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by Ed Hessler, posted on 5:09 PM, September 3, 2018
Ed Hessler, former MnSTA Executive Secretary, shares some wonderful Back to School poems he has come across.
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Ed Hessler, former MnSTA Executive Secretary, shares some wonderful Back to School poems he has come across:
One of the poems included in the seasonal listing of back-to-school poems from the Poetry Foundation is about a food chain.
This poem by John Englels is found in "Ten Poems to Get You Through Science Class This Year." I was tempted to choose another, The Bear.
Here is the link to the complete sampler and I hope you will sample away. Maybe you have already. Some of my favorite poems are in this collection. One of the samplers is a collection with a great title--"10 Poems to Read When You Get Stuffed In Your Locker"-- recommended by a Twin Cities resident, Caitlin Kimball.
Theoretical physicist/cosmologist, Sean Carroll makes a distinction between naturalism and poetic naturalism, the latter informed by Muriel Ruykeyser. The universe is made of stories, not atoms.You can read about this distinction here.
Minnesota science teachers should know about:
