Malls of Science with Scientists in School
CALLING ALL JUNIOR SCIENTISTS!
Join us in the ‘lab’ at a mall near you on Saturday May 8, 2010 where you may*:
• Be a crime scene investigator and identify a mystery substance!
• Make the world’s largest bubble!
• Dig down and get dirty in earth materials and decaying organisms!
• Make your own fossil and classify a mystery mineral!
• Delve into the diet and digestion of an owl and see what it eats for breakfast!
• Design, build, test and destroy a bridge!
• Meet weird and wonderful pond creatures through the lens of magnifiers and microscopes!
• Uncover your inner Picasso and create abstract paintings using solar power!
• Create a scratch and sniff picture to learn about your sense of smell!
• Dare to drink a chemical concoction that you make!
* This is a sampling of potential activities. Activities will vary at each mall.
Since 2008, Malls of Science has sparked the minds of junior scientists, their families and their friends with fun, interactive activities focused on building awareness of, and igniting a passion for science and technology in youth. Drop in for a fun, free, family-focused Saturday for ‘kids’ of all ages!
Scientists in School will be at the following malls on Saturday May 8, 2010:
Malvern Town Centre
31 Tapscott Road, Scarborough, ON
Time: 10 am – 4 pm
Location: Labels Court
Stone Road Mall
435 Stone Road Ste #204 Guelph, ON
Time: 12pm-3pm
Location: Atrium
About Scientists in School:
Scientists in School (SiS) is a dynamic charitable organization dedicated to establishing a strong foundation of science and innovation amongst Canadian youth. Our mission is to ignite scientific curiosity in children so that they: question intelligently; learn through discovery; connect scientific knowledge to their world; and consider a career in science. SiS is the ‘field trip that comes to the classroom’, providing over 60 half-day, curriculum-aligned, interactive workshop topics that enable elementary students to become scientists in their school. For more information, please visit www.scientistsinschool.ca
