Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Once Again, Texas Leads the Way

Colorful photo at link, thoughtfully provided by Jeff Meyerson.

Maggots are works of art at Oak Cliff school | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News: "They are the squirmy scavengers of the insect world.

But maggots morph into artistic instruments in Kim Schofield's elementary school classes. Ms. Schofield, an entomologist for the Texas Cooperative Extension in Dallas, brings live maggots to North Texas schools for a one-of-a-kind lesson that melds science and art.

Kids dip the maggots into nontoxic paint, plop them onto construction paper and watch the critters wiggle out abstract explosions of color on the page."

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