Celebrate Science 2011 !  A Festival of BC Science Writers for Kids and Teens
Channel: Jo-Anne Naslund
Date: 18/02/2012

Together with the Children's Writers and Illustrators of BC (CWILL BC) and the UBC Education Library, Celebrate Science was held in support of the Canadian Children's Book Centre and took place at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at the University of British Columbia on Sept. 24, 2011.   CWILL BC Society members, Shar Levine, Leslie Johnstone, Fiona Bayrock and Tanya Kyi, sat on the panel "Is Science Everywhere?".  Other panellists included Barry Shell from SFU, Jim Wiese a well -known science writer and educator, Peter Newbury from UBC and Cynthia Pratt Nicolson , a noted author and educator. In addition to the panel discussions, the attendees heard from keynote speaker Dr. Jeannette Whitton an environmental biologist and the head of the Beaty Museum.  Films featuring Dr. Wayne Maddison and his jumping spider and a short film on Project Seahorse rounded out the program. Of course no science festival would be complete without an appearance by Science World's Brian Anderson. Who knew that soda pop bottle were a perfect vehicle for a science project? Dr. Murray Isman hosted the Science of Wine and Cheese the night before the event.  Dr. David McArthur challenged the guests to identify specific smells that wines may contain.  He also paired wines with specific cheeses.  It so happens that blue cheese was a perfect match with ice wine!