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Biology Volunteer Activities

Storytime - Microscope Fun

Read "Greg's Microscope" and learn about microscopes by building your own.

Biology Volunteer Activities

Beautiful Bees

Students build a bee from foam balls and pipe cleaners to learn the anatomy of the bee, make a proboscis to "eat like a bee" and learn the bee waggle dance.

Biology Volunteer Activities

Butterfly Life Cycle (With Video)

Students build a life cycle of a butterfly and then watch a 10 minute clip from the Carleton University Butterfly Show.

Physics Volunteer Activities

Electricity: Harry Potter Type Wands

Students are introduced to a simple circuit and switch with a light bulb, similar to a Harry Potter type wand.

Physics Volunteer Activities

Balloon Cars and Pompom Poppers

Students build pompom poppers and balloon cars to learn about forces causing movement.

Biology Volunteer Activities

Fingerprints

Make a hand stencil, then record your fingerprints with graphite and examine them up close to learn about your unique fingerprints.

Physics Volunteer Activities

Pompom Poppers and Catapults

Learn about forces by building a pompom popper and catapult.

Physics Volunteer Activities

Harmonicas

Students will build a makeshift harmonica out of paper, popsicle sticks and toothpicks.

Chemistry Volunteer Activities

Chromatography Butterfly

Watch water flow up a coffee filter and separate the dye in a permanent marker, then create a butterfly with the end result.

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.