Being a science teacher is not a job, to me it is a way of life… A few days ago I experienced a very interesting phenomenon – an air inversion – when the temperature on the ground in cooler than… Read moreMaking Science Relevant…
Winter 2013 meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers is taking place in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is always a wonderful event, but this year the list of speakers is just outstanding (AAPT WM 2013 program: http://www.aapt.org/Conferences/wm2013/ ). I… Read moreWinter 2013 AAPT Meeting
I would like to wish everybody a happy and healthy new year. I thought that Sheldon, Penny and Leonard in one of my faviourite episodes of The Big Bang Theory will do it better than I can: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlhHTdDqoBc[/youtube] I also… Read moreHappy New Year!
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On October 27 2012 we had another Family Science Day and on November 2nd we had our third Celebrate Science Library event. The goals of both events were to bring science to the community: to teachers, parents, future teachers and… Read moreFamily Science Day and Celebrate Science Library Fest 2012
A few days ago while walking along the hallway of the UBC Faculty of Education I noticed a very special exhibit. The exhibit drew my attention right away – a number of black and white photos featured children with a… Read moreJanusz Korczak and UBC Faculty of Education
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This is an article from NPR – October 22, 2012. Believe it or not, but I am completely dumbfounded by this news. Is it 21st century Europe? What is going on there? I think the next step will be to… Read moreItaly Finds Scientists Guilty…
I am teaching a very interesting (at least for me) graduate course on the Research in Science Teaching and Learning. Our last meeting focused on the Nature of Science and we of course had an opportunity to discuss the Evolution-Creationism… Read moreEvolution Versus Creationism: What should science teachers do?
On Saturday, October 13th, five of my students and I drove to Bellingham, Washington to attend a Washington Section AAPT Conference. I have posted my feedback about the conference here. It was a very special event and I felt that… Read moreTaking My Students to a Physics Teaching Conference
