Students will be split into four groups for this workshop. Each group will require an adult chaperone to assist with the activity.
Important location note:
This workshop will take place in our Exploration Lab on Level 1, just behind centre stage. You will meet your facilitator in the hallway just outside the lab.
Suggested prior knowledge:
- Elements of a story (beginning, middle, end) and main character and problem
- Forest animals
- Basic needs of animals and plants
- Living versus non-living components of the environment
Recommended pre-workshop activities:
- Read a story together. We recommend Be a Good Ancestor, written by Leona Prince & Gabrielle Prince, illustrated by Carla Joseph, and published by Orca Book Publishers.
- Go for a walk and explore the biodiversity in your neighbourhood with our Backyard Beings resource activity
Students will be split into groups of 3 for this workshop.
Important location note:
This workshop will take place in our Exploration Lab on Level 1, just behind centre stage. You will meet your facilitator in the hallway just outside the lab.
Suggested prior knowledge:
- A basic understanding of coding (what is it, what is it for)
- Familiarity with a block coding language is recommended, but not required
- Awareness of the term "greenhouse effect"
- Basic needs of plants
Recommended pre-workshop activities:
- Map Your Fruit: This activity is a great introduction to transportation energy usage and how it can be reduced.
- Grid Coding: This activity introduces some coding concepts as an unplugged (no screens) challenge that incorporates physical movement.
Students will be split into groups of 3 for this workshop.
Important location note:
This workshop will take place in our Tinkering Gallery on Level 2 (look for the Tinker T-Rex!). You will meet your facilitator just outside the gallery.
Suggested prior knowledge:
- Familiarity with a block coding language is recommended, but not required
- Senses and responses of plants and animals in nature
Recommended pre-workshop activities:
- A Micro:bit Too Greedy: Familiarize your students with coding a micro:bit before your workshop by coding this game. Works best if you have physical micro:bits at your school. (Need a class set? If your're close enough to retrieve equipment from Science World, we have classroom kits available for lending out to local teachers! Sign up for access here.)
- Create a Creature: Consider the different features and adaptations of animals. Then, during this workshop you are prepared to consider senses and responses of things found in nature.
Students will be split into groups of 2 for this workshop.
Important location note:
This workshop will take place in the Launch Pad on Level 2 (down the hall past the Wonder gallery). You will meet your facilitator at the bottom of the stairs leading up to the Launch Pad down the hallway past the Wonder gallery.
Suggested prior knowledge:
- Familiarity with a block coding language is recommended, but not required
- Mathematical properties of a square and a triangle
Students will be split into groups of 2 for this workshop.
Important location note:
This workshop will start in the BodyWorks gallery on Level 2 and finish in the Launch Pad on Level 2 (down the hall past the Wonder gallery). You will meet your facilitator at the entrance to the BodyWorks gallery.
Students will be split into groups of 2-3 students for this workshop.
Important location note:
This workshop will take place outside in the gardens and in our Community Canopy in the Science Park on Level 1. You will meet your facilitator in the Connection Zone just before the doors to head outside into the Science Park. Please have your students bring weather appropriate clothing, this workshop happens rain or shine.
Suggested prior knowledge:
Recommended pre-workshop activities:
- Mystery Tubes: Familiarize your students to the nature of scientific inquiry through a hands-on exploration into mystery tubes. Begin formulating hypotheses. Grads 6-16.
- Introduce the Understanding Science Flowchart: Familiarize your students to the nature of scientific inquiry through a hands-on exploration into mystery tubes. Begin formulating hypotheses. Grads 6-16.
Important location note:
This workshop will take place in our Innovation Lab on Level 2 (in the Eureka! gallery across from the Hippo) You will meet your facilitator right outside the lab doors.
Suggested prior knowledge:
Important location note:
This workshop will take place in our Innovation Lab on Level 2 (in the Eureka! gallery across from the Hippo) You will meet your facilitator right outside the lab doors.
Suggested prior knowledge:
- States of matter
- Changing states of matter
