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Let's Talk Science Outreach welcomes the University of Windsor

March 20, 2013

Welcome to the University of Windsor - our 39th Let’s Talk Science Outreach Site!

In the past, the University of Windsor had been an Outreach site with Let’s Talk Science, so it is wonderful to be able to welcome them back. We also welcome Michelle Bondy, the new Let’s Talk Science Outreach Program coordinator at the University of Windsor. Bondy is a Let’s Talk Science Outreach Alum from Western University Canada.

"As a former Let's Talk Science volunteer, I know how much fun and how rewarding science outreach can be for both the volunteers and the students. I am so excited that UWindsor students and the Windsor-Essex community have this opportunity to participate in Let's Talk Science programs," said Bondy.

This new outreach site will allow Let’s Talk Science to reach more youth in southern Ontario. Let’s Talk Science looks forward to working with the University of Windsor to engage youth in science, engineering, technology, and mathematics once again.

For more information on Let’s Talk Science Outreach at the University of Windsor please contact: mbondy@uwindsor.ca

New site support for Let’s Talk Science Outreach in southern Ontario is provided in part by the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario. For more information, visit our supporters page.

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Live downlink with Astronaut Chris Hadfield hosted by Let’s Talk Science

March 12, 2013

Did you know that radiation levels aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are hundreds of times higher than the levels here on Earth? To understand this issue better, Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield is analyzing radiation levels on the ISS through a Canadian experiment called Radi-N2.

On March 11th, 2013, Let’s Talk Science, in collaboration with the CSA, hosted a live downlink with Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield at the International Space Station and students from Bert Church High School in Airdrie, Alberta. Close to 1000 grade 9 to 12 students attended the event and were given the opportunity to ask questions to Hadfield – discussing directly the CurioCity RaDI-N2 & You Action Project as well as posing questions about living and working from space.

Grade 9 science classes from Bert Church High School are part of the 300 classrooms participating in Let’s Talk Science’s CurioCity Radi-N2 & You high school action project that was developed to engage Canadian classrooms in an experiment similar to Hadfield’s Radi-N2. Over 7,500 students across Canada are completing the project alongside astronaut Hadfield and comparing their radiation results to Hadfield’s data through Let’s Talk Science’s website CurioCity.

 You can watch the full downlink broadcast from the ISS here:

Downlink with Chris Hadfield - Full coverage on CurioCity

For more information about the Action Project, see: CurioCity RaDI-N2 & You

For media coverage, see the RaDI-N2 & You In The News page on CurioCity.

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Let’s Talk Science develops classroom action project with Astronaut Chris Hadfield

March 5, 2013

This semester, over 7,500 students across Canada are participating in Let's Talk Science's CurioCity RaDI-N2 & You action project.

CurioCity RaDI-N2 & You is a high school science project simulating Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield's RaDI-N2 science experiment. Astronaut Hadfield's experiment detects neutron radiation on the International Space Station (ISS) and gives a better picture of astronauts' exposure to potentially dangerous neutron radiation.

On Earth, students are conducting a similar experiment using the same personal neutron detectors (bubble detectors) that Astronaut Hadfield is using in space. The bubble detectors allow students to collect and measure their own neutron radiation exposure. They then compare their results to Astronaut Hadfield's, Jazz airline pilots, and other classrooms across the country through Let's Talk Science's web-based program, CurioCity. With this project, students learn about the hazards of radiation in space and how that radiation affects us on Earth.

In addition to all of the recorded data from Astronaut Hadfield, the Jazz pilots, and classrooms, the CurioCity project pages also include a video from Astronaut Hadfield explaining the project, photos from the ISS, news stories on the project, backgrounders, educational resources, learning strategies and more.

On March 11th, from 10:45am – 12:00pm MST, Let's Talk Science is hosting a live video connection with Astronaut Hadfield from the ISS. Held at Bert Church High School in Airdrie, AB, students will ask Astronaut Hadfield questions about the CurioCity RaDI-N2 & You action project as well as questions about living and working from space. The connection will be carried live on CurioCity between 12:45pm – 2:00pm EST.

For more information about the CurioCity RaDI-N2 & You action project, please visit http://www.explorecuriocity.org/Community/ActionProjects/RADIN2