Less than 1 hour

Read "Curious George and the Hot Air Balloon" and learn about the properties of light.

Read "The Cloud Spinner" and learn about the water cycle in nature.

Students are given an unlabeled picture of a night sky and asked to find the constellations in it.

Learners will build their very own telescope and experience what it's like to look at different objects through a telescope lens.

Students have the opportunity explore different ways that animals insulate themselves to stay warm in winter by testing different insulating materials in ice cold water (e.g., fur, cotton balls, foil, thermal sock, etc.).

Students see how different amounts of air and water in a space can change the way we hear sounds.

Students explore the science of sound by creating their own "Walkman" which transmits vibrations through a piece of string.

Students will use a special type of paper that is sensitive to the sun to create fun prints and designs on the paper using sunlight.

Students will go outdoors to search for various natural objects and living things, and try to be the first person to get a BINGO.

Students will be introduced to a refraction - when light bends it passes from one material to another.

Assemble and use this cryptograph wheel to send coded messages to your friends! Cryptograph wheels help you solve "Caesar" or "shift" cyphers.

Students learn more about the diversity of animals through a card game.

Students will learn about some important structures found in the human body’s nervous system along with their functions.

Read "There's No Place Like Space" (or a similarly themed storybook) and learn about the Solar System by making a pocket diagram of the planets.

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