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Pollinators in Georgia: Beetles
This post is part of an article I submitted for publication with a Georgia magazine called “Coastscapes” in 2010-2012. I’ve been unable to find this magazine online, but want to share the content for your educational enjoyment. The magazine was geared towards the general public, so there are no references to research articles. Feel free…
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4 Tips to Help Pollinators from Your Home in the City
This post was originally published on August 8, 2011, on my blog “Pollinators Info” (no longer online). If you have as little as a windowsill on which to hang a planter, you’re off to a good start! Select a low-growing plant native to your region so it won’t get too large and heavy for the…
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Top 5 Ways to Help Pollinators
This post was originally published on September 9, 2011, on my blog “Pollinators Info” (no longer online). Want to help conserve pollinators but don’t know where to start? Here are some ideas:
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Pollinators in Georgia: Butterflies & Moths
This post is part of an article I submitted for publication with a Georgia magazine called “Coastscapes” in 2010-2012. I’ve been unable to find this magazine online, but want to share the content for your educational enjoyment. The magazine was geared towards the general public, so there are no references to research articles. Feel free…
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Pollination Glossary
This post was originally published on July 6, 2011, on my blog “Pollinators Info” (no longer online). I thought it might be helpful to create a glossary of pollination-related terms, so here goes! Anther: male plant structure on/in which pollen is located. Bract: structure that typically protects a flower bud as it develops, composed usually…
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What is Pollination?
This post was originally published on May 13, 2011, on my blog “Pollinators Info” (no longer online). In brief, pollination is the transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma. But what does all that mean? To understand it fully, we need to go into a bit of plant reproductive biology… Not all plants…
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Pollinators in Georgia: Bees
This post is part of an article I submitted for publication with a Georgia magazine called “Coastscapes” in 2010-2012. I’ve been unable to find this magazine online, but want to share the content for your educational enjoyment. The magazine was geared towards the general public, so there are no references to research articles. Feel free…
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Should You Avoid “Teaching to the Test?”
I’ve always understood “teaching to the test” to mean a course is designed around a specific test. Obviously, an SAT prep course should be designed around the SAT and developing the skills to be successful with that assessment. So what’s the big deal? The term appears to be used only in cases where a class…
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Alignment in Instructional Design
Alignment is harmony among all the components of a learning unit, including your Learning Objectives (LOs), assessments, activities, and content. You could think of it like all the gears in a machine set up so they work together properly. Who Cares? You do. So do all your learners. If the components of your course, for…
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Free Download from Simple Instructional Design!
Chapter 2 (Learning Objectives) of my upcoming book, Simple Instructional Design, is now available as a free download!
Athena Rayne Anderson 