We have a great program that includes a visit from Darwin, a historical perspective on the reception to Darwin & his theory, tours of the brand new Beaty Biodiversity museum at UBC, a preview of new field trip programs offered by AMBL, tips & tricks for tackling Science literacy and…
Happy to announce dates for our popular one week molecular biology workshops. They are from November 30th to December 4th, 2009. Cost is still CAN$1250 and, like always, all proceeds go towards outreach programs. For more registration details click here, and for reviews of previous workshops, go here.
In case you don’t follow Terry* on Twitter (something you definitely want to rectify right away), you might not have heard the exciting news. Tickets for Sir Ken’s upcoming Terry Speaker Series talk are now available at the Chan! Ticket info as follows: Tickets are free (limit 2 per person),…
Just a quick note to say that as the school term approaches, we are just now getting organized. Stay tuned, but I suspect we can start taking names in the next week or so. Just a reminder, we currently offer three main fieldtrip opportunities: Science Creative Literacy Symposia (Grade 5…
Looks like we’re game on for this biodiversity/pokemon project. In case, you’re in the dark, here is an old write up on the general idea for this creative science literacy project. Essentially, the latest bit of news is that we hope to produce a working template for this project over…
Just returning back from a professional science training workshop in Ibadan, Nigeria. This is part of the West African Biotechnology Workshop series, whereby our lab has been a principle participant for the past 7 or so years. In general, the intent is to aid with the development of better African…
We’ve just had a chance to finish our first annual MSL/CEDAR Science Creative Literacy Symposia. This was a fun chance for students to develop connections between the two fields of arts and science. With this program, students will perform exciting scientific experiments in a top-notch laboratory on UBC campus, and…
We have just listed our Science Creative Literacy Symposia program in the Once Upon a School project archive. Click here to read the write up. As well, this was previously highlighted at the TED website. 放链接内容
Check out this great collection of plant specimens collected by a Grade 5 class from Weir Elementary. at weirubc.wordpress.com. Better yet, leave a comment or two if you happen to be able to identify some of the specimens.
