Out With Erin

Exploring the Beauty of YYC and Beyond

Asian street food meets the vibrancy of Centre Street. At Flame Mountain BBQ, they have learned how to capture the tastes, smells, and feelings associated with Asian food culture. Only being open now for two months, you’ll find this place located next to Gord’s Running Room and K-Town Fried Chicken. Entering the restaurant, you instantly …

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A couple of weeks ago, a colleague sent me an article from Upworthy about a new kind of kindergarten design at a school in Tokyo (link to full article). The premise of the design is that it takes into accounts kids natural impulses and allows them the freedom that they need to experience risks and …

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Before we began our shadow measuring experiment, I had the students predict when their shadows would be the biggest throughout the day. The predictions were fairly evenly split between morning, afternoon, and evening. As we carefully measured the next day, several students were surprised by the results. We all came back into the classroom, discussed …

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