Fall Welcome
As we are celebrating the first day of the fall and are wondering what the winter has in store for us, I cannot think of a better science connection to the inevitable change of seasons than a very famous study… Read moreFall Welcome
Category: Teacher Education
New Year and the Homework Battles
As I am writing my last blog post this summer, I have noticed a number of new posts online on the “stop-homework-before-it-stops-us” movement. The movement, or at least the way I understood it, aims to abolish homework in our schools… Read moreNew Year and the Homework Battles
On Physics Teaching, Learning and Making a Difference
When I watched this video (in Hebrew), I knew that I had to make sure that my students – future physics teachers can watch it as well. This motivated me to contact an Israeli physics teacher – Dr. Ilya Mazin… Read moreOn Physics Teaching, Learning and Making a Difference
On New Academic Year Resolutions
For most of us, new year resolutions are associated with the “unrealistically” high expectations and activities we will fail to keep up with by the third week of January. Lose 20 lbs by the end of the first week of… Read moreOn New Academic Year Resolutions
High Price of Forgetting our Past
Yesterday we celebrated the 151st birthday of Canada. OK, maybe not everybody, but I certainly did. In my personal or professional life, I do not feel as an immigrant to Canada, because I have been a part of Canada and… Read moreHigh Price of Forgetting our Past
Another Year of Teacher Education Program
A few days ago my husband and I happen to visit a very interesting place – an old school room at a museum in a small town of Salmon Arm in British Columbia – R. J. Haney Heritage Village and Museum… Read moreAnother Year of Teacher Education Program
Math & Science Teachers as Learners
This summer I was asked to teach an Inquiry course in our STEM Teacher Education Program. The course is the last inquiry course that teacher-candidates take after they have completed their school practicum. As a result, they come to this… Read moreMath & Science Teachers as Learners
You can have your cake and eat it too!
English is obviously not my first language, so I pay extra attention to proverbs and special expressions. English has many of them and the more fluent you are, the more comfortable you feel when you hear or use them. One… Read moreYou can have your cake and eat it too!
40th UBC Physics Olympics
We held our 40th UBC Physics Olympics today: http://physoly.phas.ubc.ca/ . It was an extraordinary event. We had 6 very successful heats that the students were very excited about. We also had a record number of teams and students: 73… Read more40th UBC Physics Olympics
Presenting at BCAPT Professional Development Day
This winter I helped to organize a professional development day for BC physics educators. We gathered at Capilano University and spent a day discussing how we teach physics, how students learn physics, and how we can use technology to engage… Read morePresenting at BCAPT Professional Development Day