Tonight I had the pleasure of visiting the amazing maker space at the software design company Autodesk on Pier 9, San Francisco. I was participating in a Bay Area Maker Educator meetup, along with 40 other teachers and education specialists from across the Bay. The invitation promised a visit to a maker lab that “we’ll all …
In just a couple of weeks, The Mix at the San Francisco Public Library is opening! The Mix is a youth-designed teen center open just for teens (ages 13-18) to hang out, explore technologies, work together, and learn from educators from around the Bay Area, including the California Academy of Sciences, the Bay Area Video …
I'm excited to share the news that episode one of the podcast "Object Oriented" is now out! As a reminder, "Object Oriented" is a monthly audio podcast featuring my friends Barry Joseph, head of digital learning at the American Museum of Natural History, Eve Gaus of digital learning at the Field Museum in Chicago, and myself. Each episode, we talk about a …
California Academy TechTeens Kate, Victoria and Emma created this video project inspired by the "Habitat Earth" planetarium show. They asked our visitors whether they thought if was possible for humans to get to zero waste. Here's what they found out. For more about the TechTeens see http://www.calacademy.org/techteens . For more about San Francisco's Zero Waste initiative, …
Playlist of all youth-created Science Today videos.
For Mother's Day yesterday, the @calacademy twitter account reposted a pic from our swamp that I took. Classic. “Are you my mom?” Sometimes things get a little awkward in our Swamp. (Captured by @riktheranger.) pic.twitter.com/MgC2O0fFvJ — CA AcademyOfSciences (@calacademy) May 10, 2015
Cal Academy research fellow Bryson Voirin is studying the adorable, elusive pygmy sloth, a critically endangered species that can be found on just one small island in the Caribbean. I love how he has to "race" to catch them! More about pygmy sloths and their endangered status on the WWF site. More about Bryson's research …
Check out this short and sweet video on the citizen science bioblitz that happened in March in Golden Gate Park. Created by Chloe, Mark and Madeleine of the California Academy of Sciences TechTeens program. For more about citizen science at the Academy, see http://www.calacademy.org/citizen-science.
I'm so pleased to share the news that the California Academy of Sciences was recognized by disability support group The ARC SF as "Employer of the Year." With 6 interns and 4 employees with disabilities on staff, the Cal Academy was praised for our "commitment to creating an inclusive work environment." According to Academy executive director Jon …