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On-Demand Professional Learning Webinars

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Discover our on-demand professional learning webinars today! Explore a variety of topics, including computational thinking, inquiry-based learning, and design thinking. Available in English and French.
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Join the Let’s Talk Science STEM Club!

September 21st - March 2nd, 2021

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Join us with your class for fun and interactive STEM activities intended for Grade 4-6 students! Each week features a different hands-on activity using minimal, easy-to-find materials.  Students will also have the chance to learn from and ask questions to inspiring STEM role models. STEM Club is ideal for busy educators and caregivers, no matter what their learning environment looks like!
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STEM Storytime – Solar System

November 30th, 2021

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Join Let's Talk Science Outreach to read James Carter’s book, “Once Upon a Star” and complete a hands-on science activity about the Solar System!
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Introduction to Twine for Interactive Storytelling

December 1st, 2021

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Learn how to use Twine to help your students develop their science communication skills through interactive storytelling. Create branching stories, text adventure games, or “choose your own adventure”, and then publish to an HTML file for easy sharing. A must-have tool for your online teaching and flipped classroom toolbox.

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STEM Storytime – Snowflakes

December 7th, 2021

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Join Let's Talk Science Outreach to read Melanie Joyce's book, "Little Snowflake" and complete a hands-on science activity about snowflakes!
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Sustainable Development Goals and Design Thinking: Design a Seed Saver

December 8th, 2021

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Bring real world issues to the classroom using Design Thinking to solve food security problems highlighted by the UN Sustainable Development Goals. During this webinar you will discover how students can design seed savers from simple materials to protect seeds for future use. You will be provided with a step-by- step look at a classroom-ready learning experience for grade K-9 students.

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Let's Code Math

December 8th, 2021

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Let's Talk Science and the UVic Math & Stats Department have been working together to bring you a day of mathematical fun!
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Curious Careers

December 9th, 2021

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Curious Careers is a STEM career exploration series of monthly events for Grade 6-8 students. The program will include a panel discussion where post-secondary students and industry professionals will discuss their experiences working and studying in STEM.
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STEM Storytime - Pompom Poppers

December 14th, 2021

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Join Let's Talk Science Outreach to read Robert Munsch’s book, “Up, Up, Down” and complete a hands-on science activity about forces and motion!
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Build a Virtual Scavenger Hunt

December 15th, 2021

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Create interactive scavenger hunts using Google My Maps and Google Forms. Learn how to design a sequence of questions and challenges that support the diverse needs of students. Explore opportunities for students to engage in cross-curricular learning and computational thinking. Add fun and discovery to student learning while teaching persistence and resilience with debugging activities.

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Let’s Talk Forensic Anthropology

February 11th, 2022

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Students will learn how to plan, execute and search for a missing person, as well as use biographic details from the human skeleton to achieve a personal identification and investigate a cause of death.
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Are you up for the Let's Talk Science Challenge?

February 14th - June 3rd, 2021

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Discover the Let’s Talk Science Challenge - a free, fully virtual event that encourages creativity and engagement in STEM learning inside and outside the classroom.
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National STEM Projects

Engage your students in real science

Natural curiosity and the thrill of discovery engages participants in Let’s Talk Science’s national science projects. Available for all grade levels, these projects are based on real scientific problems.

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Our volunteers are catalysts for learning

Our trained and enthusiastic Let’s Talk Science Outreach volunteers pass on their passion for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to Canada’s future citizens.

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