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Mad Science Laboratory

Mad Science can enhance your science program with inquiry-based workshops that meet provincial curriculum requirements! Structured as an in-class field trip, a Mad Science workshop is a convenient way to offer students a hands-on science experience without leaving the school. With professional lesson plans, unique equipment and animated instructors, Mad Science workshops offer preschool to seventh grade children truly engaging learning experiences. Cost of $6. per student for an hour long program includes all material, pre-post notes for the teacher, and GST. Minimum $100, maximum 30 students

Following is a list of our workshop programs.

Grade K- 3

Ø Mad Materials

Use your senses to help learn about and investigate different materials. Students have an opportunity to learn about materials and how they can be changed. Use what you learned about materials to make your own noisemaker to take home.

Ø Human Body

Children will learn about the human body, bones called the skeleton; muscles help people to move, and the heart pumps blood through the body bringing food and oxygen to all parts of the body. Children will take home their own human body puzzle.

Ø Seeking our Senses

Explore all five senses. Test your vision with optical illusions, experiment with your hearing, and try your hand at reading Braille.

Ø Dinosaurs

Examine real fossil casts, and explore the differences in the teeth of herbivorous and carnivorous dinosaurs. Students will participate in a mini dinosaur excavation and make a cast of dinosaur tooth to take home.

Ø Matter of Fact

Explore molecules and how they are held together. See the dramatic differences between physical and chemical changes as you make up a batch of your very own Mad Science putty to take home.

Ø Slippery Science

This class demystifies one of the most fascinating and beneficial molecules known to mankind…. Polymers. Make your own slime to take home

Ø Seasons and Weather
Students conduct hands on experiments to understand how and why weather occurs and the seasons change. They try out meteorology measurement tools and act like weather reporters. They make and take home a colour changing ultraviolet light detector.

Ø Magnetic Magic

Students will investigate magnets up close and at work, observing their characteristic behaviour and their use. They will learn how magnets behave and the reason for their behaviour.

Ø Super Structures

Discover the strengths of triangles, cylinders and arches. Learn how combinations of these shapes make for sturdy homes and skyscrapers! Use teamwork to build your own super structures as well as an earthquake-proof building!

Ø Space Exploration

Learn what it takes to be a true globetrotter! These are the voyages of young inquiring minds on a quest to discover Space! Their mission: to take an exciting look at planets, moons, comets, and the stars.... to bodly go where bright young minds love to go.

Grade 3-7

Ø Photosynthesis

The workshop provides students with an introduction to photosynthesis, including an understanding of the chemical processes at work in the plant, plant respiration, and the role of plants in the food web. Study plant cells under the microscope.

Ø Sound Basics

Discover Sound, sound waves, and the way household items can be used to create amazing movie sound effects! A series of demonstrations and activities will illustrate the properties and transmission of sound through various mediums.

Ø Laser Light

Learn about light, colours, holograms & special effects. Use a real laser to create illusions, design a light show and compete in a friendly game of Laser Limbo.

Ø Electricity

Take a tour on the electron freeway! Conductors, insulators, transistors, and other elements in the world of circuit electricity introduce themselves to you via the tingle in your fingertips and the twinkle in your eye . . .

Ø Cells

Explore the cell anatomy and the function of the parts of the cell. Study actual cell structures under the microscope. Create a model cell to take home.

Ø Mineral Mania

Recreate the process of rock formation and the process of rock and mineral classification. Experience the thrill of panning for gems: the gems you find you can take home for further study and identification.

Ø Black and Blue Oceans

Students will devise and test oil spill techniques in a minor oil spill. They will also explore the causes and remedies for acid rain through PH testing and monitoring methods.

Ø Crazy Chemistry

Become a lab scientist in training and learn to manipulate an assortment of lab equipment in a series of hands-on experiments. Explore the difference between chemical and physical reactions and learn about the molecular structure of materials.

Ø Fundamental Forces

Gravity … Inertia … Centripetal Force … who could ever imagine that an introduction to physics could be so much fun? We’ll experience these awesome forces for ourselves and build some cool devices to watch them at work!

Ø Ecosystem Exploration

Learn about the interconnections that exist between all the living things in ecosystems including human beings. The hands on activities encourage the students to interact with the concepts presented.

Special Interest

Ø Be Tobacco Free

Learn about the harm inflicted on your body from smoke. Participate in experiments that look at healthy vs unhealthy lungs. Observe the effect of tobacco on teeth. Be Tobacco Free.

Ø Black and Blue Oceans

Students will devise and test oil spill techniques in a minor oil spill. They will also explore the causes and remedies for acid rain through PH testing and monitoring methods.

Ø Dirt on Garbage

Become a caretaker of the earth and get a hands-on look at ways to help reduce our garbage, re-use what we cannot reduce, and create ways to recycle! Hands-on activities and interactive demonstrations will illustrate to students their role in improving the planet.

Ø The Science of Sports

Discover which part of your body Scientists believe can determine if you are going to be good in certain sports. test your lung capacity, design a safety helmet, and learn about the centre of gravity and balance. Build a squiggle ball to take home.

Ø Mad Materials

Use your senses to help learn about and investigate different materials. Students have an opportunity to learn about materials and how they can be changed. Use what you learned about materials to make your own noisemaker to take home.

