Salutations
This page is not pretty. It is simply a convenient place for me to list links instead of cluttering my main page,
which is found HERE.
I am a faculty member of the
Chemistry Department at the
University of Washington in Seattle.
My background is in biological physics; my Ph.D. is in physics from Princeton University with Sol Gruner. At Princeton I studied how the lipid composition
of a membrane altered the activity of an ion channel in that membrane using voltage-clamping and x-ray scattering.
I then became a post-doc with Joe
Zasadzinski back when he was at the University of California at Santa
Barbara. There, I looked at other membrane and surfactant systems with electron microscopy.
I did a second postdoc at Stanford with Harden McConnell and studied lipids in monolayers:
how the miscibility critical point and the propensity for complex formation depend on lipid
composition. I have been a faculty member at the University of Washington since 2000.
UW and Seattle
Travel
Kid Stuff
Pleasant ways to spend time that I don't actually have
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School lunch menus
School snow-day listings (search for your district)
Seattle public schools online communication ("The Source")
Free Family Fun Day at the Wing Luke Museum (third Saturdays)
Free first Saturdays at the Asian Art Museum
Folk Life Festival (Late May)
Seattle Science Festival (June)
Burke Museum day camp
UW Botanic Gardens, 1st-6th grade, 15% discount to UW
Seattle Audubon Day Camp (grades 1-9).
summerfun Performing and Visual Arts Daycamp (age 7-12, 3 week)
Neo Art School
Sewing camp classes (9-3, Ballard)
Woodland Park Zoo Camps
UCDS Summer Camps
Pacific Science Center (K-9)
Seattle Aquarium
Camp ZinZanni
Raspberry Pyrates Coding Camp for Girls 3 days only?
UW Summer Youth Programs day camp
Arena Sports Soccer Camp
Arena Sports - General
UW Sports Camps
DiscNW Ultimate Camps
Dance Fremont summer program
The Center for Wooden Boats (ages 9+)
Girls Leadership Institute, Bay Area, grade 6-8 wknds, grade 9-12 overnight 2 wks
Girls Rock Camp in Portland (ages 8-17, registration open Jan 1)
Girls Rock Camp in Seattle (ages 8-17, opens April 2)
iD Tech Camps STEM (ages 7-17, held at UW)
Digital Media Academy (ages 6-17, held at UW)
Camp Sealth, Overnight "resident" camp on Vashon Island (entering grades 1+).
YMCA Camp Orkila, Overnight camp on Orcas Island, entering grade 6+.
Camp Nor'Wester, Overnight camp on John's Island (4 week sessions).
Wilderness Awareness School Camp, Overnight camp for ages 11+. Day camps from 6-12, but far away.
Robinson Center summer program (5th-10th grade)
Center for Talented Youth (7th grade and above is in Seattle, take test for eligibility)
UW Robinson Center for Young Scholars (Grades 5-6, Grades 7-10)
NOAA Science Camp for Middle Schoolers (Grades 7-8)
NOAA Junior Leadership Program Camp (Grades 9-12)
Microsoft Digigirlz Day and High Tech Camp (High School)
Girls Adventures in Math, Eng, and Sci (U of Illinois) (entering Grades 9-12)
Summer Institute for Mathematics at UW (High school, after 3 yrs high school math)
Washington Business Week (grade 9-12 at UW Tacoma)
Quadrilla Twist and Rail Marble Run,
Maze Ways Cat and Mouse,
Klutz paper airplanes,
ThinkFun Hoppers,
Top Trumps, Quirkle,
Immune Attack by Federation of American Scientists (PC only?),
Crayon Physics (PC, not Mac yet),
Fantastic Contraption physics game (yes, for Mac too),
Prehistoric Park,
World of Goo (recommended by Sarah Veatch)
Spectrum Dance Theater
eXit SPACE young dancer program
Feminist Karate Union. Also heard good things about Washington Karate Assn, Ballard Dojo (Greenwood)
Mike and Benk's List (PDF).
Deborah's Apps: FingerPhysics, TanZen lite, circular TTT (circular tic tac toe), jirbo says (simon says), jellycar2 (8-9 yrs), artilect (8-9).
Ka Yee's kids: The Wind in the Willows, Time Warp Trio, Princess Frog, Spiderwick Chronicles (starting with The Field Guide),
Mrs. Frisbee and the rats of NIMH, Bones (graphic novel), Lone Wolf (Jodi Picoult).
