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Well… it’s not really an anomally. It’s just that…. I think I saw the world fattest sparrows!!!
They were almost like tennis balls. It was a miracle that they could still fly. They were so cute.
Their diet consists of McDonalds… might explain the size a bit.
Ironically, there are a lot of signs saying not to feed the birds…
I couldn’t help but take pictures.
Today I went to the natural history museum and the science center, mainly for a project of my brothers. I took pictures of many taxidermy-ed animals with my siblings and wandered through the dinosaur halls of the museum. Some of them smelled really strange…
It was a little sad though, because there were cubs, and children among the animals which means that they are technically, dead children…
After the museum, we went to the science center, which was much brighter. I fell in love with the leopard and the horned sharks. Very pretty.
I even touched one!!!
No, I’m fibbing. I almost touched one, there was about an inch of glass between me and the fish. Though I did get to touch the sharks egg. It looks like a screw.
I wish I could upload all the pictures I took, but there’re more than 800 of them.
Our class decided to implement a 4 day healthy diet and exercise plan. We decided that it would be great to do all of this as a class. So Bio10A and Chem1A students unite! 9 students, 8am, hiking at Eaton Canyon! Let’s do this!
So I’m spending my Spring Break studying and catching up instead of relaxing and enjoying my time off. Prepping for my on camera experience for the show…eek! See you all next week!
Believe it or not, we are halfway through the semester. Reflecting back on the first 8 weeks of our course, I recalled this great moment during our solubility investigation. Usually I do not approve of phones in lab. However, this (pictured) was a great use of a phone / flashlight app to determine whether or not a precipitate was formed during a solubility trial. You all have shown us many times how creative you are. Although I’m relieved to have this week (Spring Break!) to catch up on what’s been a taxing and at times hectic semester for me, I’m looking forward to the second half of the semester and to teaching this course again in the Fall. Enthusiastic students with such large and unique personalities have made this class great and eased much of the nervousness I had about teaching this course for the first time. Thanks, guys!
James and Brady making polymers (Borax + glue + glow in the dark paint + glitter) with some local middle school students during PCC Science Day 2013.
It’s the first day of Spring Break and 8 PLC students volunteered at PCC Science Day for children from local middle schools. In this picture our PCC students are hard at work preparing the monomer solutions for the Polymer Workshop they led with Dr. Harman (me). Betsey, Phillip, Joyce, Brady, Catherine, Amanda, Daniel, and James: thank you very much! The day would not have been a success with out you. (I very sincerely mean that!)
If Daniel had mentioned that he was a former high school track star, this race may have never happened. Believe it or not, this race was all in the name of science and the VO2 max experiment… and smack talk.
The class runs outside to witness a foot race… an epic battle between teacher and student(s) is about to commence.
No, it doesn’t smell bad! It’s experimental design!
Sharon helps Melissa collect resting data in the VO2 max lab on the first data collection day (before spring break).
Sharon helps Melissa collect resting data in the VO2 max lab on the first data collection day (before spring break).
Anthony and Amanda help Betsey collect resting respiratory data. They will calculate VO2 max and RER (respiratory exchange ratio). We will compare these data to what we collect after our spring break experiment.
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