Aristotle once theorized that living creatures could arise from nonliving matter and that this process was common. He hypothesized that maggots could arise from dead flesh and fleas come from dust. According to Aristotle, the generation of things like sea shells varies with the sea bed. Slime gave rise to oysters, sand to scallops, and …
When I think back to when I decided to become a marine biologist, I fondly remember my high school marine science teacher. She was a biologist, just getting out of school and looking for a place to grow for a while. She took on this class and tried so hard to make it wonderful and …
Oysters. What’s the first thing you think of when you think of oysters? Pearls? Food? Slimy and gross? That time you cut your foot on one when you were a kid playing in the bay and how much it hurt when your grandmother poured all of the rubbing alcohol in the world on it? That …
When going outside, do you ever take a moment to look around and see all the amazing plants and animals that inhabit your local area? While you can (and should) take some time to discover your own backyard wherever you are, we wanted to take a moment to show you just how amazing the area …
For the past 3 months I have been working on an educator certification through National Geographic. Starting with the basics I learned about this certification through a classmate of mine who was doing some work in informal education and thought it would be a fun way for me to learn how to incorporate some new …
Have you ever had a student ask you why what they were learning mattered to them? Or if they would ever use this in their lives? I feel like I used to get this question all the time. I still do sometimes when what we are learning is difficult to relate to my students on …
I love starting an animal unit off with a dissection. Why, may you ask? What better way to understand how an organism works than by first looking at and inquiring about its internal and external anatomy!
One of my favorite things to do is to talk to people I meet out in the world about the ocean or animals or really anything marine related. I recently went back up to the Northwest coast of Florida to see family, the waters were crystal clear, and a beautiful teal and the water sparkled …