This Science on the Move program is best suited for outdoor spaces, such as the school yard or garden. Indoor options are possible but please note that this is a messy program!
Students will build their own terrarium, learning about the oxygen cycle and the hydrologic cycle in a closed system. An introduction to biomes will also take part for the class, with a self-sorting game. Students will discuss the needs of plants, and learn about how differences in soil, water, and light quality can impact their successful growth.
Prices begin at $300 for 20 students with each additional student costing $20. This is a premium program, $40 will be added for materials.
This Science on the Move program is best suited to indoor building in the classroom, followed by launching outdoors on a field, or indoors in a gymnasium.
Learn about parabolic trajectories in this fun workshop! Students will be lead through a step-by-step building of their foam rockets (a take-home), and learn how to launch them safely. Moving to the launch site, students will measure how far their rockets fly. For teachers interested in teaching graphing, data sheets will be provided to record angle of launch vs. distance for a follow-up activity!
Prices begin at $300 for 20 students with each additional student costing $20.
This Science on the Move program is best suited for classrooms or multipurpose rooms.
These mini bots are a great introduction to coding! Using colour codes with markers and paper, students can program Ozobots to follow paths, change speed and turn!
Currently a maximum of 22 Ozobots are available at once; please consider this before making a booking!
Prices begin at $300 for 20 students with each additional student costing $20.
This Science on the Move program is best suited to classrooms where a dark environment can be created.
Why do some things glow in the dark? Explore light, “black light”, fluorescence, and more! With teachers’ permission, we will also make a batch of glow in the dark slime for students to take home!
Prices begin at $300 for 20 students with each additional student costing $20.
This Science on the Move program is best suited to classrooms, multipurpose rooms, or outdoor spaces on school grounds (ideally with tables and running water).
Science & Art combined! Learn about external anatomy as children work in pairs to complete fish prints and learn about the history of gyotaku as a Japanese art form and method of recording fish catches.
Over a dozen different specimens are available, each with common and unique features to consider.
All art supplies provided.
Prices begin at $300 for 20 students with each additional student costing $20.
This Science on the Move program is best suited for a classroom or library.
Using real specimens, learn about local species, such as a bear, raccoon, and beaver.
Students will learn about different physiological adaptations and make hypotheses based on attributes seen in each skull.
Gentle hands-on activity!
Prices begin at $300 for 20 students with each additional student costing $20.
This Science on the Move program is well-suited to a classroom, library or multipurpose room.
Explore anatomy with our disarticulated teaching skeleton! Adaptable to many grades, even kindergarten!
Prices begin at $300 for 20 students with each additional student costing $20.
This Science on the Move program is best suited for a large classroom or multipurpose room.
Learn about lift! Students will build a simple whirlygig to consider wind resistance then make flying creations for the wind tunnel!
Prices begin at $300 for 20 students with each additional student costing $20.
This Science on the Move program is best suited for large empty classroom, multipurpose room, or gymnasium.
Design and challenge your students with hundreds and hundreds of KEVA blocks, and Nanaimo Science guiding your creations!
This program is also well-suited to combined classes, or big/little-buddy classes!
Prices begin at $300 for 20 students with each additional student costing $20.
This Science on the Move program is best hosted in the classroom or library.
In this program, students will play with patterns and unique geometrical shapes. Students will learn about fractals, build a teleidoscope, fold a Mobius strip and a hexahexaflexagon.
*Follow up activity: Salt pendulum plans
Prices begin at $300 for 20 students with each additional student costing $20.
Nanaimo Science offers a wide range of activities aimed at children from infancy to Grade 7. Check out our school break camps, Pro-D day camps and workshops, and Homeschool supports!