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Bringing Beavers Back to the Cross Conservation Area – Site Visit #3
The third round of Calgary Science School student site visits for the beaver re-introduction study at the Ann and Sandy Cross Conservation Area started Tuesday morning, when 45 grade 8 students arrived via school bus. Set in the rolling foothills … Continue reading
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Tagged Calgary Science School, Cross Conservation Area, nature, outdoor education, postaday, science
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My Weekend Experiment with 3GS iPhoneography
I’m not an early adopter when it comes to phones. In fact, until late last year I was the happy owner of a 2006 Palm Treo 700p. But I started to have challenges syncing my phone to my computer (running … Continue reading
Inside a Blacksmith’s Shop
My guess is that most of us don’t give much thought to blacksmiths. If and when we do, we probably think of blacksmith shops as something that belong in heritage parks, where visitors sit on hard wooden benches and watch … Continue reading
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Tagged blacksmith, Canadian Museum of Making, postaday
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Photography Workshop – Winter Landscapes
We learned so much at the photography workshop we attended Saturday! National Geographic Traveller award-winning photographer Mark Unrau offered advice on how to meet the challenge of winter landscape photography, with a focus on techniques to create awesome black and … Continue reading
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Tagged landscape, photography school, postaday, Ski Louise
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Bringing Beavers Back to the Cross Conservation Area – Site Visit #2
Our first visit to the Cross Conservation Area Pine Creek watershed was back in June. Against a backdrop of tall, green grass and leafy trees, a multitude of insects, toads and birds blessed us with natural “music” over the course … Continue reading
