Jay's Tree

Jay's Tree

Thanks to my sister who photographed this tree. According to my relatives in the province, I was the one who planted this tree! Of course, I'm proud of it! So last April when my mother decided to visit my province together with my sister and cute niece, one of my very important reminder to my sister is to take picture of my tree. 

So here are the pictures...

Syzygium cumini

Duhat Tree

  This tree is commonly known as Jambul in English, Duhat Tree in Filipino (Tagalog), Lomboy in Cebuano ang Igot in our province. Its scientific name is Syzygium cumini.

Lomboy

Igot

If my memory serves me right, I've planted this tree during my Elementary Years of Schooling, perhaps I was Grade 4 or 5 then. The impact of my teacher's lesson about Greenhouse Effect was so convincing that I've really did my part to solve the problem. What I remember was I've planted seedlings in the perimeter of our   lot. That was actually the residence of my grandparents to whom I lived with during my Elementary Years.

The Mind Museum: Quick Tour

As part of our course requirement last semester in ScieEd502, we have to discuss Field Trip as a teaching strategy and of course we have to experience it! After a lot of considerations (schedule, proximity, budget, and of course learnings), our class decided to have our Field Trip at The Mind Museum of Taguig City. 

It was scheduled one Saturday, but since I have another subject to attend to and I badly needed to be present that day, I had my own field trip earlier than the scheduled class' field trip. This will be my first time visiting this Science Museum, and fortunately, I'm just by myself... 

Here are some of the photographs of the exhibits that really captured my interest. For complete list of exhibits, refer to my references below.

The Mind Museum

The Mind Museum

The Mind Musem

Robot outside the Entrance

The First Automobile on Philippine Roads

Robot named Aedi (it's IDEA, spelled reverse)

Staan, the T. rex

Air

Earth

Neptune

The Atom

Electric Table

Newton's Cradle

Periodic Table

The Human Brain

Bernoulli's Principle

Evolution?

Earthquake Simulator

Ticket

Visits to The Mind Museum are designed in 3-HOUR TIME SLOTS, WITH ONLY A CERTAIN NUMBER OF VISITORS ALLOWED PER TIME SLOT.

Operating Hours: Tuesdays - Sundays (closed on Mondays)
TIME SLOTS ARE:
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.(Saturdays only)*
*There are no Mind Movers at this time slot.



References:
The Mind Museum Website - themindmuseum.org
List of Complete Exhibits - ourawesomeplanet.com/awesome/2012/03/mind-museum-at-taguig-guide.html

Improvised Teaching Materials for Science

Improvised Teaching Materials for Physics

Other Improvised Teaching Materials for Science

The Source

*Re-post from my old blog site.

summer trip!

while others are enjoying their summer vacation...  here i am again!

Courtesy of Delighted Hearts
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=139138936210636&set=a.125689180888945.7469.100003435927309&type=3&theater

A Glimpse of Baguio City

Seminar according to Wikipedia is, generally, a form of academic instruction, either at an academic institution or offered by a commercial or professional organization. This is the primary goal of a seminar, but the other side of it... well, most of the participants knows it... 

Halos 2:00 AM na ng makarating ako dito sakay ng Victory Liner Aircon-Bus from Pasay. Hindi ko naman masyadong inintindi na malamig sa Baguio kasi may mga nagsasabing hindi naman daw ganun kalamig. Nung bumaba na ako ng Bus tsaka ko naramdaman ang difference... Grabeh, mas malamig sa labas kaysa sa loob ng aircon ng bus... kelangan ng sweater. 

According to a Taxi Driver the temperature was about 13 degrees Celsius, but January has the lowest average temperature in the whole year.

Baguio city was designated the Summer Capital of the Philippines. It is also known as the City of Pines. 

The Association of Educators for Interrelated Research and Studies (AEIRS) with its main office at Parañaque City conducted the National Seminar-Workshop in Science Education with the theme, 'The Art of Teaching Science in the Classroom: A Key to Changes and Innovations in Science Education.' The venue was Baguio City!!! 

I won't be blogging much about the seminar... but I want to express my gratitude to our department head for giving me the opportunity to attend such 'national-seminar'. I would also want to express my sincerest congratulations to the two speakers from the Philippine Normal University (PNU) who had given us new insights & perspective in the field of science education.