Digestive System (Grade 5)
Students model how food travels through our digestive system and do a digestive system art work.
Cylinders and Shapes (Grade 3)
Students use paper and build different shaped columns, test them for strength, and are then challenged to make 4 columns using only paper that will hold the most weight.
Circulatory System (Grade 10)
Students complete a modification of the blood role play through the heart that the national office developed years ago.
Butterfly Life Cycle (With Video)
Students build a life cycle of a butterfly and then watch a 10 minute clip from the Carleton University Butterfly Show.
Butterfly Biodiversity (Grade 6)
Students learn about butterfly biodiversity, build a butterfly biodiversity mobile from simple materials, and watch a clip from the Carleton University butterfly show.
Bridges (Grade 7)
Students are introduced to form and function of structures and then build a bridge given certain limitations.
Bird's Nest
Students read a book about nests and then build their own bird's nest.
Beautiful Bees
Students build a bee from foam balls and pipe cleaners to learn the anatomy of the bee, make a proboscis to "eat like a bee" and learn the bee waggle dance.
Storytime - Pocket Solar System
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.