“Mission Fishin” is a digital game created by a team of teens at the California Academy of Sciences last year to educate the public about how our scientists collect specimens in the field. The game focuses on how one of our scientists, Dr. David Catania, collects freshwater fish specimens. I know, sounds riveting, right? Well …
I’m still so impressed with the new “Color of Life” exhibit at my museum, the California Academy of Sciences. “Color of Life” focuses on the many amazing ways that color communicates, conceals, and warns in the natural world. We have such talented exhibit and experience designers on staff, and it’s cool to see them unleash …
We often have need of headshots to use for conferences and events that we are participating in from our department. I realized last week that I don't have any nice portraits of me done in our museum, so I asked my colleague Jeff to run around the Cal Academy and shoot me in various locales. …
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, …
I recently had the pleasure of visiting the space shuttle Endeavour (OV-105), now housed at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. As a big space nerd, getting to be in the presence of one of the space shuttles was an enormous thrill! Five years ago, I had traveled to Florida, hoping to catch the last …
Here's a list of resources for making the case for maker education that I've found helpful for a variety of contexts. MakeEd Resource Library Making and Learning site list of references Are there others out there that folks know about?
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 …
At the Digital Media and Learning Conference last weekend, one of the most powerful sessions was a talk on an "ecological view of equity" by Dr. Nichole Pinkard, founder of the Digital Youth Network in Chicago. Dr. Pinkard's talk was shaped and framed by the legacy of Brother Mike Hawkins, an educator, activist and spoken …
I’m jumping on a flight to LA for the Digital Media and Learning conference this weekend. But I am so so excited about our new “Color of Life” exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences. Opening June 12, “Color of Life” explores how living things use color to attract, hide, repel, and deceive. I just got …
Yesterday, in the California Academy of Sciences there was a buzz of excitement about a very rare occurrence in our swamp tank: one of our five alligator snapping turtles had managed to get onto the heated rock in the middle of the swamp! A turtle on a rock, big deal, you might say. Well, if …