2021/2022 Curriculum-Aligned VIRTUAL STEM WORKSHOPS Kindergarten to Grade 8 | Ontario Value Proposition After 32 years, Scientists in School Your inquisitive students, under the guidance of experts, will become is branching out. We are now delivering scientists, engineers and environmental stewards while developing our engaging hands-on STEM workshops the global competency skills they need to become tomorrow’s STEM workforce. virtually. All of the highly investigative activities you expect, delivered safely Our virtual classroom workshops bring: and seamlessly to your classroom. + Individually packaged investigative materials provided in advance. + Fun and relevant investigations that build critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills. Cost: $230 Click here + The opportunity to highlight STEM careers and professional Class size: 27 Students Maximum opportunities for students. Duration: 1 hour to book! + Dynamic presenters, who are scientists, engineers, and technologists. Age Groups How it works: Click on the grade below to access descriptions of the virtual Browse through this workshops available for your students: catalogue and select a workshop. Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 Book a workshop by visiting the booking portal here. Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Receive mini science bags and distribute to students. Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Join the Microsoft Teams meeting. We understand how important virtual security and privacy are to you. We ensure our seamless workshop delivery through Microsoft Teams is secure and private. Presenters lead the workshop remotely. Cost: $230 Kindergarten Class size: 27 Students Maximum Virtual STEM workshops delivered across Canada | www.scientistsinschool.ca Duration: 1 hour Book here! On the Move! Sense of Wonder Sticky Science Kindergarten Kindergarten Kindergarten Explore how things move! The world around us is a feast for Get sticky with it! Discover the Discover the science behind a our senses! Investigate sound and science of sticky. Make your own magic trick, defy gravity by creating design your own shakers. Explore glue from food products and test a balancing bird, engineer a car how our sense of taste and smell them to see how they hold. Create and race it to the finish line. are connected. Trick your eyes with your own sticky art. And of course, We’ll be on the move! 3D glasses you make and keep. there will be silly putty! Participants receive their own Our Kindergarten friends were SO engaged MINI SCIENCE BAG during our virtual workshop. They had a blast and get to keep being little scientists and experimenting with all of the different materials to learn about physics. materials! I’m looking forward to continuing our exploration and extending the learning after our workshop! Kindergarten Teacher A registered Canadian charity: #867139537RR0001 Cost: $230 Grade 1 Class size: 27 Students Maximum Virtual STEM workshops delivered across Canada | www.scientistsinschool.ca Duration: 1 hour Book here! Scientists in School provided an engaging, Intriguing Structures, real life learning opportunity for my students. Invertebrates Materials and More I love that each student has their own Grade 1 Grade 1 Who has thousands of teeth? Follow an engineer’s journey Mini Science Bag to allow students to further Who can float on water? Are you from materials to structure. the concepts that we experienced as a class. intrigued? Students will learn Explore a variety of materials to Grade 1 Teacher about the invertebrates in their understand their qualities. Then, own backyards by creating models through trial and observation, test of these creatures. Physical for structural effectiveness. Learn characteristics, habitats they live about attaching items with a fun in, the way they move and eat fastener challenge. Finally, build will be investigated with hands-on with materials to understand the and engaging activities. purpose of structures. Our World of Energy Grade 1 Follow the influence of the sun as we study the impact energy has in our world. Investigate light Participants and sound energy. Transform receive their own chemical energy into heat while MINI SCIENCE BAG making bubbles. Discover how to conserve heat and experiment and get to keep with your own little house. Create all of the a storyboard to follow the path of materials! energy from the sun to all living things. A registered Canadian charity: #867139537RR0001 Cost: $230 Grade 2 Class size: 27 Students Maximum Virtual STEM workshops delivered across Canada | www.scientistsinschool.ca Duration: 1 hour Book here! I Like To Move It! Properties Grade 2 Really Matter Push, pull, lift and roll! Hone Grade 2 your building and observation Liquids and solids are everywhere! skills as you make things move. Explore household solids and liquids Investigate pulleys, wheels and and how they interact. Investigate inclined planes. Combine all these the properties of solubility, absorption Participants simple machines to create an and buoyancy. Then engineer the receive their