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2017-2018
PROGRAM CATALOGUE
' Inquiry-Based STEM Workshops
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for Kindergarten to Grade 8
Peterborough and the Kawarthas,
Northumberland, Victoria, Clarington
and Simcoe County
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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
Scientists in School • Opportunity to highlight STEM career pathways
• Post-workshop extension package to support your lessons
workshop in your classroom
• 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:
73% leveraged the ideas in our workshops to
enhance their science lessons/teaching
83% felt Scientists in School encouraged their
students to use critical-thinking skills,
evidence-based reasoning and argumentation
86%
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felt our workshops helped their students
better understand the work done in class
94% discovered new ideas to use in
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
RV
I Can Be A Scientist
RV
Sensational Science
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WORKSHOPS Experience a hands-on encounter
with live and preserved bugs!
Discover how to be an
Become a working scientist.
Dig for dinosaur bones and
make a fossil as a
Investigate your senses!
Explore interconnections
between taste and smell; light
Book online and find our entomologist and identify an paleontologist. Explore the and sight. Investigate objects
booking terms, conditions insect. Investigate how bugs weather as a meteorologist. using your sense of touch,
and cancellation policy at behave, eat and see. Enact the Enter our tent to become an discover how you see and feel
life cycle of a butterfly. Create astronomer and create your sound waves, and learn how
scientistsinschool.ca an insect to take home. Learn own constellation. Use a lab smell helps us evaluate items.
concepts of camouflage and coat and safety goggles After this, your interactions with
$199/workshop symmetry with play-based while being a chemist. Make a the world will just make SENSE!
Maximum 30 students/workshop activities. fish print and examine ocean
specimens as a marine biologist.
Simply Marvellous Machines There’s No Place Like Home!
RV RV
Have fun with physics at the Develop a lifelong respect for
playground. Figure out how gears the environment by discovering
work and have a bubble-making the plants and animals that
race. Make your own lever and make up a variety of habitats.
solve a teeter-totter problem. Become a bird and build a nest
Investigate wedges. Compare using just your beak. Slither
different shapes, weights and like a snake or dig like a mole
heights using inclined planes – through your underground
then create your own experiments. tunnel.
Explore with our special wheel
and axle machines. Measure
the difference a machine makes!
Water Fun For Kindergarten
Scientists R V
Investigate which materials
absorb water in our ‘soak it up
challenge’! Explore buoyancy,
experimenting with floating
and sinking objects. Marvel at
waters properties and elusive
shape. Puzzle out uses for water.
Discover how a lock system works
while you row your boat up our
classroom stream.
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In my 39 years of teaching,
I have never had such a
worthwhile experience
brought to my students
directly in the classroom!”
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SCIENTISTS IN SCHOOL
Introducing science careers
starts in Kindergarten, leading
many 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 Energy Makes It Happen C: Combined Grade Content
And Adaptations ME R V ESS: Earth and Space Systems
WORKSHOPS
C1-2 R V
LS: Life Systems
Transform the classroom into Explore the impact energy
M: Mathematics
discovery stations bursting with has on our daily lives; energy
ME: Matter and Energy
unique animal-covering specimens conservation; and use thermo-
R: Follow-up Teacher Resources
Book online and find our including shells, scales, feathers, meters in heat absorption and
SM: Structures and Mechanisms
booking terms, conditions furs, quills and skin. Investigate, colour experiments. Harness
V: Volunteers Required
and cancellation policy at feel, microscopically examine light energy with solar panels
scientistsinschool.ca and experiment with coverings to create a painting. Fish
to discover how their for energy needed to power
characteristics help animals adapt devices. Determine if you need
$199/workshop and survive environmental sunscreen with a UV bead.
Maximum 30 students/workshop challenges.
Never Say Ugh To A Bug Structures: Under Construction
LS C1-2 V
Engage in a true hands-on
experience with an exciting
SM R V
Join our engineering team and
build a structure capable of
I said to one of my parent
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variety of bugs! Compare and supporting yourself. Use real volunteers: ‘One of these
contrast physical characteristics tools while learning about
of live and preserved invertebrate fasteners. Discover the purpose children will go on in life
specimens. Become an of building structures. Examine
entomologist and learn how to the properties of a variety of to become a biologist or
identify insects. Explore the life materials. Build a framework
cycle of silkworms and observe and test it for strength and paleontologist’.”
the behaviour of mealworms in stability.
different environments.
