Today, they’re Scientists in School ... 2018-2019 SCIENTISTS IN SCHOOL PROGRAM CATALOGUE Inquiry-based STEM workshops for Kindergarten to Grade 8 LETHBRIDGE AND SOUTHWESTERN ALBERTA OUR ALBERTA IMPACT BY THE NUMBERS SCIENTISTS IN SCHOOL (2016-2017) A non-profit offering experiential science, technology, engineering, math (STEM), and environmental workshops. Your inquisitive students, under the guidance of experts, will become scientists, engineers and environmental stewards while developing the global competency skills they need for 33,525 9,000,000 tomorrow’s workforce. Children and youth inspired through workshops Young scientists across Alberta and Ontario since 1989! Our workshops offer: An inquiry-based, curriculum-enriching experience with plentiful scientific materials COLLABORATORS IN EDUCATION: Local presenters who are scientists, We use an evidence-based approach to engineers, technologists and more provide high-impact workshops that enhance The opportunity to highlight STEM careers curriculum and provide real-world experiences Post-workshop extension packages to for your students. A recent post-workshop support your lessons survey* of first-time users (teachers) of our Fun and relevant content that builds 1,263 workshops showed: critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, Half-day classroom workshops delivered communication, and problem-solving skills 73% leveraged the ideas in our workshops to We work with teachers, educators and school enhance their science lessons/teaching boards to ensure that our program aligns with curriculum, student and educator needs. 83% Like you, our goal is to inspire all children to felt Scientists in School encouraged their students to use critical-thinking skills, realize their dreams, regardless of their future 3,200 evidence-based reasoning and argumentation aspirations. Parent volunteers joined in the classroom Our Mission is to ignite scientific curiosity in 86% children so that they question intelligently; felt our workshops helped their students better learn through discovery; connect scientific understand the work done in class knowledge to their world; are excited about science, technology, engineering and math; and have their interest in careers in those fields 94% discovered new ideas to use in their piqued. Our Vision is for all young Canadians science program to be actively engaged in the seeing, doing and 100,575 understanding of science. Face time hours of investigation each year * Survey conducted in 140 schools by Western University researchers Kindergarten Workshops Grade One Workshops Fee: $190.00 Fee: $190.00 K Maximum 30 students/workshop Maximum 30 students/workshop 1 Backyard Bugs Reasons For The Seasons Meet some fascinating backyard bugs including members Topic B: Seasonal Changes of the insect family. As an entomologist, investigate how Adapt, hibernate or migrate? Investigate the variety of bugs eat, see, hear and protect themselves. Create your strategies people and wildlife use to survive the Canadian own model insect to take home. Develop a new winter. Explore the insulating properties of animal appreciation for the wonderful world of bugs. coverings and discover some of the astounding distances animals travel to escape the cold. Uncover clues that the I Can Be A Scientist seasons are changing as you discuss the reasons for the Become a working scientist in the Scientists in seasons. School lab. Explore the weather while making it rain in the classroom! Discover the Big Dipper in our constellation Sensational Science tent. Put on a lab coat and goggles and explore solutions. Topic D: Senses Experience the interesting things that meteorologists, Explore the power of your senses and how they help astronomers, paleontologists, chemists, and marine you experience the world. Discover sound waves, ‘see’ biologists do every day. with your hands, trick your sense of taste and investigate the impact of light on vision. Challenge yourself to Marvellous Magnets For Little Explorers communicate without speaking, and identify how Uncover the power of attraction by investigating magnets. different animal’s senses help them survive. Explore how magnets like to push and pull. Discover what magnets find attractive and if magnetic forces can work Structures: Under Construction through a variety of materials. Search for sandbox Topic C: Building Things treasures, go fishing and catch a fish to take home. Join our engineering team and build a structure capable of supporting your teacher. Discover the role of fasteners, the Winter Wonders properties of materials, and the use of three-dimensional Delve into the wonderful world of winter and embrace shapes in structural strength, all important concepts in the cold. Conduct cool experiments and learn