own awesome mechanism that helps solution to a common problem. us move objects. Create an unusual concoction from MINI SCIENCE BAG an everyday solid and watch it dance! and get to keep all of the materials! The workshop was engaging, extremely hands-on and interactive. The kids were interested and participating the entire time. They loved the Mini Science Bags that went along with the lesson. Yet another great experience! Grade 2 Teacher A registered Canadian charity: #867139537RR0001 Cost: $230 Grade 3 Class size: 27 Students Maximum Virtual STEM workshops delivered across Canada | www.scientistsinschool.ca Duration: 1 hour Book here! I’m using this workshop as a model for ways Amazing Forces! Strong Structures to improve my teaching and science program. Grade 3 Grade 3 I love the ongoing questions and surplus of Amazing forces are all around us! Build your knowledge of materials that students keep to continue their Get creative by engineering a maze, structural strength as a junior exploration and discovery. Fantastic! then use gravity and magnetic engineer. Discover how to design force to navigate it. Investigate a structure to withstand both Grade 3 Teacher friction caused by different surfaces tension and compression. Test and its effect on movement. Design different materials for strength, and build your own launching and investigate how the strength device, exploring stored energy of a material can be altered by and control of force. manipulating its shape! Get the Dirt on Plants! Grade 3 Dig into the connected world Participants of soil and plants! Explore the receive their own importance of soil by investigating soil layers and MINI SCIENCE BAG experimenting with water and get to keep retention. Uncover the relation- all of the ship between plants and everyday items. Students will dissect a seed, materials! learn about seed dispersal, and end the workshop planting seeds - encouraging weeks of tracking and observing plant growth! A registered Canadian charity: #867139537RR0001 Cost: $230 Grade 4 Class size: 27 Students Maximum Virtual STEM workshops delivered across Canada | www.scientistsinschool.ca Duration: 1 hour Book here! Get it in Gear Shine a Light Each time I use Scientists in School I see my Grade 4 Grade 4 students’ faces light up and become highly Simple machines are all around Join us on this optical adventure us! Discover where we use levers, and discover how light passes engaged in the world of science. Always a positive gears and pulleys in everyday through objects and forms learning experience for students and teachers. life. Investigate how levers lift. shadows. Bounce and bend light Grade 4 Teacher Assemble gear trains and belt to investigate reflection, refraction, drives and examine how they and fibre optics. Demonstrate how operate. Construct different pulley light travels with a flashlight that systems and explore why we use you can keep! them. Sounds Like Science Participants Hooo’s in the Grade 4 receive their own Owl Pellet? Follow the vibrations to discover MINI SCIENCE BAG Grades 4-6 the properties of sound: pitch and Experience being a real-life volume. Design and build ear and get to keep protectors, while experimenting biologist! Use an integrated STEM all of the approach to investigate the diet with materials that absorb or materials! of an owl and estimate the prey reflect sound. Use your newfound number and type. Dissect an owl knowledge to create a unique pellet, sort and identify bones. musical instrument. Opportunities pre- and post- workshop to enhance your student’s literacy, numeracy and visual arts activities by integrating owl pellet dissection and analysis into your program. A registered Canadian charity: #867139537RR0001 Cost: $230 Grade 5 Class size: 27 Students Maximum Virtual STEM workshops delivered across Canada | www.scientistsinschool.ca Duration: 1 hour Book here! [The workshops] are always so engaging As a Matter of Fact... Hooo’s in the and provide a hands-on learning experience. Grade 5 Owl Pellet? Discover why chemistry matters! Grades 4-6 Even with the pandemic, Scientists in School Explore solubility, crystallization Experience being a real-life delivered a safe, exciting and informative session. and a change in state while biologist! Use an integrated STEM They were so adaptable and flexible. Can’t wait writing your initials. Create a approach to investigate the diet situation where nothing remains of an owl and estimate the prey to book again next year! the same and observe and identify number and type. Dissect an owl Grade 5 Teacher the indicators of a chemical change. pellet, sort and identify bones. Solve a mystery using the physical Opportunities pre- and post-work- and chemical properties of shop to enhance your student’s materials found in the cupboard! literacy, numeracy and visual arts activities by integrating owl pellet Fending Off Forces dissection and analysis into your Grade 5 program. Participants Fend off external and internal forces by exploring the techniques receive their own engineers use to keep buildings MINI SCIENCE BAG standing tall and strong.