One thing people don't usually know.

[flowerbug]

always fun when basic science finds new things.

Ocean water samples yield treasure trove of RNA virus data

Ocean water samples collected around the world have yielded a treasure trove of new data about RNA viruses, expanding ecological research possibilities and reshaping our understanding of how these small but significant submicroscopic particles evolved.

phys.org

 

[flowerbug]

i really enjoy this guy's art work:

Home - Underwater Sculpture by Jason deCaires Taylor

Taylor’s underwater sculpture is assimilated by the ocean and transformed from inert objects into living breathing reefs. Positive human...

www.underwatersculpture.com

 

[digitS']

Good Heavens! (Or, maybe I should say, Good _Reef!!)

Okay, I'm gonna post something that people may not know ... We had some TEG discussion on Learning to Read. I remember that @Artichoke Lover and @Gardening with Rabbits were involved in that.

Here is something that seems to fly against some current thinking on teaching children:

Does Social Studies Build Stronger Readers? A New Study Suggests So

Spending 30 more minutes per day on social studies in elementary school is linked with better reading performance by the end of 5th grade, according to a new study.

www.edweek.org

REALITY. Yes, we can greatly enjoy the writings of some authors of fiction. However, kids are curious about their world around them. On a side note: Imagine the difference from reading Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn 130 years ago compared with when some of us read those books ummm several decades ago.

Steve

 

[flowerbug]

Good Heavens! (Or, maybe I should say, Good _Reef!!)

fun and interesting sculptures.

Okay, I'm gonna post something that people may not know ... We had some TEG discussion on Learning to Read. I remember that @Artichoke Lover and @Gardening with Rabbits were involved in that.

Here is something that seems to fly against some current thinking on teaching children:

Does Social Studies Build Stronger Readers? A New Study Suggests So

Spending 30 more minutes per day on social studies in elementary school is linked with better reading performance by the end of 5th grade, according to a new study.

www.edweek.org

REALITY. Yes, we can greatly enjoy the writings of some authors of fiction. However, kids are curious about their world around them. On a side note: Imagine the difference from reading Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn 130 years ago compared with when some of us read those books ummm several decades ago.

Steve

for me the best thing was to just stay out of my way when i wanted to read something. i'm so glad that Mom never restricted a single book i'd want to look at or read at any age. some books were beyond me, but that's a different issue.

i remember in 5th grade my math teacher lent me a book on algebra and trigonometry. i didn't get into it too much or understand a lot of it, but at least later on when logarithms and a few other things came along again i at least knew what they were and didn't have any moments of freaking out.

 

[flowerbug]

heh, tricksy viruses!

How a virus turns caterpillars into zombies doomed to climb to their deaths

By manipulating genes used in vision, a virus sends its host caterpillar on a doomed quest for sunlight, increasing the chances for viral spread.

www.sciencenews.org