Isner [The dad]chrisisner@hotmail.comThe reward might be nice, but, the arm is …
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Family Time and Academic Success may require Making Family, too! What?
July 8th, 2007 — achievement gap, family time, higher order thinking, home schooling, homework from Dr-J @ Read about it
Family time builds skills needed for life, including those needed for academic excellence. Time spent sharing values and ideas with your children and other relatives is time well spent. Whether you watch a Friday night TV show (like wrestling) and la…
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Pour some Milk in each of Two Saucers
July 7th, 2007 — biology, challenges, chemistry, higher order thinking, holidays, home schooling, homework, online education, science education, scientific literacy, tips for summer, writing from Dr-J @ Read about it
Dr-J, a user of thisisby.us, thought you would be interested in this content: http://www.thisisby.us/pour_some_milk_in_each_of_two_saucersPour some Milk in each of Two SaucersAnd keep a group of children (or adults) busy all afternoonEnjoy!!!(c)2007J. …
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July 5th, 2007 — Deaf, Prosper, achievement gap, challenges, continuing education, finger spelling, hard of hearing, sign language, stress reduction from Dr-J @ Read about it
I came across this on Prosper but it looks like a good source of Sign Language Info…(C)2007 J. S. Shipman
A Wrinkle in Time
July 5th, 2007 — Reading, achievement gap, challenges, holidays, home schooling from Dr-J @ Read about it
An ad just came on my blog for Madeleine L’Engle’s book. Oh, that was one of my favorites when I was in third or fourth grade. I loved it. I still remember the characters. I gave a copy to a boy who had immigrated here. He read it when he was in s…
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July 5th, 2007 — holidays, sustainability, tips for summer, world peace from Dr-J @ Read about it
Summer has a lot of distractions. I was stopped at a red light. People ahead of me were stopped. People beside me were stopped. The person behind me walloped me. I ended up in the hospital. I hurt. All because the driver didn’t pay attention.Peo…
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The Fish are moving North—Chesapeake Bay Crabs now NYC Crabs
July 5th, 2007 — history of science, sustainability, tips for summer, writing from Dr-J @ Read about it
The Fish are moving NorthChesapeake Bay Crabs now NYC Crabsby Dr-Jin non-fiction> opinionon Jul. 05, 2007 at 08:25amHere’s something to read. Here’s the link. http://www.thisisby.us/register.php?r=2818You can write there, too. It can be a creative r…
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Reading Science
July 1st, 2007 — H.O.T. skills, biology, challenges, chemistry, higher order thinking, history of science, home schooling, homework, math education, science education, scientific literacy, sustainability from Dr-J @ Read about it
Slowly studying a small part of text, or a chart or graph, may be the best way to read some science. What do you think about that? How do you read science. Let us know.What science have you read this week? Please share your comments.(c)2007 J. S. S…
What books are you reading?
June 29th, 2007 — Reading, achievement gap, build schools. reduce debt, continuing education from Dr-J @ Read about it
Submit written mini-book reports here by posting via comments.
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June 27th, 2007 — funding college from Dr-J @ Read about it
“Person to Person (P2P) lending has arrived on the internet and regular people like you and I can now loan money directly to one another via a secure and community based online marketplace. ” Source: http://www.squidoo.com/prospertips Alternative Fin…
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Protect yourself from mosquito bites
June 19th, 2007 — sustainability from Dr-J @ Read about it
cdc.gov has hints!Remember mosquitoes feed birds, frogs and fish.
New Hope for Stutterers…We want to hear you!
June 19th, 2007 — challenges, stuttering from Dr-J @ Read about it
Try Friendshipcenter.com for a way to connect with people that understand stuttering and who are familiar with overcoming chllenges in life.
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Desert Watermelon
June 15th, 2007 — botany resource link. desert research from Dr-J @ Read about it
Have you heard of desert watermelon? Can you remember how desert is spelled? A mnemonic device is a way to remember something. Desert and dessert are often confused but dessert has an extra “s” for sugar. So, desert is the dry place. But watermelo…
Doing What’s Right
June 14th, 2007 — tips for summer from Dr-J @ Read about it
Whenever you do what is right, you can sleep knowing you’ve done what’s best. Be confident and let the chips fall where they may. Be well and safe this summer. Have fun.(c)2007 J. S. Shipman
