I'm proud to share the news that starting this summer, the California Academy of Sciences has begun the process of divesting from fossil fuel industries. Our executive director Jon Foley announced on August 21 his plan to ensure that our institution's investment portfolio does not include any companies that extract non-renewable fossil fuels from the …
The Techteens are a team of young people at the California Academy of Sciences who get to explore different science topics, create cool digital media, and educate the public about science and sustainability. We just opened up the application for our 2015-2016 co-hort of Techteens. We have a very narrow window to apply — we …
The California Academy of Sciences has a new Tumblr "Hey Academy" focused on "science at its most beautiful." There are already three stunning photos there! Check it out at http://heycalacademy.tumblr.com/ .
From the American Museum of Natural History's Hall of North American Animals.
Guess who's hiring? My Youth Programs team at the California Academy of Sciences! We're hiring an entry-level Program Coordinator to assist in the delivery and planning of programs that serve middle school and high school youth. If you have experience working with young people, have good organizational skills, and love science, this could be a great position …
To coincide with our new and amazing "Color of Life" exhibit, we have several neat videos on the science of color created by our viz studio. Check them all out! Monarch Colors Colorful Cephalopods Chameleon Color Change Creating a Colorful Exhibit
Teen Science Night at the California Academy of Sciences is BACK on Friday August 14! Teen Science Night is a free event open to all Bay Area youth aged 13-18 to come explore science through fun activities led by teens from a dozen different organizations, including Chabot Space and Science Center, the San Francisco Zoo, …
Barry Joseph of AMNH, Eve Gaus of the Field Museum and I have published episode two of Object-oriented, the podcast on digital learning at collections-based museums. In this episode we focus on a topic near and dear to my heart: games-based learning. While lots of other blogs, podcasts, and articles have thoroughly examined and deconstructed …
I didn't even realize there was a World Emoji Day. Apparently its on July 17? Anyway, this tweet from the @Calacademy account was particularly adorable. In honor of #WorldEmojiDay, visit us & we'll show you for-realz versions of ??????????????????? pic.twitter.com/KZtwj9O6ta — CA AcademyOfSciences (@calacademy) July 17, 2015
The field of digital learning professionals in science and natural history museums is a miniscule one. So when a new blog appears focusing on digital learning at a museum, it makes me very happy. My colleagues at the Field Museum of Chicago have just launched a new blog called Digital Field Notes focused on their …