So today my class and all the other grade eight classes did a dissection of a cow’s eye, we split into groups of two or three to examine the different parts of the eye. In some of the other classes people were crying and some even vomited at the sight of the eye, in my…
Last month, I wrote a post about Genecure’s “Gene Research for a Week” program. After just finishing spring break, I think it’s time to chronicle my journey in the labs of the UofC… With a notebook in one hand, a pen in the other, and an open mind I studied genetics in the C. elegans…
Truly, for the first few years of grade school, science was my worst, detested and most hated subject. Despite the primitive learning, with gigs of excitement like classroom demonstration, explosions and goo, I truly did not understand how science was interesting. That was before I met the…
Since 2002, March has been designated the “Youth Science Month“. Here’s my first exception to the name of this series! (But how can you manage to be totally Science-y just in a short day?) Supported by many community leaders, such as our MPs, MLAs, councillors, and other figures, March was chosen for this purpose as…
You heard me right. Yes, there is NOW A WAY TO MAKE GOLD! If only alchemists were still around; they’d be DYING to know this one simple trick! It’s easy, it’s effective, and it’s guaranteed to make you rich in no time flat! Here are the simple steps–> 1. Find a bunch of Delftia acidovorans…
I get to dissect a frog in my biology class! Yay! For being such a stereotypical dissection animal, frogs can be pretty strange. 1. Frogs can breathe underground. When frogs hibernate, they dig little trenches in moist soil and literally bury themselves alive. But they can still breathe fine. Frogs have tiny blood vessels near…
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Last Friday, I was delighted to talk like babies, make cricket legs dance to music, and get “insider’s tips” from university students at Discovery Days in Medicine by the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame and our own University of Calgary. Though the hands-on activities were great (taking apart a human brain… model, looking at cancerous cells…
This July, rather than suffering at summer school or napping on a beach (wait – that did happen, too), I was part of a magical community called Shad Valley. (Sound familiar?) I’ve been hesitant to blog about my month at Shad – how do you fit all those miraculous experiences and incredible friendships into just…
So this summer, I spent one unforgettable month at Carleton University in Ottawa. It is virtually impossible to express every moment that made this experience out-of-this-world in one blog post, but here goes. First of all, what is Shad Valley? A program whose motto “Drive, Stretch, Dream” is synonymous with “Live, Laugh, Love”. A…
I know, I know – it’s almost August. Summer school is drawing to a close, and you only have one month before school begins again. If you’re looking for a fun and educational experience, why not try out the Summer Camps at SAIT? There are so many different possibilities to choose from – and for…
Glowing Water is an illuminating body with glass diffuser containing a mixture of water, soap and bleach. This mixture refracts the light allowing it a wider diffusion, even if you were to substitute the light bulb with a candle. The project was born after considering the lighting needs of developing countries, where electricity is often absent.…
If you can muster up half an hour to watch Kony 2012, then surely you can give up 19 minutes of your life to watch this video. Dr. Seth Shostak is confident that we will be able to detect extraterrestrial life within the next two dozen years. There is a lot of mathematically data that…
“If you’re not a liberal when you’re 25, you have no heart. If you’re not a conservative by the time you’re 35, you have no brain.”
We’ve all probably heard this quote before. And unfortunately it reflects a sad reality that grows truer and truer every day.
Looking for a productive and fun way to spend summer this year? The University of Alberta offers its W.I.S.E.S.T. (Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science, and Technology) Summer Research program. This program exposes Grade 11 students to first-hand research experience at the University of Alberta as paid research assistants, and although the title of the program fails to mention…