Workshops and Presentations
The following are some of the presentations, and workshops that are ready to come to you. We would be more than happy to share our passion with you, your class, your staff or the greater community. Many of the following presentations have been modified to suit a large range of audiences, not just those listed.
Some of the presentations/workshops include a week long loan of one of our Classroom Bins so that you may continue exploring the topics where we left off.
If there is something you are hoping to find, but it is not listed here, please reach out, as we have done many, many more than these and would be more than happy to help create a workshop or presentation related to Math, the Earth Sciences, Space Sciences, Environmental Sciences, or the Physical Sciences just for you.
| Title | Audience | Description |
| Rock Talk | Grade 4 Science – Rocks and Minerals 45 minutes | Explore the Rock cycle and the Families of Rocks. Participants will look at the types of Rock, properties of them, How they Form and Identification + 1 week use of Rock Talk Bin |
| Mineral Madness | Grade 4 Science – Rocks and Minerals 45 Minutes | Participants will explore the Properties of Minerals with an introduction to identification of Key minerals + 1 week use of Mineral Madness Bin |
| Rocks, Minerals and You | Grade 4 Science- Rocks and Minerals | |
| Get Your Minerals | Grade 4 Science -Rocks and Minerals | Participants will explore the importance of mining and minerals by examining what is in common items in their lives. + 1 week use of Get your Minerals Bin |
| Its All Mined Jr. | Grade 4 Science – Rocks and minerals | Participants will explore the importance and the steps in the Resource extraction cycle. Through simulations and use of models. + 1 week use of its all Mined Jr. Bin |
| Its All Mined Intermediate | Grade 7-10 Science and Geography | Participants will explore the importance and the steps in the Resource extraction cycle. Through simulations and use of models. + 1 week use of Its All mined Intermediate Bin |
| Careers in the Resource Extraction Sector | Grade 9-10 Civics Careers, | Participants will explore some of the over 120 careers found in the resource extraction and related industries. |
| How Did We Get Here? | Grade 6 Science-Space | Participants will explore the history of Man’s Quest to go into Space from Early pioneers to the Modern commercial Space industries. |
| Up, Up and Away! Indoor | Grade 6 Science-Space | Students will look at what it takes to get to space and work on designing and constructing their own Rockets. Students will construct Paper Rocket bodies and use the power in their legs to test various factors that effect getting rockets to space. |
| Up, Up and Away! Outdoor Late Spring to Early Fall only! | Grade 6 Science- Space | Students will look at what it takes to get to space and work on designing and constructing their own Rockets. Students will design and construct their own rocket bodies out of empty PET bottles. Students will then explore various factors the influence the performance of a rocket using compressed air and water. |
| How Do We Do That Better? Outdoor | High School Math | Students will create various water rocket bodies then use them to measure, modify and test various parameters of a rocket’s to identify trends and patterns. Students will also use different methods to measure the performance of the rockets. |
| What’s Out There? Indoor | Grade 9 Science-Space | Students will explore the Solar system and compare the properties of various objects in the solar system, by exploring a series of models. + 1 week use of What’s Out There Bin |
| What’s Out There? Outdoor | Grade 9 Science-Space | Personalized walking tour of the Solar System. Students will explore the Solar system and compare the properties of various objects in the solar system, by exploring their neighborhood as if the Solar system was scaled to fit it. Students will be led on a walk to visit various objects in the solar system + 1 week use of What’s Out There Bin |
| Telescopes | Grade 6 Science- Space | Students will see and compare the different types of telescopes and explore how they allow us to see and learn about the Universe around us. + 1 week use of Telescopes Bin |
| 400 Years of Advancement | Grade 9 Science-Space | Students will explore the development and advancement of our Understanding of Space by examining the tools that have changed astronomy. Students will learn what telescopes can and can’t do and how various technologies have advanced our ability to decipher the past of the Universe. + 1 week use of Telescope Bin |
| I Can See Clearly Now… | Grade 10 Science- optics | Participants will examine and explore the optical properties of Telescopes and astronomical equipment including having an opportunity to use different telescopes and configurations of telescopes to experience how they work + 1 week use of Telescope Bin |
| Let’s Line Up | Grade 9 Science -Space Grade 10 Science-Optics | Participants will examine the phenomenon of astronomical alignments. Including Conjunctions, Occultations, Eclipses, Transits, Parades and Alignments. |
| Solar Viewing | Grade 10 Science-optics | Participants will explore the hazards of viewing the Sun directly and explore various methods of using knowledge of optical properties to look at the Sun safely. If weather cooperates it will also involve using a variety of methods to view the Sun. + 1 week use of the Solar Viewing Bin |
| Sunny Days Ahead | Grade 9 Science-space | Participants will explore the properties and Influence of Sol, the Sun. If weather cooperates it will also involve using a variety of methods to view the Sun. + 1 week use of Solar Viewing Bin |
| Landform Regions | Geography | Students will explore the geologic reasons for the Physiographic Landform regions of Canada. They will explore the formation of each region and the effects it has on modern society. |
| A River Runs Through it. | Geography Science -Forces -Ecology -Environmental Science | Students will examine the science behind river formation, erosion, and deposition to understand risks to human infrastructure. |
| Keplerian Motion | Science | Students will explore the discoveries of Yohannes Kepler influencing our better understanding of Planetary Mechanics. Participants will explore Kepler’s three Ellipse Laws. |
| See a Forest Through the Trees. | Geography Environmental Science | Students will explore forest management practices, including various methods of forest mensuration from measuring basal Area, tree height, diameter, tree species, and tree age. + 1 week use of Forestry Bin |
| Climate Change over geologic Time | Grade 10 Science- Climate Change Grade 9 -Geography | Participants will explore Climate and the change over Geologic Time. Participants will examine how the changes in past climates have come about. |
| Mining Cycle | Teachers | Presentation on the importance of teaching about the modern resource extraction cycle. Focuses on dispelling the myths and popular misconceptions and outlining important messages and topics for our students. |
| Core Teaching | Teachers | Workshop exploring the idea of using exploration drill core as a link and connection to applications of the concepts we teach to the real world. Looks at applications for all divisions and has been delivered focusing on a target division. |
| Employing Resource Extraction Across the Curriculum | Teachers | Presentation on the methods and topics where the resource extraction industry fits into our teachings. |
| Digging Deeper into The Intermediate Science Curriculum | Teachers-Intermediate Science | Workshop looking at the intermediate Science Curriculum and changing the lens on how we teach it with a stronger Earth Science perspective. |
| Teaching the Physical Side of Geography | Teachers-Geography | Reexamine the importance and the underpinnings of the Physical Geography of Canada on the Social Geography. |
| Look Up! | Community | Presentation encouraging us to stop, take the time and look up. How to appreciate and increase our awareness and appreciation of the Night Sky. |
| What is Happening in Our Skies? | Community | Presentation looks at the events that have been occurring in our skies as a result of the Earth’s interaction with it location in Space. |
| Navigating the Night Sky | Community | Presentation/workshop on how to know what you are looking at when you look up at the night sky. |
| An Introduction to the Fun of Astrophotography | Community | Presentation examining the options and starting points for different styles of Astrophotography in the modern age. |