I was so excited to participate in the 3rd Women in Science Conference held at Simon Fraser University. I posted more about it on www.bcapt.ca It was a great event and the women at Simon Fraser University who organized… Read more3rd Women in Physics Canada Conference
A few days ago I had a chance to attend a talk by Dwayne Huebner. He is a philosopher, an educator, a theologian. It was a very interesting talk. However, what I remembered the most is his mentioning of how… Read moreCovering the Material
On May 6th, I was very fortunate to attend a public lecture hosted by the UBC Centre of Teaching Learning and Technology. This public lecture “The Tyranny of the Lecture” featured a Harvard Professor Eric Mazur who for the last… Read moreEric Mazur’s Lecture: The Tyranny of the Lecture
Today I had an opportunity to visit a local elementary school. This was a regular yet a very special school visit for me, as this was the school that my own kids attended when we came to Canada. For more… Read moreA Very Special School Visit to a West Side Elementary School
Today I received a very special e-mail from a very special woman – Susan Marie Frontczak. I would like to share it with you. Dear Marina Today I celebrated my birthday, and received many good wishes. Many encouraged me to celebrate… Read moreMarie Curie – A Living History Project
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…
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?
