Biology

Participants learn about the functions of the skeletal system and build a model hand to test for strength and stability.

Participants examine the effects of he space environment on the germination of tomato seeds.

Participants learn about the structure and function of DNA through gel electrophoresis.

Participants become paleontologists for the day by participating in activities all about dinosaurs.

In this workshop, participants explore how animals use their senses to find food.

This workshop explores the science behind what is happening in the body when it experiences stress.

Explore the needs of living things and animal habitats through hands-on activities, including tie-ins to math and literacy.

In this extension of the Wonders of Weather workshop, participants will explore how El Nino affects the weather and explore historical changes in the global climate.

This workshop explores how the sun, air and water factor in determining the Earth's weather.

Students participate in a series of exciting virtual quizzes.

Students will be introduced to ecosystems and the differences between native and invasive species, with a focus on fish that can be found in Hamilton Harbour.

Students will explore what happens in their nervous system, endocrine system and circulatory system when their brain detects stressful situations.

Students take their fingerprints and identify the patterns.

This is a great hands-on activity for large-scale community events or even in class visits. Students build spider webs out of toothpicks, thin, flexible wires, and beads. This can act as a supplement to other bug-related activities or even to discussing elements of mathematics in nature.

Students will classify species of monsters using a creature dichotomous key.