Teaching Science and the Sea this past summer at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre was an incredible learning experience for me: my first field-course (and first time teaching solo!) and my first course for non-science majors. I used Storify to … Continued
A quick post about the effort of teaching. Since July 21st I’ve taught two back-to-back university field courses at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, one a 6-week intro to science for non-science students—Science and the Sea—the other a 3.5-week seaweeds … Continued
Just spent three amazing days teaching a seaweeds field course for the Raincoast Education Society in Tofino, B.C. See below for slides and teaching resources. This hands-on course got local Tofino folk and visitors alike exploring, learning and appreciating the … Continued
A holiday in London to see Monty Python live—that’s right, Monty-frickin’-Python—is enough excitement to melt your eyeballs, but you really can’t visit London without visiting a museum or two. On this trip the highlight was an afternoon in the Natural … Continued
Think back to your favorite science project in school, the one where you got to design your very own experiment. Now think about the first time you ever saw the ocean, how much fun it was to play in the … Continued
Today is World Oceans Day—for a few more minutes anyway—what better time to share a little slice of the ocean I love, to celebrate the diversity of life teeming along the seashore in Bamfield, British Columbia, while also remembering that … Continued
Today is my first day not in Bamfield after four months in Bamfield. I’m very sad. Well, also bonkers, over-the-moon ecstatic and grateful that I got to spend four months in this teeny coastal community at the end of the … Continued
How do you deal with the creeping suspicion that clickers and your classroom just don’t have any chemistry? I am a little troubled by a recent article entitled Why I’m Giving Up On Clickers, posted on the blog of Prof-Like … Continued
If you’ve ever been to Bamfield, B.C., a small community on the remote West coast of Vancouver Island, you know it’s a wild, weird and wonderful place. I absolutely adore it. Thanks to the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre (BMSC), a … Continued
Can’t find a children’s book that suits the needs of your kids or students? Print your own! My friend Louesa (“Mrs. Byrne” to her students) wanted to read her kindergarten-grade 1 class a book about the forest. The local forest. … Continued