A teaching aid: geo-haiku!This started out as an Earth Day 2009 "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 2009 to 2021 Earthy haiku offerings I'm finding them everywhere, every day! |
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The 2010 Geo-poetry Calendar PDF of 2010 calendar (opens in new window) (goes from February 2010 through January 2011) |
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All 24 chapters of a Geology text
summarized in haiku form (part of Father Guido Sarducci's Five-minute University?) PDF of PowerPoint Slides (new window) |
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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 (2009) | |
| Geo-haikus from one MiraCosta College oceanography student (2010) | |
| Last human touch: 23 December 2021 | |