Yesterday was my first time marching in the San Francisco Pride Parade. I have participated for many years in the New York Pride Parade, but San Francisco has a well-deserved reputation as an international center for the LGBTQ community. This was also the first time I marched with other museum professionals in the "Museums with Pride" …
My new colleague at the California Academy of Sciences , Po Bhattacharyya made this wonderful animated video about the lancet liver fluke (Dicrocoelium dendriticum) while an undergrad at Brown. I didn't know what a lancet river fluke was before the video, but like Po, I'm a fan! CreatureCast – Lancet Liver Fluke from Casey Dunn on Vimeo. Story, …
Scientists know more about the surface of the moon than they do about the deep coral reefs. On Friday June 20, the California Academy of Sciences unveils our newest exhibit "Twilight Zone: Deep Reefs Revealed." From the exhibit description: Step inside a realm known as the twilight zone—a narrow, dimly lit band of the world's oceans more …
A couple of years ago, I met Simone Giertz, a young Swedish woman interested in lindy hop and making electronic gadgets. That's three things that I love in one person: dancing lindy hop! making electronic gadgets! being Swedish! Chatting with Simone at a lindy hop social, I mentioned that I worked at a science museum and …
On Saturday, I had the pleasure of going on one of the first boat trips to the Farallon Islands with the Oceanic Society this season. It was an incredible, all-day voyage, just 27-miles from San Francisco, but felt like a world away. Here's a video of some of the coolest marine life that we encountered. …
I'm old enough to remember "Powers of Ten" (1977), a formative and mind-expanding film that was shown to millions of young people in the 70s and 80s. It depicts in stunning animations for time the scale of the universe, starting from a person laying down at a picnic, then zooming out to the edge of the …
For the final day of the TechTeens program last Saturday, I had my group of teens play the game "Spaceteam" together for the first time. It's one of my favorite games ever, and seeing them so delighted to play it together was wonderful to witness. "Asteroid! Flip!"
I’m so proud of my TechTeens at the California Academy of Sciences for completing their last “Do Now” science blog post of the year on a really cool and fun topic: “Are robots taking our jobs?” Check out the hilarious video produced by the KQED education team, featuring TechTeens Sophie and Alex! Then read the …
What would happen if you let 40 teens spend the weekend at your museum and challenged them to create digital games on complex sustainability topics? That's what we wanted to find out, so we organized the Science Game Jam last month. Over the weekend of April 24-25 at the California Academy of Sciences, nine teams of …
It took us awhile to get out our fourth episode, but we are happy to share with you "Object Oriented" #4: the Museums and the Web edition! Barry, Eve and I happened to be in the same place at the same time for the Museums and the Web conference in LA a few weeks ago. …