In five days my colleagues from the Faculty of Education at UBC and I will travel to the largest in the world refugee camp in North East Kenya – Daadab Refugee Camp. This refugee camp is 20 years old and… Read moreScience Education in the Largest in the World Refugee Camp
One of the interesting things about being a physics teacher is an opportunity to discover many exciting physics-related things anywhere you go. I just came back from the meeting of the Canadian Association of Physicists in St.John’s, NL and I… Read moreA Physics Teacher’s View on St. John’s NL
I just came back from the Canadian Association of Physicists Congress in St.John’s Newfoundland and Labrador. It was a very interesting conference. It was especially exciting to see that the Division of Physics Education had 4 sessions and each one… Read morePhysics in Primary Schools
Once all scientists die and go to heaven. They decide to play “Hide-n-seek”. Unfortunately Einstein is the one who has the den… He is supposed to count up to 100 and then start searching… Everyone starts hiding except for Newton…. Read moreScience joke: If you got it, you are one of us
I would like to share with you a report by Rachel Ivie (Assistant Director of AIP Statistical Research Center). It is an important read for any science or mathematics educator.I am fortunate to know Rachel personally and I know how… Read moreWeekly Update by the American Institute of Physics
In Memory of ALL the people who Suffered from the Chernobyl Disaster: you are not forgotten… Today is May 26, 2011. Exactly 25 years ago. the nuclear power station in Chernobyl – a small town only 100+ km away from… Read moreChernobyl 25 Years Later…
Kenya was not on my radar till very recently. I knew very little about Africa, especially Central Africa and the little I knew painted some very problematic pictures – AIDS, political uncertainly, genocide, starving people, kids whose parents got killed… Read moreGetting to know Kenya and Daadab Refugee Camp
This is the slide I used during my outreach presentation. I thought it might be useful to others. Here is the link to the web site that helped me create this slide: click here. Enjoy!
I was so privileged to be able to attend the outreach event for girls as part of the 4th ICWIP Conference. On Saturday morning we drove to a local school where more than 200 girls (and a few boys) and… Read moreOutreach Event for Girls in Physics in Cape Town
International Conference on Women in Physics has been one of the most interesting and inspirational conferences I have ever attended. More than 250 women and men from more than 60 different countries attended it. As the conference took place in… Read moreInternational Conference for Women in Physics