Ø Human Body

Children will learn about the human body, bones called the skeleton; muscles help people to move, and the heart pumps blood through the body bringing food and oxygen to all parts of the body. Children will take home their own human body puzzle.

Ø Seeking our Senses

Explore all five senses. Test your vision with optical illusions, experiment with your hearing, and try your hand at reading Braille.

Ø Dinosaurs

Examine real fossil casts, and explore the differences in the teeth of herbivorous and carnivorous dinosaurs. Students will participate in a mini dinosaur excavation and make a cast of dinosaur tooth to take home.

Ø Matter of Fact

Explore molecules and how they are held together. See the dramatic differences between physical and chemical changes as you make up a batch of your very own Mad Science putty to take home.

Ø Slippery Science

This class demystifies one of the most fascinating and beneficial molecules known to mankind…. Polymers. Make your own slime to take home

Ø Seasons and Weather Students conduct hands on experiments to understand how and why weather occurs and the seasons change. They try out meteorology measurement tools and act like weather reporters. They make and take home a colour changing ultraviolet light detector. Ø Magnetic Magic

Students will investigate magnets up close and at work, observing their characteristic behaviour and their use. They will learn how magnets behave and the reason for their behaviour.

Ø Super Structures

Discover the strengths of triangles, cylinders and arches. Learn how combinations of these shapes make for sturdy homes and skyscrapers! Use teamwork to build your own super structures as well as an earthquake-proof building!

Ø Space Exploration Learn what it takes to be a true globetrotter! These are the voyages of young inquiring minds on a quest to discover Space! Their mission: to take an exciting look at planets, moons, comets, and the stars.... to bodly go where bright young minds love to go. Grade 3-7

Ø Space Exploration

Learn what it takes to be a true globetrotter! These are the voyages of young inquiring minds on a quest to discover Space! Their mission: to take an exciting look at planets, moons, comets, and the stars.... to bodly go where bright young minds love to go.

Grade 3-7

Ø Photosynthesis

The workshop provides students with an introduction to photosynthesis, including an understanding of the chemical processes at work in the plant, plant respiration, and the role of plants in the food web. Study plant cells under the microscope.

Ø Sound Basics

Discover Sound, sound waves, and the way household items can be used to create amazing movie sound effects! A series of demonstrations and activities will illustrate the properties and transmission of sound through various mediums.

Ø Laser Light

Learn about light, colours, holograms & special effects. Use a real laser to create illusions, design a light show and compete in a friendly game of Laser Limbo.

Ø Electricity

Take a tour on the electron freeway! Conductors, insulators, transistors, and other elements in the world of circuit electricity introduce themselves to you via the tingle in your fingertips and the twinkle in your eye . . .

Ø Cells

Explore the cell anatomy and the function of the parts of the cell. Study actual cell structures under the microscope. Create a model cell to take home.

Ø Mineral Mania

Recreate the process of rock formation and the process of rock and mineral classification. Experience the thrill of panning for gems: the gems you find you can take home for further study and identification.

Ø Black and Blue Oceans

Students will devise and test oil spill techniques in a minor oil spill. They will also explore the causes and remedies for acid rain through PH testing and monitoring methods.

Ø Crazy Chemistry

Become a lab scientist in training and learn to manipulate an assortment of lab equipment in a series of hands-on experiments. Explore the difference between chemical and physical reactions and learn about the molecular structure of materials.

Ø Fundamental Forces

Gravity … Inertia … Centripetal Force … who could ever imagine that an introduction to physics could be so much fun? We’ll experience these awesome forces for ourselves and build some cool devices to watch them at work!

Ø Ecosystem Exploration

Learn about the interconnections that exist between all the living things in ecosystems including human beings. The hands on activities encourage the students to interact with the concepts presented.

Special Interest

Ø Be Tobacco Free

Learn about the harm inflicted on your body from smoke. Participate in experiments that look at healthy vs unhealthy lungs. Observe the effect of tobacco on teeth. Be Tobacco Free.

Ø Black and Blue Oceans

Students will devise and test oil spill techniques in a minor oil spill. They will also explore the causes and remedies for acid rain through PH testing and monitoring methods.

Ø Dirt on Garbage

Become a caretaker of the earth and get a hands-on look at ways to help reduce our garbage, re-use what we cannot reduce, and create ways to recycle! Hands-on activities and interactive demonstrations will illustrate to students their role in improving the planet.

Ø The Science of Sports

Ø The Science of Sports

Discover which part of your body Scientists believe can determine if you are going to be good in certain sports. test your lung capacity, design a safety helmet, and learn about the centre of gravity and balance. Build a squiggle ball to take home.

Ø Seasons and Weather
Students conduct hands on experiments to understand how and why weather occurs and the seasons change. They try out meteorology measurement tools and act like weather reporters. They make and take home a colour changing ultraviolet light detector.

Ø Magnetic Magic

Ø Space Exploration

Learn what it takes to be a true globetrotter! These are the voyages of young inquiring minds on a quest to discover Space! Their mission: to take an exciting look at planets, moons, comets, and the stars.... to bodly go where bright young minds love to go.

Grade 3-7