As part of my homework assignment, I have added a few blogs to my blog roll. The first is the Invasive Species Weblog. I added this as a way to show how organisms interact with their environment, especially when they don't belong there. We too often see animals that we take for granted and don't realize they don't belong. Pigeons, starlings, and house sparrows we see everyday. The most we ever think is that pigeons are nasty. We don't always see that they were brought here by wealthy colonists who missed them and now they all run amok, taking over niches of wonderful creatures who don't know how to cope with these new neighbors.
The second is the Bird Treatment and Learning Center. I want students to see this blog as a way of understanding how humans can interact with a wild species in a positive and healthy way. We all too often see animals, especially in our youth, as cute, cuddly, and forever. This is a good site about stewardship.
The last blog I want to talk about is Global Biology. In the process of transitioning from an afterschool HSTA program to an onschool time Biology class, I have decided to create a fresh blog. Please make sure to add that as my new Globaloria blog to your own rolls. I have already added several sites to Global Biology's blog roll, including those mentioned above.
As you can see, the blogs listed reflect pieces of who I am. I am a zoologist by training, an educator by vocation, and an ecologist by heart.
2 comments:
I stole the idea for having my class blogs in the blogroll from Jeremy
Bill--
You're awesome. I wrote a longer comment on your totally fabulous biology blog...check it out!
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