U of T and ROM Halloween Trip

U of T Auditorium:

The 2 speakers, who won the Gairdner award, spoke about their experiences in the field of science. They had very different speaking styles.
The 1st speaker spoke to the audience about his experieces in science and gave advices. One of the advices is to don't be afraid to be wrong and experiment, by telling his story of making the wrong hypothesis, but still help millions with his conclusion. He also encouraged students to get involved with arts and literature.  He also used a funny approach which really engaged the audience.
The 2nd speaker used slides as an visual aid for her speech. She talked about experiences in the lab, but she also spoke about the topic of her research more, so sometimes it seemed more like a chromosome lesson. Her story also mentioned the advice of taking constructive criticism.
Overall, the speehes were inspirational, and there were many things to take away from it.

ROM:


The Largest Cast Dinosaur model in Canada

The ultimate message of the Rom tour was that in order to protect endangered species, we need to learn about them, like where they live, their habits, what they eat, and their predators.

Over the course of about 8 interesting exhibits, the story of the Passenger Pigeons  was the one that truck me the most. It was a case that marked the 100 aniversary of the extinction of Passenger Pigeons. This showed that even a species with a population of billions was be terminated with the activities of mankind in the course of only 1 decade. And the moral was to protect the species that are endangered now and not to give to the theory of "it will never go extinct because of the shear number", because it was seen in this example. And to conserve species so that the next generations can be able to experience what we have.

Passenger Pigeons; 100 Years of Silence