Keeping Down with the Jones'
Written by keeping down
on 5 November, 2006
Read my blog, Keeping Down with the Jones' at http://keepingdownwiththejones.blogspot.com . Proudly practicing NIMBYism. Help keep B.C., Canada and the Earth beautiful.
However, there is at least
However, there is at least one Sustainable activity you can have in your "back yard": Solar ovens.
On November 18th, there will be a kids' solar-oven workshop in North Vancouver. Here are the details...
Nov 18, 2006 North Shore members group Super Saturday
01:00PM-03:00PM
Cost: No cost for parent program
Children's Program - GCABC members - no charge
non- GCABC members - $5/child
LOCATION: Leo Marshall Curriculum Centre
CHILDREN'S PROGRAM:
SOLAR POWER ROADSHOW Rob Matthies is bringing his solar power roadshow to the North Shore. Kids will be building and bringing home their very own solar oven. These solar ovens can warm food to 200F degrees in minutes on a sunny day. Solar
ovens are used at homes and camps around the world and as an alternative to electrical/fossil fuel ovens in developing nations, yet they are virtuallynknown in BC. For more information see: http://solar-ovens.blogspot.com/
and
YOGA WITH CARMENCITA WALSH
PARENTS PROGRAM:
Dr. Lannie Kanevsky - an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. She began her teaching career as an elementary
school educator, teaching in a 'regular' classroom, enrichment and other special education programs. Her first Masters degree in Special Education
(concentrating on gifted students) was completed in 1983 at San Diego State University. In 1988, she completed her doctorate at Teachers College,
Columbia University. Dr. Kanevsky's research focuses on understanding and responding to individual differences in student's potential to learn, with
a particular interest in the development of gifted children. She frequently works with students, educators and parents in their efforts to
create developmentally appropriate, challenging learning experiences for gifted students and is the author of the "Tool Kit for Curriculum Differentiation".
Dr. Kanevsky's presentation is entitled: Living Intensely Gifted individuals' feelings are often mystifying... and amplified so they experience events in their lives with greater intensity and sensitivity. These feelings are confusing and yet essential to their development.
Understanding them and accepting their role in personal growth provides powerful insights on the ways in which gifted individuals are similar to and different from others.Please RSVP for both the parents and children's program to joy Fai @
davidfai@istar.ca or 604-986-9287