I’ve known about the idea of multiple intelligences for a while. The idea being that we all learn in different ways isn’t that new and you might be familiar with the learning by seeing, hearing or doing. Howard Gardner expanded on these three and over the course of years, delineated eight distinct intelligences. Here’s a […]
Author: Gavan
I’m in Ottawa
Well, not me, per se, but my SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships Program application. This means that it got out of the Faculty and out of the University. That’s good. Now, I got this far last year and then had the application evaluated at a 14 / 30, so this little piece of news doesn’t mean anything […]
Troy Hurtubise is back at it
Troy, who is a personal hero (especially for his research committee meetings at a North Bay Country Style Donuts and stalking Black Bears in a garbage dump, as captured in Project Grizzly), is back at it again. He has built a suit of armour (tested against bullets and an elephant gun) for soldiers. Best part? […]
I’ve arrived: RateMyProfessors.com
Yeah, so I’ve been rated and here’s my scorecard: Gavan Watson’s Scorecard No. of Ratings: 1 Average Helpfulness: 5.0 Hotness Total: 0 Average Easiness: 2.0 Average Clarity: 5.0 Overall Quality: 5.0 How about that? My feeling about ratemyprofessors.com is a bit mixed. While I think it’s great that students feel like they can evaluate those […]
Surrogate Species: Beavers help Frogs and Toads survive
Researches at the U of Alberta have found that significantly more frogs & toads (5.7 more new wood frogs [Rana sylvatica], 29 times more western toads [Bufo boreas] and 24 times more boreal chorus frogs [Pseudacris maculata]) could be found in the ponds created behind beaver (Castor canadensis) dams when compared to nearby free-flowing bodies […]
Coolest plant name on earth: Obe-Wan-Conobea (Leucospora multifida)
And who says that Botanists don’t have a sense of humour? Link: Obe-Wan-Conobea (Leucospora multifida)
That new iPod phone
I’m writing this about twenty minutes after the Macworld keynote and I’m sure you’ve already heard of this little gadget: the iPhone. Sure looks cool: mobile phone+ iPod + web browser. WiFi. Bluetooth. 4 & 8 GB flash memory. Seeing as we don’t live in the US, I wonder which Canadian carrier will eventually sell […]
Sassafraz on fire and I get my citizen photo-journalist on
Big news in the neighbourhood this afternoon. Today at lunch, I noticed smoke billowing from somewhere in Yorkville. News helicopters started to orbit overhead, so I turned on the news: Sassafraz, an infamous restaurant in the ‘ville was on fire. And what a fire it was: five alarms, a collapsed roof and some great photography […]
Of boundaries & parasitic twins: Fetus in fetu
Consider, if you will, being born with a twin inside you. You would unlikely know that you had a twin until you (or your parents) noticed an abnormal lump growing in your gut. Going to the doctor, x-rays are taken and the medical team notices that there are extra bones in there. You get a […]
It’s mid-december and there’s a fly outside my window
As I was sitting here looking out my window, I just noticed a Blue bottle fly, like this: Sitting outside in the sun. It’s +3 out there this morning and walking the dog was a pleasure, especially after the coldest weather of the fall earlier this week. You have to notice and celebrate the small […]