Several of our Advanced Biotech students attended the ground breaking ceremony for the University of Arizona’s Bioscience Park.
According to the Daily Wildcat, the Bio Park, which is to be located at the southwest corner of 36th Street and Kino Parkway, seeks to provide the infrastructure, amenities and environment to attract and grow technology companies in the area of biosciences, officials said. The park is part of a larger effort to build a more vibrant and active bioscience industry in Arizona. [Read Complete Article]
Advanced Biotech students speaking with UofA President Robert Shelton
The Southern Arizona’s High Tech Connection also wrote an interesting article on the Bio Park. [Read Article]
Three Pueblo students will be visiting Israel as part of an Exchange Program during the month of November. They will be sending updates on their trip via Twitter and this blog. Our three representatives will be:
Alejandra CurielGabriel GarciaMelissa Shaw
They will be sending us pictures and stories of their experiences abroad starting November 4th.
Our friends from Break Down returned to Pueblo to perform in front of the Freshman class and deliver their message of hope and freedom. A packed house in the auditorium enjoyed the dance & drama.
What did you think of the assembly? Write your comments below.
The TUSD Mexican American/Raza Studies classes from Pueblo, Tucson, Rincon and Cholla gathered to listen to the message of Olmeca. Through his songs he delivered a positive message to the approximately 400 students in attendance:
If you attended assembly, what did you think of Olmeca’s message?
During the summer monsoon season, something extraordinary happens in the southwest corner of Farber Field. The pounding of rain drops serves as a wake up call to some interesting creatures that it’s time to resurface from their subterranean homes to breed. They are Coach’s Spadefoot Toads and Pueblo is their home.
Pond that forms during summer monsoon rains in SW corner of football field
Although we did not see the toads breeding, we were able to capture the thousands of eggs they left behind. They look like flowers, but instead of petals, they are full of eggs.
Eggs left behind by Spadefoot toads were scattered everywhere
It doesn’t take long for eggs to become tadpoles, usually about 15hrs. The very next day the pond was full of life and this is what it looked like:
Sadly, we saw fewer and fewer tadpoles every time we visited the pond after that. It takes about two weeks and a strong will for a tadpole to mature into a young frog. Of the thousands of eggs that started, very few survived, as many simply died and others were eaten by birds.
It also didn’t help that it hardly rained during the subsequent days. Mr. Michael Smith, a Biology Teacher at Pueblo, had to drag water hoses to fill in the pond. He really went out of his way to help these amphibians survive. Kudos to him.
Mr. Smith adding water to pond
In the end we did not see any young frogs jumping around, but it sure was an interesting phenomenon to witness. One that we hope will continue happening at Pueblo every summer for years to come.
