Storytime - Balloon Magic
Read "Curious George and the Hot Air Balloon" and learn about the properties of light.
Butterfly Biodiversity (Grade 2)
Student will get to learn about biodiversity by building a butterfly biodiversity mobile and watching a short clip of Butterflies and Pupae from the Carleton University Butterfly Show.
Structures - 3 Pigs
Students build 3 houses - one of straws, one of sticks, and one of bricks - and then test each for strength.
DNA Extraction and Beaded Bracelets
Students are introduced to DNA, base pairs and genes and learn the anatomy of DNA by building a DNA beaded bracelet and extracting DNA from bananas.
Cookie Mining
Students mine for chocolate chips in cookies attempting to get as many chocolate chips as possible without damaging the cookie.
Biodiversity and Ecosystems - Butterfly Mobile
Students will learn about biodiversity and ecosystems, as well as the energy pyramid, while creating a butterfly biodiversity mobile.
Biodiversity and Ecosystems - Clay Pressings
Students will learn about biodiversity and ecosystems and create clay castings of leaves or seeds.
Magnificent Measurements
Students will learn about optimizing area and how to estimate and calculate the volume of quadrilaterals and 3D prisms.
Bright Lights, Big Science - Virtual
Students will learn about light and how reflection and refraction work.