bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Nov 21, 2009, 10:01 am
The Donors Choose Challenge is now over, and the project to get more nature bloggers involved was a success!! The total amount given for the Nature Blogs Group was $5,170.  That put our group at #11...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Nov 16, 2009, 12:35 pm
Just in time for the holidays–Xerces has a new native bee calendar! “The Xerces Society and the Great Sunflower Project are happy to offer the 2010 Native Bee Calendar, which was created ...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Nov 14, 2009, 7:31 am
It’s time for OpenLab! Since I will almost certainly be on the job market soon, an inclusion in OL would be a handy thing for my vita. I’m just sayin’…… Here’s som...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Nov 10, 2009, 7:59 pm
I happened to find this very entertaining Extension Publication in a box: Good Eating from Woods and Fields.  It’s a 1960 reprint of an earlier pamphlet, and what a cultural artifact it is! I ...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Nov 9, 2009, 5:50 pm
Ann Fadiman. At Large and Small: Familiar Essays. Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 2007. Bug Rating: I freely admit to being an Anne Fadiman fan-girl. Ex Libris is easily one of my favorite books. The Sp...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Nov 5, 2009, 9:46 am
A cool opportunity for teachers!! WANTED: Up to 20 schools (in the U.S., east of the Rocky Mountains) to follow the development of monarchs on the International Space Station. Background The next S...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Nov 3, 2009, 5:54 pm
Sorry to be a downer lately…I’m realizing that I have to go look for a job soon, and it’s rather a bummer. How about a pretty picture?  Ursja has uploaded more beautiful beetle phot...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Oct 30, 2009, 9:51 pm
Well, Michigan now has a budget, and the Governor did not use her line item veto to completely destroy Extension. That’s the good news. But.   The Extension budget will still be cut 44%, whic...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Oct 23, 2009, 6:55 pm
You might remember that I got in trouble in the past for saying what I thought about some cuts to Michigan’s State Budget in early 2009. And that was NOTHING compared to what’s about to h...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Oct 20, 2009, 7:27 pm
You might remember that last month I threw down the gauntlet to some of the bigger cousins in the interwebs for the DonorsChoose Challenge! DonorsChoose.org is an online charity that provides an easy...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Oct 11, 2009, 7:21 pm
Bug Rating: Synopsis: Long-winded Libertarians lead the fight against an extra-terrestrial insectish species in this 1983 sci-fi novel. I had such high hopes for this book. Its cover promised all so...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Oct 10, 2009, 7:43 am
Just when I think I’ve seen everything…I discover there is an app for your iPhone that claims to  repel mosquitoes with high frequency sound: “Have you ever been camping and you we...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Oct 3, 2009, 8:21 am
In late August, I thought things would slow down for me in September. Clearly, I was incorrect. Oh well.  Here’s what I’ve been doing for the last couple of months: Getting more people ...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Sep 18, 2009, 1:07 pm
Hey–who wants to have a ScienceBlogs vs. Discover blogs vs. Nature Blog Network throw down for Donor’s Choose? This October, I’ll be part of the DonorsChoose.org Social Media Challe...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Sep 13, 2009, 7:23 am
Apparently it’s Insect Car Week at the Bug Blog! I think everyone knows the Volkswagen Beetle–the iconic Coleopteran car. But how many of you have heard of the 1935 Stout Scarab? “...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Sep 8, 2009, 8:47 pm
Ed alerted me to this–it’s wonderful!  And where the heck have I been that I wasn’t in on this myself??  From their Mission Statement: “Pestival is a mobile arts festival ex...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Sep 4, 2009, 5:38 pm
International Rock Flipping Day will be Sunday, September 20th this year!  Wandering Weta will be the coordinator this year. “Here’s a quick rundown of the procedure: On or about Septem...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Aug 31, 2009, 5:22 am
One of the most common questions I get from students around this time of year is “Where should I look for a job?” The question they actually are asking is “where ONLINE should I loo...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Aug 30, 2009, 8:33 am
Ooooh…just stumbled over this and thought I would share. The University of Minnesota Raptor Center has a section of lesson plans related to raptors! I especially liked the ones involving math an...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Aug 28, 2009, 2:07 pm
I don’t know what’s going on at WordPress, but apparently they “upgraded” something and now the blog is all wonky. They tell me it should be fixed by Monday. Posted in Random
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Aug 25, 2009, 6:42 am
The latest issue of EEO is out! This issue has several essays by teachers in public schools.  I was especially struck by this one: I am a special education teacher in a middle school, though, and n...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Aug 24, 2009, 10:09 pm
Some random thoughts: 1. I am currently hiring for a 6 month position, no benefits, no promise of any continued employment. We got >45 applications, and about half are from laid-off teachers in Mich...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Aug 18, 2009, 8:02 am
Well, job continues to kick my butt, so it looks like I’ll be offline for another couple of weeks. Here’s another pretty photo to brighten up the place.  This is a wonderful bee-mimic rob...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Aug 15, 2009, 6:58 am
Still behind at work, so how about you marvel at this great shot of a dragonfly by daveograve: “Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.“ Ralph Waldo Emerson Posted in Entomo...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Aug 13, 2009, 6:14 am
There is a really fun opportunity for some participatory science this August: “I could use your help to run a North American pilot test of an inexpensive trap for yellowjackets and hornets.  I...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Aug 12, 2009, 5:29 am
We are in the process of upgrading some materials around where I work, and as a consequence we’ve been looking for materials about birds, conservation, and the historic use of birds and bird par...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Aug 11, 2009, 6:30 am
In case you missed it–NCSE is now offering all back issues (1980-1996) of the Creation/Evolution Journal online, free, as PDFs! Also, many of the articles are online in HTML format too.  Examp...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Aug 9, 2009, 7:39 pm
DEET is the gold standard for insect repellent. I’ve covered it fairly extensively at the Bug Blog–it’s the best thing we have to prevent a wide spectrum of insects from biting and t...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Aug 8, 2009, 8:07 am
This week the Ecological Society of America is having their annual meeting, and several papers of entomological interest have been presented. One found that increased pollution in urban streams leads ...
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bug g. posted an article on Bug Girl's Blog - Aug 5, 2009, 6:33 am
I can’t tell you how much first impressions count when I have a posted position open, and I get calls from candidates.  Many of them seem to have missed learning some of the basic rules of job ...
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