— Watch/Download the movie (~168Mb mpeg file) | image from here — – – – Dr. William Rees. Professor, School of Community and Regional Planning. October 24th, 2008 “It’s Your Experiment!” Science Teacher Conference. Michael Smith Laboratories, UBC – – – Description: A 30 minute lecture looking at whether science…
In case you missed it, the lab hosted a large-ish conference for high school science teachers (about 95 registrants) – as well, we took the tact of blogging the conference so that pretty much all of the content is already up. Here are some highlights: – We had 4 great…
Thanks to Emma for noting this. Our little science plus creative writing project has a quick mention at the TED website. This is related to one of the TED wishes presented last year by Dave Eggers. If you get a chance, you should definitely check out the Once Upon a…
Fellow Science Scout Jennifer Gardy has a nice little write up at the Globe and Mail website about the science scouts. If you hail from Vancouver and want to join in the Science Scout fun, it’s only a Facebook group away. Otherwise, you can join the global list.
In recent decades, the search for alternative energies has become increasingly important to the average citizen. Whether it’s due to concerns for the environment or worries about shortages in fuel or rising prices, most people agree that other options need to be found. Considering the amazing amount of energy that…
Whoa. With the wide notice going out this morning, we already have more requests for our Science Creative Literacy Symposia than dates available. Consequently, we have to put a hold on the symposia bookings until we have a chance to sort out current requests. Thanks for the overwhelming interest, and…
We’re excited to announce that registration is now open for the 2008 MSL Teacher Conference. This two-day conference will be held on Friday & Saturday October 24-25th, 2008. Come for one day or stay for two – the choice is yours. You can check out the conference web page and/or click here to register.
(pdf of this activity is available for download by clicking here) – – – This workshop aims to teach environmental and social responsibility while exercising student empathy by having students write letters from the point of view of inanimate objects or animals. Coincidentally, good writing habits and understanding of narrative…
Our very own Dave Ng is featured in the Sept 4th issue of UBC reports.
