The Fourth Anniversary Edition of our “MOST EXCEPTIONAL ESCAPADES IN SCIENCE” High School Student Conference will be held on Thursday April 14th, 2011. Attending this event is FREE, but registration is required. UPDATE (Mar 1st): We’re full, with over 100+ students registered! Online registration is now closed, please email Dr. Fox at: joanne@msl.ubc.ca if [...]
Teacher Conference 2010
Our 2010 Michael Smith Labs Teacher Conference will be held on Friday October 22nd, 2010. Attending this event is FREE, but registration is required. This event showcases various scientific pursuits, including the opportunity to engage in hands-on activities, participate in workshops that highlight hands-on classroom activities, as well as interact with some of the most prominent scientists in the world. Registration is now closed because we’re FULL!
Registration for 2010 MSL Teacher Conference
Registration for the 2010 Michael Smith Labs teacher conference is now open. Save the date! Friday October 22nd, 2010. Register now!
Our 2010 Michael Smith Labs Teacher Conference will be held on Friday October 22nd, 2010. Attending this event is FREE, but registration is required.
Please see our conference webpage for [...]
MOST EXCEPTIONAL ESCAPADES IN SCIENCE 2010
The Third Anniversary Edition of our “MOST EXCEPTIONAL ESCAPADES IN SCIENCE” High School Student Conference will be held on Friday March 5th, 2010. Attending this event is FREE, but registration is required. Click here to access our online registration. Conference sign-in opens at 8:30am, with the program starting at 9:00am. See [...]
Social media in the science classroom (notes from the conference session)
Here is the slideshow presented by Dave Ng during the 2009 MSL Teacher Conference. Links are embedded in the slideshow (you can try mousing over the slides). As well, relevant links and movies have been embedded directly into this post.
- Click on the movie to move through slides –
- Also move mouse to [...]
2009 MSL TEACHER CONFERENCE (DARWINIAN EDITION)!
We had a great day with over 90+ enthusiastic teachers attending. You can view all the videos, notes, and links from the program here!
Mr. Darwin pops by the lab. Talks about macro-evolution, Dawkins, and Sir Elton John
With the exception of my slip up during the introductions (I introduced Charles as “Sir Charles…”), here is a pretty great video of old Chuck talking to a class of high school students.
This was at a recent high school science conference we hosted, where we focused pretty much on all things evolution. And it [...]
MOST EXCEPTIONAL ESCAPADES IN SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT CONFERENCE
The Michael Smith Laboratories is pleased to announce our second annual Scientific Conference designed for high school students (Grades 8 to 12). This event showcases various scientific pursuits, including the opportunity to engage in hands-on activities, as well as interact with some of the most prominent scientists in the world.
2009 MOST EXCEPTIONAL ESCAPADES IN SCIENCE – Confirmation List
Check your name to see if it’s on the list. Email Dr. Joanne Fox, joanne@msl.ubc.ca if you need to make any changes.
Human Genome Project – Biology and Computers together
Expanding on her morning keynote session, Joanne will highlight how your classrooms can get involved with the popular science outreach & field trip programs at Michael Smith Labs at UBC. The hands-on part of this workshop will use the story of the human genome project to discuss how bringing biology & computers together can have impact in your classroom.
