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
As I wrote earlier, I feel very fortunate to be invited to be part of the Canadian Delegation at the 4h International Conference on Women in Physics organized by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. I decided to… Read more2011 International Conference For Women in Physics
On April 12th, 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first cosmonaut (or astronaut if you grew up in the West) to orbit the Earth. This event will be celebrated all over the world and I will make a few posts about… Read more50th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s Flight…
I kept thinking about the beads and I thought that it is a new nice way to show how refraction happens… And then I thought about rainbows … This is another possibility… Ok, I have to switch to another subject…. Read moreMagic Beads Once Again
Yesterday I had an opportunity to visit a high school in Richmond: Steveston-London Secondary School. I was invited by a physics teachers in that school (Mr. S. Clements) to see his physics lab. It is a school break now, the… Read moreA Physics Lab in Stevenston-London High school in Richmond
As I kept thinking about the water crystal pearls, I realized that I am ready to the next step – to try and understand how these superabsorbent polymers work. My first stop for information was an article in Wikipedia (thanks… Read moreHow Superabsorbent Polymer Crystals Work
It was interesting to see how this coin got stuck in “mid-air” – actually it was mid-water… You can do lots of interesting experiments with this simple equipment.
Today a Newsletter from the Perimeter Institute happened to cross my desk (I should have said crossed my Desktop). With a great interest I read an article by Dr. Greg Dick who is one of Perimeter Institute Outreach Managers involved… Read moreCanadian Teens Do Not Like Science or Do They?
In a few short days I will be flying to Cape Town, South Africa to attend the 4h International Conference on Women in Physics organized by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. It is a very special opportunity… Read moreAttracting Girls to Physics: A Canadian perspective
