Mental health is one part of our health as a whole, but can be much trickier to look after. You might be able to put a band-aid on a scraped knee, but what can you do when you feel anxious or overwhelmed? 😰 How can we recharge our mental batteries to look after ourselves? 🪫 And why is it important to have conversations like this? 🗣️

On this episode of What Do Scientists Do?, we’re joined by Clayton Murphy (he/him), a social worker, mental health advocate, and black belt in taekwondo to help answer these questions. 🥋

Want to keep learning or bring this episode into your classroom? A mental health wellness activity will be available on our website on September 23, 2025. 🧠

This podcast is available to listen to with captions on SuperNOVA's YouTube.

SuperNOVA at Dalhousie is a non-profit organization based out of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, dedicated to low-barrier Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education. Check us out on our website, Instagram, Bluesky, or X for more information and science fun.

Welcome to our special World Oceans Day episode!

In this episode, we dive into marine ecology with Amy Irvine (she/her) and learn about how we can use computer models and predictions to figure out where ocean animals live, and how climate change is going to impact different ocean creatures! 🌊 🧑‍💻

Want to keep learning or bring this episode into your classroom? Our World Oceans Day activity will be available Friday, June 13th, on our website. 🐋

This podcast is available to listen to with captions on SuperNOVA's YouTube.

SuperNOVA at Dalhousie is a non-profit organization based out of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, dedicated to low-barrier Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education. Check us out on our website, Instagram, Bluesky, or X for more information and science fun.

Behavioural ecologist Dr. Chris Course (he/him) joins us on the podcast this month to talk about using technology to track animals, how climate change impacts chickadee's memories, and how life together is better! 🐦 🌨️ 🧑‍💻

Want to keep learning or bring this episode into your classroom? Our food web activity will be available Friday, March 14th, on our website. 🧑‍🏫

This podcast is available to listen to with captions on SuperNOVA's YouTube.

SuperNOVA at Dalhousie is a non-profit organization based out of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, dedicated to low-barrier Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education. Check us out on our website, Instagram, Bluesky, or X for more information and science fun.