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Great white sharks – friend or foe? Learn more about the amazing marine ecosystem off of the BC Coast!

Shark Science – how can science help you have the best summer ever!

Get your shark on!

Learn more about shark science!

World Oceans Day – The world’s ocean bring us joy and sustain us

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Join in on the fun and help make your ocean feel special by celebrating World Ocean Day

10 ways to get involved

You and your community can make an impact on Oceans Day no matter where you live!

  1. Learn: Learn all you can. Read, surf the web and experience the ocean directly.

  2. Conserve: Be mindful of your water consumption, especially when washing your car or watering your lawn.

  3. Reduce:  Cut down household pollutants and properly dispose of herbicides, pesticides, paints, and cleaning products.

  4. Recycle: Reduce waste. Dispose of trash properly. Where possible, recycle, reuse, and compost.

  5. Commute Consciously: Use fuel efficient vehicles, bicycles, or carpool to reduce automobile pollution. Recycle motor oil and repair oil and air conditioning leaks.

  6. Don’t Dump: Protect ocean wildlife. Don’t dispose of fishing lines, nets, or plastic items in or near the water.

  7. Care:  Be considerate of sea life habitats. Don’t bother sea birds, mammals, and turtles or their nesting grounds. Support marine protected areas.

  8. Take Action: Get involved. Take part in a beach cleanup or other ocean-oriented activities.

  9. Host: Plan an Oceans Day event in your community.

  10. Share: Spread the word on the importance of ocean health, on community events, and on World Oceans Day.

Never Judge A Book By It’s Cover

Photosynthesis – how plants eat light!

Lady bugs, folding design and origami – learn more from the world of science

Origami has long been studied and used as an important technique to learn how to fold complicated objects such as solar sails and insect wings.

 

 


Get Ready to Catch More Ideas – Welcome to Originality

Were do original ideas come from? Are ideas culturally contingent? What does that mean?

Where can we find the secrets of the universe?

If you have questions – we have the method (that is scientific methodology)!

Born to Die – how trophy game hunters are creating mutant animals!



 

In South African Trophy Hunters are willing to pay top prices to kill mutant coloured animals.  Learn more

Orignal standard fur on an African lion

Non-standard, genetically selected albino white fur on an African Lion.

The golden variant of many African grazing animals are particularly popular with big game hunters.

Listen to a description of how local game farmers are breeding rare and unusual coloured game animals.

Bill Nye needs editing to make it into the year 2017!

Bill Nye Episode has been edited to reflect a clearer understanding between sex and gender.

Lakes are so beautiful!

The characteristic blue-green colour of the water of the lake suggests that many fine mineral particles from the glaciers are reflecting light.

Top 10 Glacier Fed Lakes in BC

Lakes come in different colour formats.  Learn more about why certain bodies of water appear to be blue, green or brown.

Lake Scientitist.

Lake O’Hara -***** Lake