Julianne: How to train your dragon, Cornelia Funke, Mysterious Benedict Society
New Beginnings - Battered women and their children, 206-926-3034.
Baby Boutique - For homeless families, 206-902-4270.
West Side Baby - Clothing and toys for infants in homeless and low-income families, 206-767-1662.
Treehouse - For foster kids
Elizabeth Gregory House - Homeless women (no children) in U-District
Math Start / Stuart Murphy (e.g. Missing Mittens)
Macaulay: (Castle, Cathedral, City, Mill, Mosque, Pyramid, Rome Antics, Ship, Underground),
Howtoons
Online lists of recommendations for kid lit: Berkeley parent's network for
5-6 year olds,
7-9 year olds,
Age appropriate for advanced readers,
including Discussion of gender issues.
More for advanced readers (with summaries).
A mighty girl books.
Kid lit that has won awards,
NPR kid lit ages 9+,
NPR's 100 best books for 9-14,
NPR's 100 best teen novels,
NPR's 100 best graphic novels,
Gutenberg - free downloads, e.g. Ozma of Oz,
Molly Moon (free reads)
Set, Tangoes, Rivers Roads and Rails, ThinkFun River Crossing, ThinkFun Rush Hour, ThinkFun Chocolate Fix,
ThinkFun Tilt, ThinkFun Safari Undercover,
Castle Logix,
Lab coat and goggles for 18-inch doll,
Kid-friendly Microscope,
or the "Duoscope" microscope by My First Lab (recommended by Kit!)
Math Girl (Number Garden and Addition House), Motion Math (Hungry Fish, Zoom, and Wings), Simple Physics, Dragon Box
Schoolhouse Rock, TMBG Here Come the ABCs, TMBG Here come the 123s, TMBG Here Comes Science, Electric Company,
Anything by Attenborough (e.g. Life of Birds)
OK Go's Three Primary Colors
I love to rhyme all of the time
TMBG "Big Box of Free Things"
6 Seattle Kindie Rock Bands
Caspar Babypants
Recess Monkey
Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child and its
Audio Archives
Bill and Ella
Science Fair
Singing Science Records
Cootie Catcher with 3-letter phonetic words.
Ages 0-100 in 150 seconds
Pet Watch (Is your exotic pet eco-friendly or a terror?)
Beginner origami for kids
Reign of Aquaria
MARINE BIOLOGY: Monterrey Aquarium Critter Cards,
Oregon Coast Aquarium Outreach Program Activities: see
"From Tube Feet to Tentacles", etc.
MATH: Telegraph Gridclub (5-12),
Cambridge Math Games (5-19),
DuPage Children's Museum Math Challenges,
UCSB math circle problems,
Math for love (Seattle) and its salon,
Seattle GEMS competition (March),
Squares of Differences,
One-Two Nim Game,
Khan Academy.
MUSIC: Band music: Standard of Excellence Book 1
SCHOOL: 30 questions to replace "How was your day?",
How to ace teacher conferences
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE:
Signing Savvy dictionary,
My Smart Hands (for kids).
Numbers 1-10, ASL Letters, Video1,
Video2,
and Video3
KARATE: Heian Nidan and
Matsukaze
SCIENCE: Instructables Easy Squiggle Bot,
Science toys to make,
Science activities from Zoom-a-zoom-a-zoom-a-zoom,
Activity pages at the Smithsonian,
What is a flame?,
Why does sweat stink?,
What is hemoglobin?,
Plate Tectonics simplified,
CDC epidemiology puzzle iPad app
CODING: Digigirlz online instructions for podcast and web design, Grace Hopper documentary
PRETEENS AND TEENS: Great Conversations with Preteens,
Sexual consent: "Unconscious people don't want tea!",
Lisa Wade on college hookup culture,
Self-defense at "Just Yell Fire!",
X-plan
Rookie mag (e.g. "Friends with prejudice"),
Is it real news or fake news? "Checkology" virtual classroom,
Seattle's Teen Tix ($5 shows for 13-19 year olds),
Actual net cost at ~1,500 colleges (2015)
The Kid Should See This (blog)
Nature Boom Time
Emily Graslie's Brain Scoop
The Field Museum's videos and blog
HHMI's short science education films
The Sci Show
It's OKAY to be Smart (Youtube) and
at PBS
Tom McFadden's Science Raps
Sylvia's Maker Show
Lovely visualizations of probability
Search for El Perro Y El Gato on YouTube
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