https://padlet.com/steveszab/d0cxfx91xmyl Made with magic en-us 2019-03-15 21:00:43 UTC 2025-12-12 22:26:46 UTC hello@padlet.com steveszab https://padlet.com/steveszab/d0cxfx91xmyl/wish/341935001 It means to acknowledge , value and appreciate variety to its full extent when it comes to different cultures, customs, likes and dislikes. To find joy and a source of satisfaction in knowing that there is variety, in other words there is Life.]]> 2019-03-15 21:07:11 UTC https://padlet.com/steveszab/d0cxfx91xmyl/wish/341935001 steveszab https://padlet.com/steveszab/d0cxfx91xmyl/wish/341937291 To me it means calling this fantastic blue Planet a home. Home where we all are born to and where we all live our lives. Here we are all interconnected through various  yet mostly unknown forces. Wherever we live on this Planet we are made of the same elements, molecules and share the same genes.  It also comes with a strong sense of responsibility for each other as well for other life forms surrounding us. What connects us is  exaclty what made us drift to various corners of our world tens of thousands of years ago: to be on the search for who we are and why we are.]]> 2019-03-15 21:21:02 UTC https://padlet.com/steveszab/d0cxfx91xmyl/wish/341937291 steveszab https://padlet.com/steveszab/d0cxfx91xmyl/wish/341940614 Today's learners of Biology and other related sciences are ever more increasingly made aware of their interconnectedness. With the help of the latest technology, recent advances in IT are making it possible for students to explore and study far away places and phenomena that was out of reach for their parents just one generation ago. Sometimes they can explore and map for example mediterranean flora and fauna using the internet from home in a temperate continental setting so that when they visit those places they will find it already familiar. Also, teaching Biology in English/Spanish/French and Chinese in Asia helps students make themselves at home in the whole world of ours. ]]> 2019-03-15 21:46:18 UTC https://padlet.com/steveszab/d0cxfx91xmyl/wish/341940614 steveszab https://padlet.com/steveszab/d0cxfx91xmyl/wish/341943492 The most prevalent example at us is when we teach students about famous scientist who became known to the world-wide scientific audience and laymen for their work and ideas from which billions of people have been benefiting ever since.( Miller, Punnett, Pasteur, Koch, Semmelweis etc.)]]> 2019-03-15 22:12:23 UTC https://padlet.com/steveszab/d0cxfx91xmyl/wish/341943492 steveszab https://padlet.com/steveszab/d0cxfx91xmyl/wish/341944873 A good example to quote is the spread of infections, epidemics and pandemics and their causative agents, bacteria and viruses. Stoping them and/or eradicating the pathogens will take a concerted international/global effort, behind which there is shared knowledge, material, trust and skills .]]> 2019-03-15 22:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/steveszab/d0cxfx91xmyl/wish/341944873 steveszab https://padlet.com/steveszab/d0cxfx91xmyl/wish/341946055 The most pressing issue in this field is climate change which is clearly a global phenomenon not recognizing localness, having an effect on all of us. I find it a very good idea to iniciate class discussions and even individual research work as to how to tackle it and how to mitigate its effects on a local and then on a global level. Same about water recycling to which we are going to dedicate the whole of next week(sustainability week) at our College. Students will have to submit essays on it after a guided tour in a major water recycling facility.]]> 2019-03-15 22:38:38 UTC https://padlet.com/steveszab/d0cxfx91xmyl/wish/341946055