Join us live!


Celebrate the over 37,000 entries in the BC Hydro Acts of Clean Challenge in an interactive presentation with spectacular extreme weather demonstrations livestreamed from Science World.


Wednesday, November 10
1-1:45pm


Register below to watch live. This presentation will be available to view later on our YouTube channel. 


Online School Programs


These live demonstrations and experiments or code-alongs provide students with a dynamic and engaging Science World experience. Following the session, teachers are provided activities and resources that can continue in-class learnings.


Choose from:

  • Tech-Up Coding Workshop (introduction to grade-appropriate coding platform, 1 class)
  • Online Science Adventure (interactive presentation, 1 class)
  • NEW! Online On The Road (interactive demonstrations, up to 8 classes participating)


Request this program for FREE with a Class Bursary


LAST CALL FOR GIRLS AND STEAM - AGES 11-13


Happening Saturday, November 6! Students will hear from industry mentors and connect with like-minded peers: 


  • Keynote: Neuroscientist and Science Communicator Dr. Samantha Yammine aka Science Sam. 
  • Interactive workshops
  • Exhibitor showcase
  • Panel discussions with experts and mentors


Girls and STEAM is a brave space to learn about a variety of scientific topics and careers from experts and mentors at no cost. 





Scientists and Innovators in Schools presented by TELUS is now taking requests for online presentations by volunteer science mentors. This FREE program is offered to grades K-12 everywhere in BC.


Request for your secondary class! We have several mentors who haven't yet been matched because they are interested in presenting to high school students on the following topics: 

  • Engineering and technology, robotics, physics, math
  • Biotech, health, human biology, animals
  • Careers in science
  • Women in science

From Future Science Leaders to Schulich Leader Scholars


To figure out how something works, you must first take it apart.


Under the watchful eyes of his father, an electrical engineer, Xavier disassembled his first machine when he was just five years old. “I wanted to see the mechanism that made a stapler staple,” he says.


And though his attempt to put it back together failed—and nearly resulted in injury—his curiosity for tinkering grew.


Read more about Xavier Lam and his tinkering journey that started with his father, continued through 3 years with Science World's Future Science Leaders program, and resulted with a $100,000 scholarship to pursue an engineering degree at UBC. 

Opportunities for you


EVENTS


November 4 (TODAY!), 4pm Pacific: Place-based Education: finding the good in the pandemic with David Sobel, Professor Emeritus in the Education Department at Antioch University New England and internationally-renowned lecturer on nature- and place-based education. 


November 15: Find out more about Science World's award winning Future Science Leaders, an innovative science enrichment program for teens. Register for FSL information night.  


November 17: Talking Imaginative Ecological Education: a panel of imaginative eco-educators share their experiences engaging in Imaginative Outdoor Learning with Dr. Gillian Judson and a panel of 8 educators who practice IEE and who have all recently completed their Master of Education degrees in Imaginative Education. 


November 29, 3:30pm Pacific: Creating a Safe Climate Future: an interactive workshop for educators with Laura Sacks, a trained Climate Reality Leader and an En-ROADS climate ambassador, and Shea Wyatt a PhD candidate at UVic studying ocean acidification in the Arctic, a parent, and an En-ROADS Climate Ambassador. 


RESOURCES / OPPORTUNITIES


Try this Fake News Quiz from Media Smarts - see if you can tell which of these stories and which are fake! 


One of our favourite books Ada Twist, Scientist has been adapted for TV. My kids ages 6 and 8 loved all of the episodes; I highly recommend the show for students in grades K-4. 


The weather is changing - check out Canada's non-profit Outdoor Learning Store for educator-field-tested equipment and essential resources for place-based and land-based learning. 


The Digital Human Library offers video conferencing with experts on a variety of subject areas. The service is free for Canadian teachers, with most programs offered free of charge. 


Engineers and Geoscientists BC Science Games: registration is now open for three Science Games Saturday Activity Sessions in February and March, 2022. Students in grades 1-6 are encouraged to register now. 


Light up the dark with Science World Resources: explore light and reflections with Mirrors as we move into the dark season and create a winter reflector



Follow us for more ideas! We share these and other fantastic opportunities for professional development and classroom planning on our Twitter: @scienceworldTR


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: schools@scienceworld.ca.


Yours scientifically,

Kate Henderson

School Engagement Manager

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