In light of all the recent changes in regards to education, I thought I’d also mention this change as well. Alberta Education is changing its math curriculum next September (in 2010). Instead of students having to choose between two math courses, pure and applied, students now have three choices when transitioning into high school. In…
If you can regularly be seen in your school’s drama department then chances are you’ve most likely seen a poster that says, “That $10 Ticket Thing”. Now I don’t know about you, but when an event is being advertised as $10 I like to look a little closer at the poster, and if you do, you will find it is…
It’s Remembrance Day once again, and I’d like to draw some attention to a certain music video. Terry Kelly’s A Pittance of Time was released a few years ago, but I still like to look back on it around this time of year. It carries a strong message about Remembrance Day in today’s times—do we…
It is once again the time of the year to remember. Today is Remembrance day, so get out those poppies of yours and pay your respect to those who have sacrificed their life for our welfare. For those who don’t know about Remembrance Day, it is also called Poppy Day, Armistice Day or Veterans Day…
The OopsaDazy Animal Rescue is a rescue and sanctuary society which takes in and cares for animals. Over the past year, large amounts of animals have been taken in and many of them with extensive medical needs. Unfortunately, the cost of these bills are sky rocketing high. They are hosting the ‘Shop to Save a…
No, it’s not that kind of new math. But, this math is definitely a lot different from what you see in your classes – it would probably fit better in the English department. Craig Damrauer sees the world a bit differently than most. To him, circumstances are an equation and states of being can be…
Reading someone’s mind can be quite an intuitive task for people. We are trained for all our lives to read the face of people around us to get to know how they feel. Back in September, at a TEDtalk conference, scientist Rebecca Saxe talked about the possibility of manipulating someone’s choices by sending electrical pulse to a…
Attention students of Alberta! I’m talking K-12! With the recession, the deficit and increasing strain on our spending, the provincial government is proposing cuts all across the board. We already know this – the controversial elimination of written diplomas in sciences and maths have caused quite the stir already. Now, the government has gone a…
Think that all spiders are mean, evil looking meat eaters? Well, you have just being proven to be wrong! Scientists who have being studying a tropical jumping spider, the Bagheera kiplingi, in southeastern Mexico and northwestern Costa Rica between 2001 and 2008 have made an amazing discovery. This “utterly surreal” spider’s diet consists almost completely…
Ever wanted to grade Calgary on how well you think it’s doing? I mean, you get graded all the time, why not turn the tables? Child and Youth Friendly Calgary is actually working on a new project that will let you do just that. It’s called Youth Vital Signs, and it will let you give…
Gone is the first part in a series of novels. It is about a town that gets trapped in an impenetrable dome and everyone over the age of 14 disappears. The kids in this novel mostly belong to one of the two groups: the kids from Perdido beach and the ones from Coates academy. The kids…
Welcome to week two of my series reviewing television programs. If you missed it, Part 1 on Corner Gas is here, and if you want a bit of info on how you can watch the latest in TV, try here. Today I bring you another great Canadian television show which is now in its third…
Centennial High School is still considered a very new school when it comes to how often schools are built; it opened in 2004 while the school was still under construction. This year Centennial hosted its very first Battle of the Bands. The audition process was rigorous, but the top three bands were chosen to perform…
Cybermentor is an online mentoring program aimed at girls 11-18 who are interested in or just want to learn more about science and engineering. The program matches girls with female students at Alberta universities and other places around the globe who are studying science and engineering, or with professional women scientists and engineers (my current mentor works in Germany!).…
Every few months when I’ve exhausted my current iPod playlist and am looking for new bands to listen to (but am tired of searching through myspace music profiles), I ask Taste Kid. Visiting TasteKid.com is like asking a friend what you should listen to, read, or watch next, but you’re asking a friend with a…