GRADE TWO Animal Coverings
And Adaptations
WORKSHOPS
LS C1-2 R V
Transform the classroom into
discovery stations bursting with
unique animal-covering specimens
Book online and find our including shells, scales, feathers,
booking terms, conditions furs, quills and skin. Investigate,
and cancellation policy at feel, microscopically examine
scientistsinschool.ca and experiment with coverings
to discover how their
characteristics help animals adapt
$199/workshop and survive environmental
Maximum 30 students/workshop challenges.
Let It Flow: Air And Water Looking At Liquids
ESS R V ME R
Discover the properties of air and Run your own chemistry
water. Learn that air has weight, experiments and explore what
takes up space and can be happens when solids and
used to save an accident victim. liquids get together. Use a real
Explore the water cycle, uncover thermometer to investigate the
the hidden power of a water conditions necessary to change
wheel and race your own yacht to a solid to a liquid. Create a
experiment with sail size. way to change a liquid into a
solid. Take up the challenge
to produce the world’s biggest
bubble. Explore buoyancy to
rise to the top of the class!
Move It! Never Say Ugh To A Bug
SM R V C1-2 V
Discover how simple machines Engage in a true hands-on
make work easier. Explore experience with an exciting
wheels and axles by constructing variety of bugs! Compare and
your own car. Experiment with contrast physical characteristics
different levers. Raise a flag using of live and preserved invertebrate
a pulley. Uncover what inclined specimens. Become an
planes and wedges have in entomologist and learn how to
common. Make your own screw identify insects. Explore the life
and crush a can to see a screw in cycle of silkworms and observe
action. the behaviour of mealworms in
different environments.
GRADE THREE Force, Of Course! Plants Do Amazing Things Soil: It’s Too Important To Be
ME R LS R V Treated Like Dirt! ESS R V
WORKSHOPS Step into the physics lab to
investigate friction, gravity,
magnetic and electrostatic
Join this botanical adventure to
explore the secret life of plants.
Develop investigative skills to
Become a pedologist and get
down and dirty with soil. Learn
what soil is made of, race water
Book online and find our force. Use a catapult to identify leaves and their parent through different soil types and
booking terms, conditions measure the impact of force trees and plant parts used investigate why plants need
and cancellation policy at on a projectile, and experiment to make everyday products. soil. Explore erosion, build a
scientistsinschool.ca with marbles and magnets to Recycle old paper to make new soil profile and learn about
see if they can defy gravity. paper and be amazed by the decomposers by making friends
Engineer a crash to test the adaptations plants make to with some earthy creatures.
$199/workshop effectiveness of seat belts. survive.
Maximum 30 students/workshop
Structures: Stable And Strong
SM R
My class has been talking
Build your knowledge of
“ structural strength and stability
as a junior engineer. Investigate
and writing about the workshop how the strength of a material
can be altered by its shape.
for two weeks. They keep making Create structures and learn the
impact of forces acting upon
connections with things they them. Take up the challenge to
design, build and test a bridge.
worked on at the workshop
stations.”
GRADE FOUR Don’t Take Rocks For Granite
ESS V
WORKSHOPS Become a geologist and dig
into the concepts of mineral
formation, the rock cycle and
Book online and find our fossilization. Examine igneous,
booking terms, conditions sedimentary and metamorphic
and cancellation policy at rocks. Learn about mining in
Ontario and mine some edible
scientistsinschool.ca ore. Experience the life of a
paleontologist as you cast
$199/workshop your own fossil to take home.
Maximum 30 students/workshop
Gearing Up: Fun With Pulleys Habitats And Communities
And Gears SM R V LS
Discover how gears and pulleys Explore the interdependence of
make tasks easier by changing plants and animals within eco-
the direction, speed, and/or systems as an ecologist. Closely
magnitude of an applied force. examine habitat specimens and
Investigate how we choose gear identify the adaptations that aid
systems to ride a bike efficiently. in their survival. Study the
Solve the challenge of how to impact of natural and manmade
move something much bigger alterations on an ecosystem as
than yourself. you witness it fall.
