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OUR SCHOOL BOARD PARTNERS
Special thanks go to our school board partners who actively work with SiS to make our program a success. The Ottawa Region office works with the following school boards:
- Ottawa Catholic School Board
- Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
... and many independent schools across our region
Interested in becoming a school board partner? Please click here.
WELCOME TO EASTERN ONTARIO REGION
Serving Ottawa and the surrounding area.
The Ottawa Region of Scientists in School was founded in 2005 and we've been working every year since to build the program and reach more classrooms, students, and teachers. During the 2010/11 school year, we delivered over 1,400 hands-on classroom workshops to schools in Ottawa and area, reaching more than 38,000 student scientists and engaging 3,600 parent volunteers. Our dynamic presenter team, comprised of 25 highly trained science and education professionals who love kids and are passionate about science, bring their area of science or engineering to life for young learners. We currently offer 38 workshops for Kindergarten to Grade 8 classrooms. Above all, we are dedicated to providing you with exceptional science experiences and excellent customer service. Please feel free to contact us at anytime - we love hearing from you!
Featured Workshops
Ottawa Region offers a multitude of workshops in each science and technology strand for each elementary grade. The following workshops are sure to delight elementary students:
Plants Do Amazing Things
Grade 3; Strand: Life Systems
Join this botanical adventure and explore how a plant breathes, grows and stores its food. Examine leaf characteristics; explore plant adaptations; and make your own recycled paper. Use a CO2 indicator to investigate what leaves need for photosynthesis!
Body Works
Grade 5; Strand: Life Systems
Also available in French! Please see Le Corps Humain and other French workshops in our catalogue!
Design and build a kidney system! Identify bone structures from X-rays! Measure your lung capacity! Use stethoscopes to locate, measure and graph your heart rate! Students will explore these fascinating systems within the human body: digestion, excretory, respiratory, musculoskeletal, circulatory and nervous.
Engineering Challenges
Grade 7; Strand: Structures And Mechanisms
Design and build a functioning cantilever able to withstand a substantial load. Investigate how to fortify beam, truss, arch and suspension bridges. Join a class-wide challenge to build a truss bridge resistant to static and dynamic loads and internal forces using only newspaper and masking tape!
Hot Stuff!
Grade 7; Strand: Earth And Space Systems
Join our Research and Development team at the 'SiS Toy Company'. Challenge yourself to discover the secret workings behind a candle-powered putt-putt boat. Analyze how conduction, convection and radiation work together to propel these boats. Investigate how the particle theory explains changes in state, the properties of matter and how energy transformations keep things moving!
Programme d'ateliers en français de Scientifiques à l'école offert à Ottawa et dans la région de la capitale nationale.
Saviez-vous que Scientifiques à l'école (région d'Ottawa) met actuellement en place un programme d'ateliers en français? Pendant ces ateliers d'une demi-journée, les élèves participent à des activités d'exploration scientifique qui permettent d'enrichir et de renforcer le curriculum de l'Ontario pour la maternelle et jardin, en sciences et technologie ou en mathématiques.
Pour réserver l'un de ces ateliers amusants fondés sur la découverte, communiquez dès aujourd'hui avec notre bureau régional d'Ottawa au 613-834-9120 ou à ottawa@scientistsinschool.ca. Nous avons hâte de visiter votre salle de classe! Veuillez noter que la disponibilité des ateliers est limitée.
PREMIÈRE ANNÉE
STRUCTURES: EN CHANTIER!
(Structures et mécanismes)
Joignez-vous à notre équipe d'ingénieurs dans la construction d'une structure pouvant supporter le poids de votre enseignant! Découvrez les concepts nécessaires pour ériger cette structure. Mettez à l'essai des formes tridimensionnelles pour assurer la résistance structurale de vos réalisations. Étudiez les formes et les fonctions à l'aide des structures familières d'un terrain de jeux. Bâtissez une charpente et testez sa stabilité!
2e ANNÉE
JETONS UN COUP D'OEIL AUX LIQUIDES
(Matière et énergie)
Expérimentez les trois états de la matière. Faites passer un liquide à l'état solide. puis mangez-le! Découvrez les conditions requises pour produire une modification d'état. Apprenez en quoi consiste la flottabilité et comment on peut l'augmenter. Explorez la solubilité et relevez le défi qui consiste à produire la plus grande bulle au monde!
3e ANNÉE
TOURS DE FORCE!
(Matière et énergie)
Qu'est-ce qu'une force? Quels sont les différents types de force et leurs caractéristiques? Les élèves feront l'apprentissage de la friction, du magnétisme, de l'énergie élastique, de la gravité, en plus de s'engager dans une série d'activités des plus passionnantes.
5e ANNÉE
CORPS HUMAIN (LE)
(Systèmes vivants)
Concevez et construisez un système rénal! Identifiez les structures osseuses à partir de radiographies! Mesurez votre capacité pulmonaire! Utilisez un stéthoscope pour localizer et mesurer une fréquence cardiaque! Les élèves exploreront ces fascinants systèmes du corps humain: appareil digestif, appareil excréteur, appareil respiratoire, appareil locomoteur, système circulatoire et système nerveux.
The Power Of Partnership
The support of local community and corporate partners is vital to SiS's program in Eastern Ontario. On a regular basis, we'll profile some of these partners who help make our program a success. Thank you!
