Tomatosphere What happens when tomato seeds go to space? Order your seeds for students to plant, grow and investigate “space” tomato seeds while discovering how plants could help feed future space explorers. Investigate the effects of outer space on seed germination with your students!
Tomatosphere Adventure Can you grow tomatoes on Mars? Students explore plant science and photosynthesis in Minecraft Education before heading to Mars to build a greenhouse and grow their own space tomatoes.
This event is bilingual *Teeming Gardens* explores the subtle connections between insects and plants through Sophie Rozenn Boucher’s teeming world. By combining watercolour, cyanotype and digital collage, the artist reveals the beauty of the minute and invites us to observe the biodiversity around us with care.
As part of Science Literacy Week, the GRIL Student Committee has organised an AquaQuiz for you. Come and test your knowledge before 12 October. There are prizes to be won just for taking part!
“Innovating” means applying a new idea, practice, or technology to something that already exists to improve it. In agriculture, such advances can impact food, fibre, medicine, energy sources, and other products that are familiar to all of us. Canadian farmers, manufacturers, and scientists innovate every day. These Canadian stories share just a few examples of […]
Take a closer look at plankton through a binocular magnifying glass, discover its role in the St Lawrence, and test your knowledge with some games.
Borrow a book about the brain from University College Library! Discover how the study of the mind connects with language, biology, computer science, anthropology and more, with picks from UC’s cognitive science and bestseller collections.When: October 4–10, during library hoursWhere: University College Library, 15 King’s College CircleWho: Open to allRegistration: None neededPart of Science Literacy […]
Every day of Science Literacy Week, two new science trivia questions go up on the board at University College Library. Vote for the answer you think is right, then check the UC Library’s Instagram (@uc_library_uoft) the next day for the results.When: Sunday, October 4 to Saturday, October 11, during library hoursWhere: University College Library, Mezzanine […]
The Toronto Zoo is celebrating Science Literacy Week with a full week of family-friendly programming built around this year’s theme, Curiosity Unleashed.Meet the Guardians talks: learn about climate change, sustainable habitats and the Zoo’s conservation work. Check the Zoo’s website for the daily schedule.Interactive stations: hands-on learning with biofacts and species survival tips in the […]
Spéléo Québec, in collaboration with the Saint-Léonard borough, is organising an open day on October 4th at the Caverne de Saint-Léonard (5200 Boulevard Lavoisier, Montreal). This event, for which registration is compulsory but free of charge, will give you the chance to discover this little-known natural environment and experience some thrilling adventures underground! The day […]
This event is bilingual The Biosphère presents the art and science exhibition ‘A Shared World’. It is an invitation to reconsider the way we live on Earth. The exhibition brings together artists who explore life in all its diversity (plants, birds, fish, human beings). Through their works, the artists remind us that the world we […]
What would happen if we changed the size of a gear? What if we used a belt? In this engineering workshop, the young participants will start with basic instructions to build their first mechanism… and then it will be up to them to experiment! By modifying the various transmission systems, they will observe how these […]