Teachers, this is a chance for students to roll up their sleeves, get a little messy and take a step into the delightful world of chemistry! By pouring and scooping, students will create various mixtures and observe chemical changes, help them use their senses to describe what is happening, and share their science delight with their households. Talk about good chemistry!

$250

Curriculum Connections:

Kindergarten - Environment and Community Awareness

Grade 1 - Senses

Pinch your nose and taste a candy. Most people can tell it tastes sweet, but can’t identify the flavour. How do human senses interact , and what happens if those senses are lost? Together, students will explore different sense-based activities to test how senses work and how they differ between people.

$250

Curriculum Connections:

Kindergarten - Environment and Community Awareness

Grade 1 - Senses

How can humans be good neighbours to the plants and other animals that share urban spaces? In this sensory-rich outdoor workshop, students get creative and build a mini-habitat for local animals using natural materials. Students are drawn into the small-scale worlds of plants and animals in urban areas to understand how natural environments in cities can be magical miniature worlds connected to the greater planet. This workshop takes place near the pond at Spark, so be sure to dress for the weather!

Available: September-October, May-June

$250

Curriculum Connections:

Kindergarten - Environment and Community Awareness

Grade 1 - Senses

Grade 1 - Needs of Animals and Plants

Grade 1 - Seasonal Changes

Explore numbers, shapes and patterns using creativity and dance! Spark and Decidedly Jazz Danceworks have teamed up to create a totally unique learning experience for young mathematicians-in-training.

$250

Curriculum Connections:

K-3 Numbers, Shapes, Patterns & Relations

Can you see ALL of the shapes you can create with your body? Can you create patterns with movement? In this workshop, explore patterns, shapes and number manipulation through movement, facilitated by a skilled expert from Decidedly Jazz Danceworks.

$250

Curriculum Connections:

K-3 Numbers, Shapes, Patterns & Relations

If there is something missing in your community – a skate park for beginners, a reinvented school dance hall, a four-season outdoor swimming pool – now is the time to imagine and build it! For this workshop, the science centre becomes a prototype lab for budding architects. After an inspiring “anything is possible” story of a young architect, students use materials to create a large-scale structure they would want in to see in their community.

$250

Curriculum Connections:

Grade 1 - Building Things

Grade 3 - Building with a Variety of Materials

Yes, a concrete canoe can float and a paper canoe can sink! Students will first work together to test the buoyancy of different materials. Then, they will build a boat to test in the water features around Spark. This program is Spark's most popular, so book early!

$250

Curriculum Connections:

Grade 2 - Buoyancy and Boats

Grade 2 - Exploring Liquids

Grade 3 - Building with a Variety of Materials

Grade 3 - Testing Materials and Designs

Explore the mysteries of magnetism, one of the four most powerful forces in the entire universe! Students will leave this station-based workshop with a hands-on appreciation for the push and pull of polarity!

$250

Curriculum Connections:

Grade 2 - Magnetism

Science centres are filled with noise and activity, and are always looking for ways to buffer that sound. Students will become sound engineers for a day, taking a journey around Spark to test noise levels in many areas. After experimenting with how different materials absorb and reflect sound, student teams will make their own recommendations to Spark! Students will learn about sound and amplification, while exploring careers in science and technology.

$250

Curriculum Connections:

Grade 3 - Hearing and Sound

Grade 3 - Testing Materials and Designs

Remember Mousetrap, the popular game featuring a marble rolling through a complicated contraption, triggering a net that caught a mouse? This is an example of a Rube Goldberg machine, a complex mechanism that performs a simple task. In this workshop, students are challenged to create their own contraptions by repurposing unusual objects to design and build a device for a task of their choosing! Game on!

$275

Curriculum Connections:

Grade 3 - Building Things with a Variety of Materials

Grade 3 - Testing Materials and Designs