Category Archives: Education

Lynx Open Ed

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Kerry

This past year, Brent Purkaple established the Lynx Open Ed website (lynx-open-ed.org). This digital humanities project focuses on the creation and distribution of exhibit-related Open Educational Resources (OERs) based on scholarship in the history of science and collaborative engagement with … Continue reading →

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Starstruck Tonight (Spring and Summer)

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Kerry

What follows is the text of Starstruck Tonight, the Spring and Summer sky version, the sequel to my first and favorite planetarium show produced when I directed the OBU Planetarium. This summer I’ll make a renewed effort to recover takes … Continue reading →

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Starstruck Tonight (Winter version)

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Kerry

What follows is the text of Starstruck Tonight, the Winter sky version, my first and favorite planetarium show produced when I directed the OBU Planetarium. The only document I have is a draft in a very old version of MacWrite … Continue reading →

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Collaborative communities

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Kerry

My thanks to Rob Reynolds and the NextThought team for his series on “The Power of Connections.” Here’s an excerpt from an interview with me on open access and “collaborative communities.” For more, see Rob’s Power of Connections blog. Kerry … Continue reading →

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Janux

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Kerry

On Monday morning Janux, OU’s new digital course platform, launches with the following courses, all of which offer free public enrollment: Native Peoples of Oklahoma Practical Importance of Human Evolution Chemistry of Beer Understanding and Detecting Deception Power and Elegance … Continue reading →

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Homeschooling

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Kerry

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” – misattributed to William Butler Yeats High School Bible and Language study: Accordance for OS X Chemistry: Boyle’s Law, Cartesian diver —– Biology: We’re doing homeschool … Continue reading →

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The Animal School

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Kerry

The animals got together in the forest one day and decided to start a school. There was a rabbit, a bird, a squirrel, a fish and an eel, and they formed a Board of Education. The rabbit insisted that running … Continue reading →

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All things are connected

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Kerry

“All things by immortal power Near and far, Hiddenly, To each other linked are, That thou canst not stir a flower Without the troubling of a star.” – Francis Thompson,“The Mistress of Vision,” Poems (1913) Arabian Star Flower Scale of … Continue reading →

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An ancient chemist on teaching

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Kerry

“Nor do I fail to understand that it is difficult to make clear the dark discoveries of the Greeks in Latin verses, especially since we have often to employ new words because of the poverty of the language and the … Continue reading →

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Water cycle – globe model

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Kerry

Nearly 3/4ths of the surface of our Earth, “the blue planet,” is covered with water. Water is characteristic of biological life in the universe as we know it. To more clearly see how much water there is in the Earth, … Continue reading →

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Living books

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Kerry

In a recent post, Laura lists some of the books and resources they’ve been using this year. She mentions that they have been reading My Side of the Mountain and some other books this year. Check out her post here; … Continue reading →

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Even to the least of these

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Kerry

Watch this 2-minute video on Dung Beetles: https://youtu.be/4vp0ayLeifM Then read “Blessed are the Dung Beetles” by John Halford: https://archive.gci.org/articles/blessed-are-the-dung-beetles/ “God must be extraordinarily fond of beetles.” (Charles Darwin) 
 Sometimes God shows his divine nature, with great eloquence, through the … Continue reading →

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