A new (to me) teaching aid: geo-haikus!This started out as an Earth Day "thing" at MiraCosta College, and quickly took on a life of its own.  I encouraged my students
to do some Earth-related haikus for extra credit, and
disovered that they are an excellent means of boiling
down a topic to its essence.As Mark Twain (or T.S. Eliot, or Blaise Pascal?) is purported to have said, "If I had more time, I'd have written a shorter letter." |
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My own Earthy haikus I'm finding them everywhere, every day! |
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All 24 chapters of a Geology text
summarized in haiku form (part of Father Guido Sarducci's Five-minute University?) |
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My first seven
haikus, submitted to MCC's "Haiku Kite
Festival" (prompted by Becky and Kathryn Kessab) |
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| Geo-haikus from my Southwestern College students | Geo-haikus from my MiraCosta College students |
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