2017-2018 ' PROGRAM CATALOGUE ¡ Inquiry-Based STEM Workshops for Kindergarten to Grade 8 City of Guelph, Waterloo, Halton and Peel Regions, Wellington and Dufferin Counties q WE OFFER EXPERIENTIAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATH (STEM) AND ENVIRONMENTAL WORKSHOPS FOR YOUR INQUISITIVE STUDENTS. Under the guidance of STEM experts, your K-8 students become scientists, engineers and environmental stewards while developing the 21st century competencies needed for tomorrow’s highly skilled workforce. Since 1989, 8 million students have discovered through our workshops that science, engineering and math are fun and relevant. • An inquiry-based, curriculum-enriching experience with plentiful scientific materials THE BENEFITS OF HAVING A ~ ~ • Local presenters who are scientists, engineers, technologists and more • Opportunity to highlight STEM career pathways • Post-workshop extension package to support your lessons ScientistsWORKSHOP IN YOUR in CLASSROOMSchool • As a charity, every workshop is subsidized by our donors WORKING TOGETHER TO PREPARE CANADIAN YOUTH FOR THEIR FUTURE Like you, our goal is to inspire all children, regardless of their future aspirations. We want to work with you to help shape the confidence, interest and skills your students need to realize their dreams. Critical thinking, collaboration, communication, creativity and problem-solving are purposefully incorporated in our workshops and suggested extension activities. MAKING SURE OUR WORKSHOPS MEET YOUR NEEDS We use an evidence-based approach to provide high-impact workshops that enhance curriculum and provide real-world experiences for your students. A recent post-workshop survey* of first-time users (teachers) of our workshops showed: leveraged the ideas in our workshops to 73% enhance their science lessons/teaching felt Scientists in School encouraged their 83% students to use critical-thinking skills, evidence-based reasoning and argumentation felt our workshops helped their students ' 86% better understand the work done in class discovered new ideas to use in 94% their science program *Survey was conducted across 140 schools by Western University researchers BE AN EARLY BIRD FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A FREE WORKSHOP! Book your workshop by October 15, 2017 and have it by January 31, 2018 to be entered into a draw to win one of 10 Activities shown complimentary workshops (to take place between February may not be available and June 2018). Winners will be notified by February 16. in all regions. KINDERGARTEN Backyard Bugs I Can Be A Scientist Magnet Magic For Little R V R V Explorers R V “Bee” an entomologist. Meet Become a working scientist Uncover the power of attraction WORKSHOPS the insect family and their as you dig for dinosaur by investigating magnets. relatives. Develop a new bones and make a fossil as Explore how magnets like to Book online and find our appreciation for bugs by a paleontologist. Investigate push and pull. Discover what booking terms, conditions investigating how they behave, sea life as a marine biologist magnets find attractive and if eat, see and hear. Camouflage and fly into outer space as an magnetic forces work through a and cancellation policy at as a butterfly and see the world astronaut. Experiment with variety of materials. Search for scientistsinschool.ca through the eyes of a dragonfly. mixing and dissolving to create sandbox treasures, go fishing Identify interesting backyard an erupting volcano as you try and make a magnetic wand to Maximum 30 students/workshop bugs and make an insect to out the sciences of chemistry, test at home. take home. physics and geology. Sensational Science Simply Marvellous Machines V R V Investigate how your senses Discover how simple machines help you understand the world. help you every day. Find simple Trick your taste buds with our machines at an imaginary taste test and discover how playground as you experiment you can see and feel sound with inclined planes, dig with waves! Read with your fingers wedges and make a lever to while exploring the connection test at home. Investigate how between sight and touch. pulleys make work easier and See how the world looks explore how to make bubbles through different eyes. using gears. There’s No Place Like Home! V Follow footprints and other clues to find the home of the mystery animal. Develop a lifelong respect for the environment by learning about a variety of habitats. Examine worms and unearth their importance. Discover that sea water is salty and meet an animal that carries its home. SCIENTISTS IN SCHOOL Introducing science careers starts in Kindergarten, leading factoidmany students to exclaim “I’m going to be a scientist ¡ when I grow up!” R: Follow-up Teacher Resources V: Volunteers Required GRADE ONE Animal Coverings And Energy Makes It Happen Keep Track: Animal Adaptations ESS C1-2 R V ME R V