The Field Museum of Chicago is one of my favorite natural history museums in the world. The Field is one of the country's oldest natural history museums, dating back to 1893, as an outgrowth of the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago. Those deep roots are evident in the neo-classical architecture, old school dioramas, and …
Last week, Google Science Fair organized a neat Google Hangout with some of the scientists who went on the last Philippines Verde Island Passage Expedition. I caught some of it live and now am happy to share the full archive of the video chat below. Participants included: Terry Gosliner, senior curator of invertebrate zoology Elliott Jessup, …
Me keynoting the Second Life Community Convention in 2006 Last weekend, I was at the Digital Media and Learning conference in Los Angeles, an intense, three day gathering of academics, educators, tech providers and funders who work in the digital learning field. The sessions started at 9am with meetings and receptions going late in the …
I had the opportunity to connect with Don Olavides, a Filipino researcher studying sea cucumbers. He was kind enough to show us how the scientists process specimens that are brought in from their dives, so that they can be further studied back in the lab. NOTE: Apologies for my terrible videography skills! It was …
Check out this short tour of the Cal Academy’s field laboratory in Puerto Galera, Philippines, guided by the Academy’s curator of invertebrate zoology Dr. Rich Mooi. This was shot fairly late in the evening to avoid the crush of scientists crowding the lab earlier in the afternoon. So there were not as many beautiful specimens on …
One of the awesomest parts about being on the 2015 Verde Island Passage expedition is getting to connect with and educate the local communities around the area. For our presentations, we try very hard to emphasize the enormous wealth in marine biodiversity that the Philippines possesses. For these island communities, being able to see the …
Just a quick reminder that I'm still in the Philippines for the next few days, as part of the 2015 Verde Island Passage expedition for the Cal Academy. You can read about all our adventures over here on our youth community tumbr: Academyadventures.tumblr.com! Lots of awesome stuff going on over here in PI!
We’ve completed two outreach events we’ve organized as part of the 2015 Philippines Verde island Passage expedition. It has been a really remarkable experience getting to connect with local Filipinos to educate them about marine biodiversity and environmental sustainability. Our first outreach event was for a group of about 60 high school teachers at the …
Today is the first of four outreach events that Meg Burke, Lindzy Bivings and I will be leading all around the Batangas area. I’m nervous and excited about sharing about science, biodiversity, and sustainability for people on local communities in the Philippines! Our first stop today is a training for about 60 teachers at the …
Working at the Cal Academy, I have spent a good amount of time in our aquarium, particularly our main setpiece, the giant Philippines coral tank. I must admit I have wondered if the sheer diversity and density of life in our tank actually represents what you would encounter here in the Philippines. Having done several dives …