Light Up Your Life
ME R
Join us on this optical adventure
and discover natural and artificial C: Combined Grade Content
sources of light. Turn your ESS: Earth and Space Systems
classroom into a colourful disco LS: Life Systems
while learning about the visible M: Mathematics
spectrum. Bounce and bend ME: Matter and Energy
light to investigate reflection, R: Follow-up Teacher Resources
refraction, and fibre optics. SM: Structures and Mechanisms
Demonstrate how light travels V: Volunteers Required
and explore optical devices.
GRADE FIVE Body Works
LS R
Energy: The Power To Change
ESS R
May The Force Be With You
SM R
WORKSHOPS Test your reaction rate and
measure your lung vital capacity.
Use stethoscopes to measure
Discover how energy can be
transferred or transformed.
Investigate how to launch a
Join our engineering team to
learn how structures resist the
external and internal forces
Book online and find our heart rate. Build a filtering ping pong ball into space and acting upon them. Use everyday
booking terms, conditions urinary system and working use the energy in your body to objects to learn about design
and cancellation policy at lungs. Identify bones using power wind-up toys. Explore features, investigate centre of
X-rays and locate and manipulate how changing light bulbs and gravity and learn its importance
scientistsinschool.ca joints on a skeleton. Explore adding insulation can save in stability. Take on the challenge
how healthy blood connects all energy. Play a tune using of designing, building and testing
$199/workshop your organ systems together. solar panels. a freestanding structure.
Maximum 30 students/workshop
Watt’s Up? Energy And What In
Electricity C5-6 The World Is Matter?
I
ME R
Discover the different forms Explore solids, liquids, gases “ suggested a career in
of energy and how they can and changes in state as
be transferred or transformed. detectives seeking clues to the
Explore electrical energy and mysteries of matter. Experiment engineering to one student and
see how static electricity makes with physical properties and
objects move. Design and build changes to discover what hair he had already considered it
circuits to learn how a house is gel, diapers and food science
wired. Use these circuits to test have in common. Run an during the workshop!”
conductors, insulators and amazing evaporation race and
switches. create a cool chemical reaction.
Determine the identity of a
mystery compound using your
chemical intuition, some crafty
experimentation and clues
gathered during this chemical
adventure.
GRADE SIX Air And Flight
SM R
WORKSHOPS Discover the properties of air
that are manipulated to achieve
flight. Investigate dense air,
Book online and find our sticky air and Newtonian laws.
booking terms, conditions Design flight control surfaces to
and cancellation policy at accomplish lift and thrust. Build
propellers and paper planes to
scientistsinschool.ca test your avionics expertise.
$199/workshop
Maximum 30 students/workshop
Classy Critters Electricity: Get Charged
LS ME R
Work as a taxonomist to create Explore the nature of electricity,
order from the vast diversity its generation and use. See
of living things. Investigate how static electricity makes
preserved specimens and identify objects move. Design and build
important connections between circuits to learn how a house
species. Examine the microscopic is wired. Test conductors,
world of protists and monerans, insulators and switches. Explore
see how small life on earth can electromagnets, simple motors
be, while studying the similarities and use your own energy to
and differences between them. power a generator.
Watt’s Up? Energy And
Electricity C5-6
Discover the different forms
C: Combined Grade Content of energy and how they can
ESS: Earth and Space Systems be transferred or transformed.
LS: Life Systems Explore electrical energy and
M: Mathematics see how static electricity makes
ME: Matter and Energy objects move. Design and build
R: Follow-up Teacher Resources circuits to learn how a house is
SM: Structures and Mechanisms wired. Use these circuits to test
V: Volunteers Required conductors, insulators and
switches.
GRADE SEVEN Close Encounters Engineering Challenges Hot Stuff!
Of A Chemical Kind SM R ESS R
WORKSHOPS
ME R
Become a chemist and discover Discover the secrets of Join our Research and Development
the differences between pure structural strength and stability. team at the ‘Scientists in School
substances and mixtures. Design and build a functioning Toy Company’. Challenge yourself
Book online and find our Create solubility fireworks and cantilever able to withstand a to discover the secret workings
booking terms, conditions make your own lava lamp to substantial load. Investigate behind a candle-powered putt-
and cancellation policy at observe particles in motion. how to fortify bridges. Join a putt boat. Analyze how conduction,
scientistsinschool.ca Use cool chemistry to analyze class-wide challenge to build convection and radiation work
vitamins. Compete in a race a newspaper and tape truss together to propel these boats.
to dissolve. Use concentration bridge resistant to static and Investigate how the particle theory
$199/workshop to determine how to get your dynamic loads and internal links energy and temperature and
Maximum 30 students/workshop daily dose of vitamins and run forces. how energy transformations keep
a titration experiment to check things moving.
what’s in your juice box!
