Workshops

Workshop

Description

Grade Level

Delivery Format

Bounce & Roll

In this hands-on workshop, students will learn about the properties of different balls, including how they roll and bounce. They will learn about experimenting. In the process, students will discover concepts related to friction and elasticity!

K-1

In-person

Dynamic Dinos

Become a paleontologist! Learn the function of different body parts, how to tell what a dinosaur might have eaten, and make a fossil footprint to take home!

1-3

In-person

Feast for the Senses

In this workshop, students participate in interactive sensory activities to help them understand how animals find food

K-1

In-person

Budding Marine Biologists

This workshop provides students with an introduction to marine life, ocean adaptations, habitats and conservation through hands-on activities

K-3

In-person

Science of Sound

This workshop introduces students to the making and propagation of sound.

1-3

In-person

Matter Matters

In this workshop, students explore the properties and interactions of solid and liquid materials through demonstrations and hands-on activities

2

In-person or Virtual

The Bone Zone

In this workshop, students discover how our skeletal system provides protection, support and movement through challenges, demonstrations and the building of a model hand

6-8

In-person or Virtual

Super Science Challenge

Students work together in teams to design, create and test a variety of items; everyday materials are used to solve challenging science and engineering problems

Grades 3-6

In-person

Ancient Machines

Students learn how simple machines make it easy to move heavy loads by observing how to build a pyramid

4-5

In-person or Virtual

Entrepreneurial Science

Students learn about the economics of science by forming companies to design self-propelled objects. Teams design, ‘purchase’ parts, build and test their creations

7-8

In-person

Curious about Climate Change

Students will analyze historical, long-term trends in climate and explore environmental processes such as snow formation and albedo through hands-on activities to gain an understanding of weather and climate in Northern Canada. Students will relate to their own experiences in local weather patterns to discuss the changing climate in the North.

7-12

In-person or Virtual

Crime Labs

Students apply their knowledge of density, chemical change, and fingerprinting as members of the forensic science team who were hired to find a thief.

4-6

In-person or Virtual

Tectonics Rock!

This workshop takes your class from magma to mountains. Drifting back in time, students will use scientific evidence to put together a puzzle of ‘Pangaea’. Students gain an understanding of plate tectonics by demonstrations of convergent, divergent, and transform plate movements. After creating model mountains, students become cartographers by designing and drawing their own topographic maps.

2-4

In-person

Newton Car

In this workshop, students will perform a hands-on experiment to investigate Newton’s Three Laws of Motion. They will observe how changing mass and acceleration changes the force exerted on a moving object.

6-8

In-person

Science in Art

In this workshop, students will learn about how we see colour, how we create colour in art and chemical interactions

3-5

In-person

Puzzles of Math

*Kit design in progress*

Viruses and Infection

*Kit design in progress*

Driving Towards the Future

Students learn about self-driving cars and the big ideas behind computational thinking. Ideas include how to break down a problem into steps and how to create a process that can be followed to reach a goal.

4-9

In-person

Gravity and Space

An exploration of how gravity works, where it exists, and what happens to humans when they do not experience gravity.

K-2, 5-8

In-person or Virtual

Playful Machines

Students will explore the three simple machines - wheel & axle, lever, and inclined planes. They will build examples of these simple machines that are found on a playground. If time permits, they will also build gears, which are an example of a wheel and axle machine.

1-3

In-person or Virtual

Transportation and the

Environment

In this workshop, students examine current and potential energy sources used for transportation. Students will test fuel-cell cars, and wind-powered cards, and explore the various types of fuels used in transportation. Discussions will encourage critical thinking around this topic in connection to sustainability in everyday travel.

9-10

In-person

Physics of Sailing

In this series of activities, students will explore the density of water under different conditions, surface tension, buoyancy, and other factors that keep boats afloat. Students will then get to apply these principles in a challenge to design a boat that will float while holding as much weight as possible!

9-12

In-person

Science in Sports

This kit teaches students about the definition of kinesiology and the importance of exercise through a series of hands-on and movement activities.

Exploration Mars

In this workshop, students searn about and experience the challenges of Space Exploration using unmanned space probes (Orbiters, Landers and Rovers) and use them to make discoveries about Mars and its ability to support life.