frosty facts building a successful structure. about how people adapt to winter. Explore how local animals survive Canada’s harsh climate. Identify winter “Scientists in School visits are birds, listen to their songs, and construct a bird feeder. Be a meteorologist and investigate winter weather. one-of-a-kind in how they prepare, their depth of knowledge and their un-subtle sense of wanting students to have a blast while they learn. And trust me: They do.” BOOK ONLINE - IT’S EASY! DOWNLOAD RESOURCES! Visit www.scientistsinschool.ca to book your work- Visit www.scientistsinschool.ca and discover our shop, and find our cancellation and booking policies. Teacher Resources and STEM-based activities. Grade Two Workshops Grade Three Workshops Fee: $190.00 Fee: $190.00 2 Maximum 30 students/workshop Maximum 30 students/workshop 3 Looking At Liquids Don’t Take Rocks For Granite Topic A: Exploring Liquids, Topic B: Buoyancy and Boats Topic A: Rocks and Minerals Explore the three states of matter and use this knowledge Become a geologist as we learn about geological forces to create a delicious treat. Use a thermometer to discover while making a metamorphic rock to keep. Test water an amazing fact about melting and temperature. erosion and observe how sediments settle in a Investigate buoyancy and solubility. Take up the Sedimentator. Use clues and tests to identify a mystery challenge to produce the world’s biggest bubble. mineral. Explore igneous (extrusive and intrusive) rocks, shake the soil sieve, and prepare a soil profile to take Magnet Mysteries home. Topic C: Magnetism Discover some powerful information about the world of Life’s Like That magnetism and static electricity. Investigate magnetic and Topic E: Animal Life Cycles non-magnetic materials, different types of magnets, and Discover the life story of a variety of small animals magnetic strength. Create a temporary magnet, participate including their changing needs and environmental in magnetic car races and cause a magnetic field to relationships. Meet living animals and examine preserved become visible right before your eyes. You will be specimens. Identify what an owl has eaten by dissecting astonished at the role magnets play in our everyday lives. an owl pellet. Take away a new appreciation for the beauty and fragility of life. Note: Only available in April, May, and Never Say Ugh To A Bug June. Topic E: Small Animals Develop a new appreciation for small animals as an Structures: Stable and Strong entomologist. Examine a variety of living and preserved Topic B: Building Things, Topic C: Testing Materials specimens. Explore behaviour, habitat, adaptations and Build up your knowledge of structural strength and stability food sources. Discover and compare the benefit and as junior engineers. Investigate forces and their impact on beauty of small crawling and flying animals. structures. Discover that the strength of a given material Note: Only available in April, May, and June. can be altered by its shape. Apply these concepts to design and build a successful bridge. “Scientists in School has ALWAYS provided engaging workshops that “This was the best in-school field trip my students talk about for days!” ever! The kids were so engaged and they loved taking home their work.” BOOK ONLINE - IT’S EASY! DOWNLOAD RESOURCES! Visit www.scientistsinschool.ca to book your work- Visit www.scientistsinschool.ca and discover our shop, and find our cancellation and booking policies. Teacher Resources and STEM-based activities. Grade Four Workshops Grade Five Workshops Fee: $190.00 Fee: $190.00 4 Maximum 30 students/workshop Maximum 30 students/workshop 5 Light Up Your Life Electricity: Get Charged Topic D: Light and Shadows Topic A: Electricity and Magnetism Join us on this optical adventure and discover how to Step into the engineering lab and build a human battery. see around corners and over walls. Discover the law of Explore the nature of electricity, its generation and use. reflection. Explore how light travels, and split light into the Investigate how static electricity makes objects move. colours of the rainbow. Check out interesting optical Design and build circuits. Test conductors, insulators and devices like periscopes, binoculars, and kaleidoscopes. switches. Explore electro-magnets, simple motors and use Meet Ralph the very pink optical illusion. your own energy to power a generator. Plants Do Amazing Things It Really Matters Topic E: Plant Growth and Changes Topic C: Classroom Chemistry Join this botanical adventure and explore how a Unravel the mysteries of matter in our chemistry lab. plant breathes, grows and stores its food. Examine leaf Perform a variety of chemical reactions that involve both characteristics, explore plant adaptations and make your physical