HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I miss the every day observations of curiosity and wonder as I passed students on their field trip to Science World. However, I am proud of what we  accomplished last year. Our YouTube channel is packed with new demos, our Resources have been polished and new links added, and we are delivering programs to remote BC communities daily.

Our school support team is preparing for 2021 to be ground-breaking as we prepare for a new feature exhibition to arrive in late February. Anticipating similar restrictions to travel brings this new challenge: how can we share the incredible information in this exhibition and provide a 'virtual field trip' experience? Watch out for more information on this exciting new project.

Most importantly: Tech-Up, our computational thinking and digital skills project, is reaching the end of a funding cycle and I encourage you to book a FREE virtual workshop for your grade 2-9 class as soon as possible. Find out more below.

Yours scientifically,

Kate Henderson

School Engagement Manager

TECH-UP CODING VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS 

In these workshops, tailored to grade level curriculum connections for ADST, a Tech-Up facilitator leads a session for your students to understand the fundamentals of coding and computational thinking through multiple activities that support learning.

"I was nervous beforehand as I have no experience as a teacher with online workshops for kids, but things went smoothly. I appreciated being sent a list beforehand, along with a brief video for reference. We are going to take what we learned today and keep practicing, so eventually we can work on our own Scratch projects together." 

- Teacher, SD 63

Grades:

2–4:  Bee Bot Bop
4–7:  Discover Ozobots
4–7:  Say It With Scratch
7–9:  Marvellous Micro:bits

Now available for classes across BC, Online Science Adventure is an interactive, high-energy Science World program. Each dynamic and engaging session provides an experiential learning experience through live demonstrations and experiments, with activities and resources that can continue in-class learnings.

We are delighted in the interest for these new programs and have a very limited number of sessions remaining in March. Requests for April-June will be available in late February. 

Grades:

K–7:  How 2 Science

K–7:  Fantastic Forces

K–3:  Animals

4–7:  Chemistry

FOR STUDENTS

Junior Astronauts

The Canadian Space Agency invites educators and youth in grades 6 to 9 to register to the Junior Astronauts campaign. Activities and opportunities for students, classes and educators. Find out more. 

Mission to Mars

Take part in a worldwide "teachable moment" and bring students along for the ride as NASA lands a rover on Mars February 18! Find out more.

Calling all Future Science Leaders!

Do you know a high school student who dreams of a life in STEAM and who wants exciting challenges outside of the classroom? Sign up for information on Science World's unique after school teen science enrichment program, Future Science Leaders. Applications open February 1st 2021. Learn from alumni about how FSL impacted their lives.

FOR EDUCATORS

Upcoming Webinars from CBEEN, EEPSA and C2C Education Network:

Jan 14 - Teaching EE and Climate Change: A New K-10 Big Ideas Framework

Jan 21 - Using the Visual Arts in your Outdoor & Environmental Learning  

Jan 28 - Inspiring Environmental Learning through Music & Song!  

Register to Attend

Reach out if you have ideas for how Science World can support you and your students this year. I would love to hear from you by email.