Science Rendezvous Victoria

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Science Rendezvous Victoria

The University of Victoria and Camosun College partner once again to bring Science Rendezvous to Victoria – May 11, 2024!

Volunteer with us

Calling on UVic and Camosun instructors, staff and students with an interest in exciting K-12 students about STEM fields! Help make SciRenYYJ24 a day of inspiration and wonder by volunteering. Please complete this initial form by April 8, 2024: Volunteer @ Science Rendezvous Victoria 2024!

Explore last years’ full list of 2023 activities here:

Accessibility

We are committed to making our event as accessible and barrier-free as possible. All UVic and Camosun buildings are accessible to people with differing mobility issues and mobility aids.

SciRenYYJ23 featured a distraction-reduced environment (quieter and less busy) for the first half-hour of the event. We are also grateful to have had the support of the Pacific Animal Therapy Society who were onsite at UVic with therapy dogs at the southeast entrance (i.e. facing Ring Road) to the Bob Wright Centre throughout the event.

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Science Chase

SNAPSHOT OF SCIENCE CHASE 2021!

Welcome to Science Chase at the University of Victoria, developed in 2021! Perfect for any age, and online challenges you can do alone or with a team.

For Science Chase at UVIC:

  • Complete the 4 challenges (test your skill by answering the questions)
  • Once you have completed all 4 challenges at UVIC (earn your points by completing the Science Chase challenge quizzes), proceed to any of the other Science Chase sites across Canada!
  • Ready, set, go!

This Site's Science Chase Resources:

Sounds of the Salish Sea

Science Chase Science Rendezvous Victoria Experiment #1

Fifteen years ago, the University of Victoria’s Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) made history as the world’s first large-scale, interactive, real-time portal into the ocean. This feat of engineering marked the dawn of the Internet-connected ocean, enabling us to advance our planet’s understanding of the ocean—or ocean intelligence—at a critical time. The free, open data that began to flow through the fibre optic cable fifteen years ago has improved our ability to monitor and understand our changing ocean, everything from earthquakes and tsunamis to deep sea biodiversity, whales, hydrothermal vents and the impact of climate change, including sea ice in the Arctic. An important device that ONC uses to listen to the sounds within the ocean is a hydrophone. Listen to the sound clip (below) that includes hydrophone recordings from the Salish Sea.

Practice Question #1:

There are two distinct sounds in this clip. What do you think might be making these sounds?

See One Fish Two Fish..

Science Chase Science Rendezvous Victoria Experiment #2

Ocean Networks Canada works with communities to plan and install community observatories. Community observatories are scaled-down versions of Ocean Networks Canada’s existing major observatories. As coastal communities face a wide range of rapid environmental changes, real-time data from community observatories can be used to support informed decisions about their coast and marine resources.

This video is from a community observatory at Kitamaat Village (located at the head of Douglas Channel on the North Coast of British Columbia).

Practice Question #2:

How many different species of fish can you identify?

Mathematics of Money

Science Chase Science Rendezvous Victoria Experiment #3

The alien planet Frobenion has a funny system of money. Their coin values are 7, 9 and 12 cents. They have an unlimited supply of each.

What is the largest value they cannot make using their coins? Try to explain why your answer is correct.
Make your own coins to experiment. Cut out some cardboard circles of three different sizes. Or, place stickers on quarters, dimes and nickels to (temporarily!) change them into Frobenion coins. Decorate your coins! Write down the values you can make and try to find when the gaps fill in.

Practice Question #3:

What is the largest value they cannot make using their coins? Try to explain why your answer is correct.

Triangle Decompositions

Science Chase Science Rendezvous Victoria Experiment #4

Consider the graph above.  Watch the video below to learn about triangle decompositions.

See if you can solve the challenges in this quiz.

Then answer the question below as the final challenge for the University of Victoria Science Chase.

Practice Question #4:

Does the graph above have a triangle decomposition?

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