Can be done at any nearby forest, stream, field or beach (different themes available).
Join Nanaimo Science for a guided nature walk, where students can explore local ecosystems up close! Our knowledgeable staff will meet your class at a nature spot near your school, bringing ID guides and binoculars to help students discover and learn about local wildlife. These 60 minute “walk and talks” are an engaging way to
connect with nature, encouraging observation, inquiry, and curiosity.
Prices begin at $300 for 25 students with each additional student costing $20.
Can be done on school grounds, or off-site at nearby treed areas
Learn about tree anatomy, and how to use their features to identify them and enjoy looking at specimens.
Younger students will take part in leaf rubbings and tree games; while older students will learn about hormones in trees, and their function.
Prices begin at $300 for 25 students with each additional student costing $20.
Recommended sites: Departure Bay, Sebastian Beach, Neck Point Park.
Meet us at a local beach at low tide to explore the intertidal zone! Use our dip nets, ID guides and microscopes to observe creatures, seaweed, rocks and more.
Prices begin at $300 for 25 students with each additional student costing $20.
This Science on the Move program is available at Pipers Lagoon, Westwood Lake, Long Lake/Loudon Park, Aspengrove or Island ConnectEd schools.
Meet us at one our outdoor mapped spaces for a scavenger hunt all about using compasses, map interpretation, and orienteering.
Prices begin at $300 for 25 students with each additional student costing $20.
This Science on the Move program is best suited for classrooms or multipurpose rooms.
Students will be presented with a variety of safe solutes and solvents and use experiments and deductive reasoning to determine what their “mysterious” chemical components are.
Prices begin at $300 for 25 students with each additional student costing $20.
This Science on the Move program is best suited for classrooms or multipurpose rooms.
During this program, students will
discover the building blocks of a
circuit: a power source, a
conductive path, and an electrical
load (motor). Students will adapt
their learning from a Jitterbug to a
Doodlebot who will draw on its own!
Prices begin at $300 for 25 students with each additional student costing $20.
This Science on the Move program is best suited for classrooms or multipurpose rooms.
Learn what makes some bugs
insects & the important role they
play in our ecosystem. Inspect
insects under microscopes & be
bees in a pollination game!
Prices begin at $300 for 25 students with each additional student costing $20.
This Science on the Move program is best suited for classrooms or multipurpose rooms.
Learn about salmon’s anatomy, lifecycle and role in the food web. Older students will also focus on internal anatomy, while younger students will play salmon/predator tag!
Prices begin at $300 for 25 students with each additional student costing $20.
This Science on the Move program is best suited for classrooms or multipurpose rooms.
This program will introduce making observations while students learn to use digital microscopes.
Prices begin at $300 for 25 students with each additional student costing $20.
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.
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!