Welcome to our project, Through a Science Lens.
What we’re doing
We’re exploring science through words and images. We take our prompt from the WordPress Photo Challenge. Every week, working independently, we take a photo in response to the week’s Challenge. We write the story of our own photo, incorporating an element of science. And then we publish our work side by side on this blog!
Who we are
We’re Paula Lourie (@paulalourie) and Meredith Ross (@meredithross), two scientists who met while writing for the Science Learning Hub. We’re in New Zealand – Hamilton, to be exact.
How we started
Through a Science Lens began as a structured way to help us both improve our digital photography. It still fulfils that purpose – but it has evolved into a broader project of exploration and connection-making with a science focus.
What we’re loving
The weekly surprise of juxtaposition: between photo and text, and between our two voices. The licence to tell our own stories, and in the first person. The buzz of displaying our work on an interactive ‘gallery wall’. The discipline of a shared weekly task. And the freedom not to seek perfection in every post, but instead enjoy the process of developing each one.
We’ve both been taken by surprise by how much we’re enjoying this project. Hope you enjoy it too.
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I am very intrigued by your approach to the Weekly Photo Challenge… linking photos you take to the theme AND a science concept is a grand idea!! I’m an educator as well; and will follow your lines of thought with interest 🙂
Nice to meet you and your blog, too!
What a wonderful project – very grounding for two scientists 🙂 And I am over the moon that you have referenced my kōrero around science and te reo Māori! I’m always interested to know how scientists see this way of thinking.
At present I have a garden that is my learning jungle! I observe and take notes over time of what is happening in my garden, I’ve just started to record things over time – it just takes time! And it is a wonderful playground for photography.
Look forward to following your journey!
Arohanui,
Jo 🙂
Thanks for your comments, Jo. We’re really enjoying our blog project, the different places it’s taking us to and the people it’s bringing us into contact with. When I read your exploration of science concepts through te reo Māori, I found it very thought provoking and very beautiful. I’d like to see more of this.
I hope to be able to follow your journey, too.
Paula
I am missing your creative and interesting entries.
Will you be posting again, soon?
Jane
Yes, Jane, we’ll be back posting regularly very soon : )