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Elissa Hoffman
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As my students sighed the other day when I assigned yet another reading, "The AP doesn't stand for "Awesome Party", does it?" Nope. But it's a great class anyway!See More
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As my students sighed the other day when I assigned yet another reading, "The AP doesn't stand for "Awesome Party", does it?" Nope. But it's a great class anyway!See More
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As my students sighed the other day when I assigned yet another reading, "The AP doesn't stand for "Awesome Party", does it?" Nope. But it's a great class anyway!See More
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As my students sighed the other day when I assigned yet another reading, "The AP doesn't stand for "Awesome Party", does it?" Nope. But it's a great class anyway!See More
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As my students sighed the other day when I assigned yet another reading, "The AP doesn't stand for "Awesome Party", does it?" Nope. But it's a great class anyway!See More
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As my students sighed the other day when I assigned yet another reading, "The AP doesn't stand for "Awesome Party", does it?" Nope. But it's a great class anyway!See More
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As my students sighed the other day when I assigned yet another reading, "The AP doesn't stand for "Awesome Party", does it?" Nope. But it's a great class anyway!See More
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As my students sighed the other day when I assigned yet another reading, "The AP doesn't stand for "Awesome Party", does it?" Nope. But it's a great class anyway!See More
Jun 15, 2011

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My Twitter username is:
ehoffman
Check out my blog:
http://access.aasd.k12.wi.us/Staff/Hoffman/Wpress/
My job title/titles:
Science teacher (AP Biology & Biology)
Curriculum Support Specialist for the district
Favorite course I currently teach & why:
AP Biology - able to get into so much depth and so many interesting questions
Interests (away from work):
Family time, running, reading, scrapbooking

Elissa Hoffman's Blog

Happy birthday, dear Charles

"...from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful have been, and are being, evolved."

-Charles Darwin



You'd be hard pressed to find a biology teacher who doesn't recognize that quote! The insights of Charles Darwin, and the biological research they spawned, forever changed the field of biology. Today you cannot fully understand biology unless you understand evolution; in the words of Theodosius Dobzhansky, "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of… Continue

Posted on January 6, 2009 at 9:08pm — 3 Comments

Comment Wall (8 comments)

At 9:15pm on January 6, 2009, Luann Lee said…
Love the Darwin Day page :-)
At 9:22pm on January 7, 2009, MaryLou said…
Wonderful! How long will you be here? I'll see what lovely weather conditions I can have in place for your visit.
At 9:39pm on January 7, 2009, MaryLou said…
While I've not yet had the pleasure of visiting WI, I can only imagine the typical January conditions. It was 67F when I left for school today - abt 6:30AM. Our winters are bi-polar...freezing one day & warm enough for shorts the next. Keeps things interesting.
At 9:29pm on January 10, 2009, cabin14 said…
Thanks for the welcome :)
At 11:13am on January 14, 2009, Tammy Buchinger said…
Thanks for the message:) I think this is a great idea and I hope to get new ideas and strategies for AP Biology.
At 9:15pm on January 14, 2009, Martha R Gore said…
Thank you.
At 1:45pm on January 15, 2009, Gian Toyos said…
Thank you, glad to be here.
At 8:38pm on April 27, 2009, Eric Brunsell said…
Hey - this looks like a nice community-

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