As the semester is winding down, I have the time to write about the book that made an incredible impression on me. The book “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” opened my eyes to one of the most interesting and most ethically- and politically-loaded unsolved mysteries of the 20th century: the mystery of cancer. I […]

If you would like to visualize what exponential function really means, listen to the lecture by Prof. Emeritus from the University of Colorado, Boulder, Dr. Al Bartlett. This is a great example of why science teaching to general population is so important.

On October 3oth 2010 we had a very special event hosted at the Faculty of Education at UBC. We had more than 150 guests and almost 30 volunteers helping us to have amazing science stations and a great demo show. The event was supported by the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy and the Faculty of […]

On October 30, 2010 we organized the first Faculty of Education Family Science Day. This was possible thanks to the support of my colleagues from the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, our amazing staff and students,  the Dean of Education and of course my family and friends. It is so great to be an organizer […]

Nobel Prizes 2010 have been announced. This is very exciting and sharing this information with the students in another way of bringing frontiers of science to the classroom. The Nobel Prize in Physiology has been awarded to  Robert G. Edwards “for the development of in vitro fertilization”. Dr. Susan White from the American Institute of […]

In about one month, UBC will be having a very special event called “Celebrate Learning Week“. It is interesting that the Celebrate Learning week is not even a week. It is a 9-day celebration of learning on UBC campus. Our Department’s (Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy at the UBC Faculty of Education) mission is to […]