This past week saw my husband and two close friends from grad school defend their Ph.D. dissertations—one of whom I taught during their undergrad! I’m so proud! Also, apparently, old. Makes me nostalgic for my own Ph.D. “glory days”, finished … Continued
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
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
A weather report is, for me, like a sausage: I enjoy the end product but never really think about how it’s made. I think they both involve pork… But then I spent time with a self-described “weather geek”, someone who … Continued
Working in the science education realm is teaching me some of the basics of how learning works. Frankly, I’m quite frustrated that learning about learning isn’t part of our standard education, but that’s not my point today. Knowing what I … Continued