Autographs LS C1-2 V How does beaver fur feel Investigate the sun’s power by Become a detective and learn WORKSHOPS compared to raccoon fur? What exploring the impact energy how to identify clues left behind does a butterfly wing really look has on our lives. Make a bubble by a variety of mammals, Book online and find our like? Explore some of nature’s grow using heat from thermal birds and reptiles. Examine booking terms, conditions most unusual coverings including energy. Discover the energy feathers, nests, skulls, quills, quills, shells, scales, feathers needed to power different scat, pellets, chewed logs and cancellation policy at and fur. Investigate the devices and learn about energy and antlers. Research animals scientistsinschool.ca insulating properties of animal conservation. Build a sun chain and their food, habitat and coverings and discover some to learn that the sun is the strategies for survival. Identify Maximum 30 students/workshop of the amazing adaptations earth’s primary energy source. animals by sound or by their animals use to survive their Create paintings using solar tracks. environment and seasonal power. changes. Kitchen Chemistry For Microscopy: More Than Never Say Ugh To A Bug Curious Kids SI C1-2 R V Meets The Eye SI C1-6 V LS C1-2 V As a food scientist, investigate Use microscopes to explore Develop a new appreciation what yeast needs to grow and the world of the small and for bugs as an entomologist. how to blow up a balloon by mighty. Activities are geared Examine a variety of living mixing a solid with a liquid. to each grade and may include and preserved specimens Challenge your powers of the exploration of hitchhiker on a scavenger hunt in the observation while making a seeds, insect parts and plant classroom. Explore insect life surprise drink and make a and animal cells. Meet some of cycles. Discover the benefit and mystery substance that could the weird and wonderful living beauty of pollinators and how be both a liquid and a solid. creatures found in pond water. critical their role is to life on earth. Structures: Under Construction SM R V Join our engineering team and build a structure capable of supporting your teacher. Discover the concepts you need to make this happen. Explore the role of fasteners and the properties of materials using real tools. Test 3-D shapes for structural strength. Build a framework and test for strength and stability. “ I said to one of my parent volunteers: ‘One of these children will go on in life to become a biologist or paleontologist’.” C: Combined Grade Content ESS: Earth and Space Systems LS: Life Systems M: Mathematics ME: Matter and Energy R: Follow-up Teacher Resources SI: Special Interest SM: Structures and Mechanisms V: Volunteers Required GRADE TWO Animal Coverings And Get Moving With Toys Keep Track: Animal Adaptations ESS C1-2 R V SM V Autographs LS C1-2 V How does beaver fur feel Discover how simple machines Become a detective and learn WORKSHOPS compared to raccoon fur? What make work easier for us. Learn how to identify clues left behind does a butterfly wing really look about movement on inclined by a variety of mammals, Book online and find our like? Explore some of nature’s planes. Send a secret message birds and reptiles. Examine booking terms, conditions most unusual coverings including using a pulley system. Discover feathers, nests, skulls, quills, quills, shells, scales, feathers the importance of wheels and scat, pellets, chewed logs and cancellation policy at and fur. Investigate the axles as you build your own and antlers. Research animals scientistsinschool.ca insulating properties of animal car. Investigate the power of and their food, habitat and coverings and discover some levers and make a screw to strategies for survival. Identify Maximum 30 students/workshop of the amazing adaptations take home. animals by sound or by their animals use to survive their tracks. environment and seasonal changes. Kitchen Chemistry For Let It Flow: Air And Water Looking At Liquids Curious Kids SI C1-2 R V ESS R V ME R V As a food scientist, investigate Discover the properties of air Marvel as you explore the three what yeast needs to grow and and water. Learn that air has states of matter. Change a how to blow up a balloon by weight, takes up space and can liquid to a solid and then eat mixing a solid with a liquid. be used to save an accident it! Compare the flow rate of Challenge your powers of victim. Explore the water cycle, different liquids and test their observation while making a uncover the hidden power of a ability to absorb into a solid. surprise drink and make a water wheel and race your own Investigate buoyancy through mystery substance that could yacht to experiment with sail manipulation of materials. be both a liquid and a solid. size. Discover how liquids and solids interact. Accept the challenge to produce the world’s biggest bubble.