Larissa Puls

I spend a lot of time developing great workshops to help teachers in their classrooms. I want teachers to be comfortable doing inquiry-based learning with their students. I often need to know about different strands of science and find activities we can do to help student learn about all the different topics that are in the Ontario Science and Technology Curriculum. 

Because we do a lot of video conferencing, we often need to trouble shoot the technology involved, and figure out how to help teachers that have different tech from us at the science centre. I am always looking for fun ways to engage students in science and technology. I often try things out, and have to go back to the drawing board to find a better way to teach a concept, or a different activity that will be fun, but will also help students learn. I am part of a team. I have colleagues with whom I collaborate to develop and deliver our programs. I also have employees that help deliver our school programs and eworkshops. Sometimes it is difficult to manage people when you have high expectations, but as a teacher, I am always willing to train my employees and help them develop their presentation skills. 

We use both French and English at our centre, and offer all of our programs in both languages. This is often a challenge, especially when writing scripts for fun educational videos because I want to be funny and quirky in both languages. Often, jokes and puns do not work in both French and English.