Math Is My Business!
M C7-8
Money is the name of this
A number of times throughout
game. Create your own bank
“ account and earn cash as you
play games to build fraction,
decimal, percent and more
the morning, I drew back just to math skills. Select a team
for the playoffs based on
enjoy watching how engaged the theoretical probability data,
then watch it perform on game
students were.” day. Invest your hard-earned
money on the stock market
and calculate your portfolio
performance.
GRADE EIGHT Cell Explorers: Investigating Cell
Structure And Function LS R
WORKSHOPS Become a cell biologist learning
slide preparation and compound
microscope use. Compare and
Book online and find our contrast plant and animal cells
booking terms, conditions along with cheek cells and other
and cancellation policy at human body cells to determine
scientistsinschool.ca their structure. Get absorbed in
the study of osmosis. Explore
pond water samples to identify
$199/workshop living organisms.
Maximum 30 students/workshop
Fluid Power Groundwater Investigations
ME R ESS R
Explore fluids and their application Become a hydrogeologist and
in mechanical systems. Use explore the properties of
hydrometers to determine relative aquifers as viable water sources.
density, race liquids to investigate Perform a variety of experiments
viscosity, and find a boat while to investigate salinity, chlorine
exploring buoyancy. Move a load content,andexaminecontaminants
with dump trucks to compare in different water samples. Build
hydraulic and pneumatic your own water filtration system
systems and analyze the and examine its effectiveness in
compressibility of fluids. producing potable water.
Math Is My Business!
M C7-8
Money is the name of this
game. Create your own bank
account and earn cash as you
play games to build fraction, C: Combined Grade Content
decimal, percent and more math ESS: Earth and Space Systems
skills. Select a team for the LS: Life Systems
playoffs based on theoretical M: Mathematics
probability data, then watch it ME: Matter and Energy
perform on game day. Invest R: Follow-up Teacher Resources
your hard-earned money on the SM: Structures and Mechanisms
stock market and calculate your V: Volunteers Required
portfolio performance.
Book Your Scientists in School Workshop Today!
Our goal in every community is to become part of the educational fabric, where children become scientists in school in Kindergarten
and experience workshops throughout their elementary years. We work with teachers, educators and school boards to ensure that
our program aligns with curriculum, student and educator needs. With over two million face time hours of investigation each year,
we know our program makes a lasting impression. Often, young adults who had the program as kids will share details of their
favourite workshops and proclaim that “the days the scientists came were the best days of the whole year!”
Partners in STEM Education
Across our charitable organization everyone is committed to our
mission, vision and impact and dedicated to engaging youth, teachers,
and families with high quality STEM experiences. Partnerships allow us to
subsidize the cost of every single one of our 24,000 annual classroom workshops
by approximately 15%, and provide almost 2,000 complimentary workshops to schools
serving low-income communities.
CATALYST
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
TD Friends of the Environment Foundation | Toronto Pearson International Airport
INNOVATION
Google Canada | John and Deborah Harris Family Foundation
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Nuclear Waste Management Organization | RBC Foundation
IMAGINATION
Amgen Canada | Amgen Foundation | McMillan LLP | Ontario Power Generation
Superior Glove Works Ltd. | TELUS
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DISCOVERY
Cameco | Celestica | Community Foundation of Ottawa | J.P. Bickell Foundation | MilliporeSigma
Purdue Pharma | Syngenta | Systematix Inc. | The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
The Maurice Price Foundation | The McLean Foundation
EXPLORATION
Ajax Community Fund at the Durham Community Foundation
Consulting Engineers of Ontario | Huronia Community Foundation
Isherwood Associates | Lee Valley Tools | Meridian Credit Union
Rotary Club of Lethbridge Sunrise | Siemens Milltronics Process Instruments
The Optimist Club of Ajax | Veridian Connections
Whitby Mayor’s Community Development Fund
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