Partner Spotlight
The Royal Bank of Canada Foundation is a key partner in enabling Scientists in School to reach children and youth with hands-on environmental workshops, promoting an understanding of water stewardship. Together, we are inspiring Canada's future scientists and leaders. Thank you!
Our sincerest thanks are also extended to our other regional supporters including:
- Toyota Canada
- Research in Motion - RIM
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada - NSERC
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation - Ottawa chapter
We love connecting with you!
Scientists in School -
Ottawa Region
P.O. Box 51005,
Des Epinettes
Ottawa, Ontario K1E 3E0
T: 613-834-9120
F: 613-834-9120
E: ottawa@scientistsinschool.ca
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WE INSPIRE EXCITEMENT FOR SCIENCE
DID YOU KNOW ...
that goalie masks, sequencing the genome for Alzheimers disease, IMAX Movie Systems, zippers, the Blackberry, discovery of the gene for Cystic Fibrosis, roller skates, Marquis Wheat, light bulbs, creating the first physical map of the human genome and an electric hand prosthesis for children all share one thing in common?
They are amongst the many discoveries and inventions brought to the world by Canadians. Science in Canada is cool eh?
"I am always amazed at the engagement of students. It certainly supports the move towards play based learning for our young students. These are the best field trips ever and I hear the same comment from our volunteers."
- C. Westbrook, Teacher, Severn E.S., Ottawa-Carlton District School Board
DID YOU KNOW ...
owls have not one but two stomachs!
Owls swallow their prey whole and only the soft parts are digested passing into the second stomach. The bones and fur are regurgitated after being packed into a pellet in the first stomach. Grades 4 to 7 ecologists can discover what owls eat for their dinner first-hand using sterilized owl pellets. They will identify various skull types and assemble rodent skeletons in SiS's Adventures in the Bone Zone workshop.
"The 'Scientists in School' programs are the best thing I've discovered since becoming a teacher. If you're looking for engaging and fun science activities for your students, then this is the organization for you. I've had a couple of different workshops and both my students and I have enjoyed every minute. Book one, it's worth it!"
- A. Wiegelmann, Grade 2 EFI, Stittsville Public School, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
DID YOU KNOW ...
The ears of a cricket are located on the front legs, just below the knee.
"I was left hanging on what other galaxies, universes, and planets are still out there. When I grow up, I think I want to work for NASA or become an astronomer."
- Grade 6 student, W.O. Mitchell Catholic School, OCDSB
DID YOU KNOW ...
It's the International Year of Chemistry in 2011!
SiS is celebrating with a contest for the chemists in your class. Energize your class with our Kidz Lab Challenge ... or see what fun and exciting chemistry workshops SiS has available for your grade.
"Scientists in School is a great way to have the kids learn hands-on. All the students are engaged in learning in a fun way and they talk about this for weeks later. We've been doing workshops for a number of years now and we are never disappointed. Great job!"
- L. Guitard, Grade 2 Teacher, Georges Vanier Public School, Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board
DID YOU KNOW ...
Adult hummingbirds feed only on nectar, but pick small insects out of spider webs to provide a source of protein for their young.
"What I enjoy the most about Scientists in School is the opportunity to celebrate science with scientists who know how to reach every child. Five star programs designed for differentiated learning and higher order thinking. Curriculum-based, bilingual, superbly planned with multiple opportunities to manipulate, process, share and explain. The best ever!"
- D. De Quoy, Grade 3 EFI, Trillium E.S., Ottawa District School Board
"Scientists in School provided wonderful learning opportunities for my students. They were actively and appropriately engaged the whole time. Looking at all the smiles and hearing all the "whoa's" from the students, as they were amazed by science, was invaluable. Thank you!"
- A. Klein, Teacher, Metcalfe P.S., Ottawa-Carlton District School Board
"We love having Scientists in School come as a culminating activity in our science program! Their professionalism and level of engagement with the students is bar none!"
- L. Kelly, Teacher, Stephen Leacock P.S., Ottawa-Carlton District School Board
"Scientists in School is a great program that models for students just how fun and interesting science is! Having people with careers in the field of science in the classroom, gives students something to aspire to! The enthusiasm for learning is contagious thanks to the well planned hands-on activities to reinforce the concepts taught!"
- J. Contant, Teacher, Viscount Alexander P.S., Ottawa Catholic District School Board
"I was impressed with the hands-on science experiments and the many artifacts that the children could touch and feel. The children were excited to use the tools real scientists use. The students all had lots of opportunity to discuss ideas and do some critical thinking. They were engrossed in each of the five centres and were intrigued with the furs, snake skins, shells, hermit crabs, porcupine quills, feathers and microscopes!"
- J. Van Geel, Teacher, St. Bernar E.S., Ottawa Catholic District School Board
"The Electricity program is GREAT! The students were engaged with many hands-on activities and the worksheets were excellent as they had to keep track of their work and experiments. We used them as reference materials for our unit. A wonderful workshop."
- T. Graitson, Teacher, Bayshore Catholic School, Ottawa Catholic District School Board
"The Scientists in School program is the best thing I've discovered since becoming a teacher. If you're looking for engaging and fun science activities for your students, then this is the organization for you. I've had a couple of different workshops and both my students and I have enjoyed every minute. Book one, it's worth it!"
- A. Wiegelmann, Teacher, Stittsville P.S., Ottawa-Carlton District School Board