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What if you’ve never seen the ocean? Donor’s Choose Project – In Search of Marine Diversity

Posted on October 24, 2012October 24, 2012 By Andrew Thaler 5 Comments on What if you’ve never seen the ocean? Donor’s Choose Project – In Search of Marine Diversity

While my illustrious co-blogger has taken over running the Donor’s Choose challenge for Southern Fried Science this year, I decided to take up a single, worthy project to focus on. One of the challenges with Donor’s Choose is that it’s hard to fund the most expensive projects. People like to see the results of their … Read More “What if you’ve never seen the ocean? Donor’s Choose Project – In Search of Marine Diversity” »

Climate change deniers continue to be wrong, science words with friends, and support science in the classroom

Posted on October 21, 2011October 21, 2011 By Andrew Thaler 4 Comments on Climate change deniers continue to be wrong, science words with friends, and support science in the classroom
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The bliggityblogsphere has been abuzz with recent finding by the Berkeley Earth Project that independently confirm that global climate change is real. From the BBC:

The Earth’s surface really is getting warmer, a new analysis by a US scientific group set up in the wake of the “Climategate” affair has concluded.

The Berkeley Earth Project has used new methods and some new data, but finds the same warming trend seen by groups such as the UK Met Office and Nasa.

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Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer, has a nice, in depth write-up, that provides some caveats missing from most of the press releases: New independent climate study confirms global warming is real.

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And the winner is…

Posted on November 3, 2010 By David Shiffman 3 Comments on And the winner is…
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Last week, Andrew asked readers to send us their marine themed Halloween costumes. We are pleased to announce that our winner is Gabriella M! Gabriella, please e-mail us with your mailing address to collect your prize (a Southern Fried Science t-shirt). We will also donate $50 to the Gam Donors Choose Initiative project of your choice, so please let us know which one is your favorite.

Here is Gabriella’s winning entry:

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Three Ways to Support Science!

Posted on November 1, 2010November 1, 2010 By Andrew Thaler 1 Comment on Three Ways to Support Science!
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There’s still a week left in the Science Bloggers Donors Choose challenge and we’re short of the $50,000 goal. So if you haven’t yet, head on over to our Donors Choose giving page and make a donation. No matter how small, every dollar helps. Can’t make the donation? That’s ok, too. We’re offering a $50 … Read More “Three Ways to Support Science!” »

Science students need your help!

Posted on October 27, 2010October 29, 2010 By Andrew Thaler

We’re a little more than half-way through this year’s Donors Choose initiative. To date we’ve raised $618, helped complete 16 projects, and reached 541 students. The support from our readership has been tremendous, and I’d like to personally thank everyone who’s given to Donor’s Choose through any of the blogs participating in the Science Bloggers … Read More “Science students need your help!” »

Support science in the classroom: expose students to sharks!

Posted on October 19, 2010October 25, 2010 By David Shiffman

We are now a little more than a week into the Donors Choose science blogger challenge. Ocean and geology bloggers have united to raise money for worthy science-related projects in public schools throughout the country.

Every few days, we’ll be highlighting a specific project from The Gam Classroom Initiative, though you can donate to any of our favorites from our Donors Choose Page.

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Support Science in the Classroom and send students to the field

Posted on October 11, 2010October 25, 2010 By Andrew Thaler 3 Comments on Support Science in the Classroom and send students to the field
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Today marks the official beginning of the Donor’s Choose Science Blogger Challenge! This year the Ocean and Geo Bloggers have united to compete against other science blogging networks, so let’s show the landlubbers that we take out science education seriously! On top of that, we’re also having a little friendly competition among ocean and geo bloggers, and right now the Gam is proudly in the lead.

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Support Science in the Classroom!

Posted on October 4, 2010 By Andrew Thaler
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Once again the Science Blogosphere is uniting behind Donor’s Choose to support science in the classroom. For those who don’t know, Donor’s Choose is a charity that funds projects proposed by school teachers. The Gam has selected (and will continue to add) several notable projects for our giving page. This year there’s a little twist, … Read More “Support Science in the Classroom!” »

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