Get ready to rock out at The Science of Rock ’N’ Roll, the latest feature exhibit now at the Ontario Science Centre. This is where the art and science of music converge! Experience how advances in science and technology have revolutionized music, from the way we make, listen, experience and share … [Read more...]
Mad Scientist School
This new series is the perfect starting place for getting your kids into inventing and experimenting - don't say I didn't warn you! Nick and Tesla's High-Voltage Danger Lab by "Science Bob" Pflugfelder and Steve Hockensmith Quirk Books, ISBN: 978 1 59474 648 2 When siblings Nick and … [Read more...]
Science! And Social Science!
Fun non-fiction titles for the young fact-lover in your life. How To Make a Universe With 92 Ingredients, by Adrian Dingle OwlKids, ISBN: 978 1 77147 008 7 This is the most entertaining book you may ever read about the elements and how they combine to make up the world around us. It starts out … [Read more...]
Carbon14: When Art & Science Converge
Here's a question that was presented yesterday. "How does the landscape change a culture, and how does a culture change the landscape?" It's an interesting thought because the two, believe it or not, can go hand-in-hand. At the highly-anticipated opening of the Royal Ontario Museum's Contemporary … [Read more...]
APP OF THE WEEK: ScopifyROM Enhancing the Museum Experience
When I have a couple hours to myself, or with the kids, we often like to drop into the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto. Even when we travel we tend to include a trip to the local gallery or museum. There's always a "treasure trove" of discovery that we can't wait to get into. I was excited to … [Read more...]
APP of the Week: Star Walk
I'm going to confess. I'm a bit of a space geek. Not the Star Trek kind (not that there's anything wrong with that) but I'm completely fascinated with space. I was moved to tears when I walked under the Space Shuttle Endeavour at the California Science Center and my kids weren't even with me! I … [Read more...]
Flight of the Butterflies
One of the most incredible migrations on earth has now been captured on film in the latest IMAX documentary adventure, FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES. This story is inspired by Canadian scientist, Dr. Fred Urquhart who spent his life dedicated to unravelling nature's mystery of the monarch … [Read more...]
Geek Like Me
I have this thing, where my brain retains all manner of seemingly useless information (at the unfortunate expense of forgetting time-sensitive things like, say, deadlines or appointments) seemingly indefinitely. I can remember stuff I read in OWL magazine as a ten year-old, or visualize pictures … [Read more...]
Future Scientist
My Girl 6 turned into Girl 7 yesterday, and she asked for one thing: a "box with gloves." A wha? Y'know... a box with gloves. Just what every girl wants. I'm thinking she's got some future scientist geek chic thing going on up in here. So I did what any good mom would do - I gave her a messy, … [Read more...]