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Engineering Volunteer Activities

Flight Challenge

Build, launch and test a glider made of paper, a straw and an elastic.

Psychology Volunteer Activities

Pipe Cleaner Neuron

Learn about the importance of neurons and create a cell body and neuron model out of pipe cleaners.

Engineering Volunteer Activities

Bridges

Design and build a bridge using given materials that spans at least 30 cm and is strong enough to not compress under one book.

Earth & Environmental Science Volunteer Activities

Cloud Mobile

Learn about clouds and how they form, then create a model of various clouds at their specific altitudes.

Health Sciences Volunteer Activities

A Model Hand

Create a model of your hand, with bones, knuckles, ligaments and tendons using paper, straw bits and string.

Information Technology Volunteer Activities

Driving Towards the Future - Virtual

Participants will be introduced to coding and will give instructions to program a car.

Information Technology Volunteer Activities

Ask A Scientist

A virtual interview with a scientist where volunteers lead an interactive session about themselves, their interest in science, their career path, etc.

Information Technology Volunteer Activities

Science Misconceptions Trivia

This is a Kahoot that includes 68 questions ranging from easier questions - what animal lays an egg: duck - to harder ones - if a meteor lands on the ground is it hot to touch - to highlight many misconceptions that exist across a variety of science topics!

Physics Volunteer Activities

Light and Optics (Grade 10)

A lesson where students use mylar to learn about reflection, and use lasers and fiber to learn about fiber optics.

Physics Volunteer Activities

Light and Kaleidoscopes

Learn about light and build a Kaleidoscope

Physics Volunteer Activities

UV Beaded Bracelet

Create a bracelet with beads that react to UV light.

Biology Volunteer Activities

Hunt the Organelle!

Students will learn the difference between animal and plant cells and obtain an understanding of the major organelles by conducting a scavenger hunt.

Biotechnology Volunteer Activities

Gel Electrophoresis of Biological Dyes

Learn how to complete a gel electophoresis and how it is used to separate different molecules in a sample!

Earth & Environmental Science Volunteer Activities

Blossoming Flower

Cut a paper flower, fold in petals and watch them blossom when in water.

Information Technology Volunteer Activities

Driving Towards the Future

Students will learn about the current topic of self-driving cars and use it as a platform to learn about the big ideas behind computational thinking.