Science on the Mountain

06/28/2012

It was a fun day.

Signal Mountain High School biology teacher Dean Cress and Brown Academy fifth-grade teacher Dara Lacy are partnering together on a real-world science project made possible by a $1,000 Jane Harbaugh Innovation Grant from the Public Education Foundation.

06/08/2012

I have long thought this but never so articulated. Nice balance of truth.

Instead of delivering a typical graduation speech full of praise, accolades, and accomplishments, a Boston-area prep school teacher tells students they are "not special." In his commencement speech published in the Boston Herald, Wellesley High English teacher David McCullough Jr. emphasized "You a...

05/14/2012

Not good.

Aimee Copeland Lost Her Leg Due To Flesh-Eating Disease

05/03/2012

Bacterial transformation.

Paul Andersen explains the two major portions of the molecular biology lab in AP Biology. He starts by discussing the process of transformation. He explains ...

04/29/2012

Thought provoking implications for development of "life".

TED Talks Is there more than one universe? In this visually rich, action-packed talk, Brian Greene shows how the unanswered questions of physics (starting with a big one: What caused the Big Bang?) have led to the theory that our own universe is just one of many in the "multiverse."

04/25/2012

Happy DNA day, students!

DNA Day is a holiday celebrated on April 25. It commemorates the day in 1953 when James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins, Rosalind Franklin and colleagues published papers in the journal Nature on the structure of DNA.[1][2][3] Furthermore, on that day in 2003 it was declared that the Human Ge...

04/10/2012

I just signed a petition to Governor Bill Haslam: As parents, educators, and concerned citizens, we call on you to veto HB 368, which encourages teachers to present scientific topics such as evolution and global warming as "controversial." This bill is deeply misleading and will only serve to confus...

03/30/2012

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/mar/30/pam-strickland-tennessee-gov-bill-haslam-needs/

The state Legislature continues to confuse religion and public education, and along the way is highlighting Gov. Bill Haslam's problem with leadership since he moved from East Tennessee to the state capital. In both cases, what we have is an embarrassment for all good Tennesseans.

03/30/2012

Challengers of evolution theory propose no research program. High school students are our future researchers. They are also our future voters and politicians.

03/29/2012

ß globin gene-ankyrin insulator construct boosts production of Hb levels in transplanted bone marrow cells.

03/29/2012

Why not Signal Mountain?

Girls Preparatory School - School News

03/29/2012

DP students, HHMI 1999 Holiday Lectures 2000 and Beyond: Confronting the Microbe Menace