Make It Stick by Peter C. Brown et al

 

Learning how to learn and how to train others provides opportunities for health and safety professionals to improve the chance that others will survive this increasingly complex world.  The Authors of Make it Stick - The Science of Successful Learning provide evidence based method of acquiring and using knowledge. 

Tips:

1. Quiz yourself about the information at spaced intervals allowing time to forget the information.
2. Interleave training. Don't learn only how to hit curve balls. Work on an assortment of curve, fast and sliders during the same session.
3. Ask questions about the material that you are reading.
4. Write a summary of the material that you have read.
5. Work at applying the knowledge that you are acquiring.
6. Continually practice the basic skills that are needed.

They layout information on how pilots are trained. They also use lessons learned from events to make improvements on apprehending criminals to learning lines for a play.  One individual used the lessons learned from selling illegal firecrackers in Minnesota and applying that knowledge to buying and operating a railroad system.

The information provided will assist individuals in teaching and life long learning. 

Make It Stick - Dr. McDaniel - 6 min

Make It Stick interview with the three authors - 91 minutes

Wildlife Photography Adventures from Minnesota and North America by N G Carlson

 

Book cover photo - N G Carlson

Starting late in the fall of 2020, I spent time taking photos of the wildlife in Minnesota and Wisconsin with a brief trip to the Gulf Coast of Florida in November of 2021.

Back in Minnesota, my early mornings and weekends were spent taking photos at Silverwood Park, Long Lake Regional Park, and Snail Lake Regional Park. Other photos were taken at locations in Scandia, Minnesota and throughout the Minneapolis and St. Paul area.

Deer kept following me around again his year. I watched a young buck being chased by a male Red-winged Blackbird across an open meadow at Silverwood Park. I enjoyed watching Great-horned Owls raise their family.

Birds continue to make up most of the wildlife photos with the focus on waterfowl, woodpeckers, songbirds, and shore birds.

I was fortunate to spend the time in nature alone and walking with others on outdoor adventures. I hope these photos encourage you to start your own outdoor adventure.

Common names and scientific names are given to each bird, animal, reptile and insect. 

The book, Wildlife Photography Adventures from Minnesota and North America (soft cover), is available from Amazon in softcover and kindle.

Wildlife Photography Adventures from Minnesota and North America (Wildlife photographs) Kindle

Hummingbird similar to photos in the book.