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Showing posts with label Science Olympiad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science Olympiad. Show all posts
Sunday, March 4, 2018

The Sounds of Science (with apologies to Paul Simon): Kids are More Talented Than You Think

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Strange things were afoot on Saturday at Modesto Junior College, where I've been teaching for the last thirty years. There was a Tyran...
Saturday, March 7, 2015

Harmonic Tremor? Volcanoes under Modesto? Nah, It's Kids and Science

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Earthquakes? Volcanoes? Not this time, anyway... The seismometer on our campus was going crazy today. Usually such high levels of seism...
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Saturday, March 1, 2014

Action on our Seismometer Today: Earthquake Swarm or Volcanic Harmonic Tremor? (hint: no...)

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 Frankly, if we lived next to a major fault zone or an active volcano, the seismic record above on our department seismometer would be wor...
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Saturday, March 2, 2013

What Was The Greatest Moment of Your Life?

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In my imagination, I could see someone, doing a job that he obviously hates, working as a (fill in hated occupation here; I don't want...
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Saturday, March 7, 2009

What is it With Kids Today?

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Actually, this isn't a rant, it's a compliment. I just got back from judging the "Fossils" event of our regional Science ...
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Garry Hayes
I am a teacher of geology at Modesto Junior College and former president of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Far Western Section. I have led field trips all over the western United States, and a few excursions overseas, but my homebase is the Sierra Nevada, the Great Valley, and the Coast Ranges of California.
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