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Storytime - Balloon Magic
Read "Curious George and the Hot Air Balloon" and learn about the properties of light.
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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.
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Structures - 3 Pigs
Students build 3 houses - one of straws, one of sticks, and one of bricks - and then test each for strength.
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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.
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Cookie Mining
Students mine for chocolate chips in cookies attempting to get as many chocolate chips as possible without damaging the cookie.
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Biodiversity and Ecosystems - Butterfly Mobile
Students will learn about biodiversity and ecosystems, as well as the energy pyramid, while creating a butterfly biodiversity mobile.
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Biodiversity and Ecosystems - Clay Pressings
Students will learn about biodiversity and ecosystems and create clay castings of leaves or seeds.
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Magnificent Measurements
Students will learn about optimizing area and how to estimate and calculate the volume of quadrilaterals and 3D prisms.
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Bright Lights, Big Science - Virtual
Students will learn about light and how reflection and refraction work.