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Physics Volunteer Activities

Storytime - Balloon Magic

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

Earth & Environmental Volunteer Activities

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.

Engineering Volunteer Activities

Structures - 3 Pigs

Students build 3 houses - one of straws, one of sticks, and one of bricks - and then test each for strength.

Biotechnology Volunteer Activities

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.

Earth & Environmental Volunteer Activities

Cookie Mining

Students mine for chocolate chips in cookies attempting to get as many chocolate chips as possible without damaging the cookie.

Earth & Environmental Volunteer Activities

Biodiversity and Ecosystems - Butterfly Mobile

Students will learn about biodiversity and ecosystems, as well as the energy pyramid, while creating a butterfly biodiversity mobile.

Earth & Environmental Volunteer Activities

Biodiversity and Ecosystems - Clay Pressings

Students will learn about biodiversity and ecosystems and create clay castings of leaves or seeds.

Mathematics Volunteer Activities

Magnificent Measurements

Students will learn about optimizing area and how to estimate and calculate the volume of quadrilaterals and 3D prisms.

Physics Volunteer Activities

Bright Lights, Big Science - Virtual

Students will learn about light and how reflection and refraction work.