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From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
[mailto:phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf
Of chuck britton
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 4:55 PM
To: Forum for Physics Educators
Subject: Re: [Phys-l] Pres. Obama to eliminate testing portion of NCLB
As one who is totally unschooled in the biological sciences I
have to ask:
Can any plant be classified as a predator, or does the definition
preclude that?
I've always been fascinated by the Venus Flytraps that grow near here.
So much science testing seems to be based on somewhat
arbitrary definitions.
.
At 4:03 PM -0500 8/8/11, John Clement wrote:
And of course there is the problem of stupid questions. Thestate tests are
full of them. The most memorable questions that I recentlydiscovered is
the following:This example was
On a biology question the answer was that "a mushroom is a predator".
One wonders who they get to write and check the questions.
supplied to me by a biology teacher who was aghast at it._______________________________________________
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