ELEMENTARY

(75 Minute Programs)

KINDERGARTEN

Plants and animals have observable features.

Dino-mite!©

Become a palaeontologist and uncover the mysteries of the dinosaurs! Learn how scientists can still learn about creatures that no longer roam Earth. We'll explore what dinosaurs ate, and how they looked and lived by examining real fossils. We'll excavate real fossils and make our own to take home too!

Plantiful© (K/1)

Become a botanist and discover the amazing world of plants! Learn and experiment with the things plants need to survive and how plants make their own food. Observe and dissect to discover plant structures. Prepare and take home a flower-to-be!

Under the Sea©

Dive deep into the underwater world as we examine, sort and classify different types of sea creatures. Explore the layers of the ocean and discover how animals live in that challenging environment. Make and take your own undersea fossil.

The motion of objects depends on their properties.

May The Force Be With You©

Uncover the "attractive" facts of magnetism. Explore the effects of magnets on different materials. Use attraction and repulsion to move things of all different sizes and shapes.

Humans interact with matter ever day through familiar materials.

Let's Get Physical©

Find out about the world of physical properties of matter! Explore combining and separating colours. Discover how combining different solids, liquids and gasses produces different reactions. Make and take home your own polymer!

GRADE ONE

Living things have features and behaviours that help them survive in their environment.

Plantiful©(K/1)

Become a botanist and discover the amazing world of plants! Learn and experiment with the things that plants need to survive and how plants make their own food. Observe and dissect to discover plant structures. Prepare and take home a flower-to-be!

Matter is useful because of its properties.

Mighty Matter©

Find out what really "matters" as we become chemists! Explore three different states of matter. Measure volume and discover for yourself how air takes up space. Experiment with cohesion, explore density and make a mystery substance!

Light and Sound can be produced and their properties can be changed.

Seen and Heard©

A combination of Lighten Up© and Sounds Interesting©. Explore properties of both sound and light. Discover the ways that sound and light are the same and how they are different.

Observable patterns and cycles occur in the local sky and landscape.

Weatherworks©

Explore the many types of weather and how they occur. Discover how our planet moves, creates seasons and how the sun affects our weather. Experiment with temperature, air pressure and even snow!

GRADE TWO

Living things have life cycles adapted to their environment.

Plantiful©(2/3)

Become a botanist and discover the amazing world of plants. Learn and experiment with the things plants need to survive and how plants make their own food. Observe and dissect to discover plant structures. Prepare and take home a flower-to-be!

Materials can be changed throughout physical and chemical processes.

Let's Make a Change©

Become a chemist and discover how to change materials. Predict and discover what happens when you mix chemicals together. Get the solution in this fast paced program on physical and chemical reactions!

Forces influence the motion of an object.

Knowing Newton© (Gr.2)

Go back in time to the days of Newton. It's time to explore force and motion. Discover gravity, inertia and friction as we experiment with Newton's three laws of motion and more!

GRADE THREE

Living things are diverse, can be grouped and interact in their environment.

Plantiful©

Become a botanist and discover the amazing world of plants. Learn and experiment with the things plants need to survive and how plants make their own food. Observe and dissect to discover plant structures. Prepare and take home a flower-to-be!

How on Earth?©

Experiment with the four things that make our Earth "work": sun, air, water and soil. Observe the flow of energy from the sun, and how air exerts pressure. Discover the different types of soil and the processes of weathering and erosion. Finish with an informative interaction with Earth's champion decomposers, the earthworms!

All matter is made of particles.

As A Matter of Fact©

Discover three states of matter. Explore properties of matter: density, buoyancy and much more! Become "energized as we experience the transfer of energy between atoms.

Thermal energy can be produced and transferred.

The Heat is On©

Discover how thermal energy relates to matter and the behaviour of atoms. Experiment with producing, changing and transforming thermal energy. Explore materials that are conductors and insulators of heat energy.

Wind, water and ice change the shape of the land.

How on Earth?©

Experiment with the four things that make our Earth "work": sun, air, water and soil. Observe the flow of energy from the sun and how air exerts pressure. Discover the different types of soil and the processes of weathering and erosion. Finish with an informative interaction with Earth's champion decomposers, the earthworms!

GRADE FOUR

All living things sense and respond to their environment.

Let's Be Sense-ible©

We make sense of our five senses! Experiment with each of the five senses and discover how much we rely on them to thrive in our environment!

Matter has mass, takes up space and can change phase.

Under Pressure©

Learn how the movement of atoms and phases of matter are related. Then, get ready as we take a look at the air around us. Become an air pressure expert as you experiment with adding and subtracting air pressure. Explore how temperature and the movement of atoms affect air pressure. Discover the awesome power of air to lift desks, aircraft and finally launch a rocket!

Energy can be transformed.

Epic Edison©

Enter the amazing world of electricity! Learn the connection between atoms and electricity. Discover positive and negative charges as we experiment with "hair raising" static electricity. Explore insulators and conductors. Transform current electricity to kinetic energy, sound and light energy and create magnetism!

GRADE FIVE

Multicellular organisms have organ systems that enable them to survive ind interact within their environment.

C.S.I. Okanagan©

Investigate a crime scene as we discover and test mystery powders, and take clues from footprints and fingerprints. Finally, when we catch our culprit we will use synthetic blood typing to solidify our case!

Ex-cell-ent Adventure©

Discover the amazing world of biology! Learn about the different parts of the cell. Discover the processes of cellular respiration, diffusion and osmosis. Explore how enzymes speed up these processes. Become a geneticist as we extract some DNA!

Solutions are homogeneous.

Discover some of the ways we can classify matter by experimenting with some physical properties of matter: states of matter, pH and density. Prepare physical mixtures to learn about solubility/insolubility. Finally we will touch on chemical change and create a polymerization reaction that you can take home!

Machines are devices that transfer force and energy.

Explore how we can use force and distance to our advantage to make work easier. As you rotate through the stations you will experiment with pulleys, levers, inclined planes, wheels, and friction to discover how we can use simple machines to help our daily life. Finally you will make a medieval lever to take home!

Earth materials change as they move through the rock cycle and can be used as natural resources.

I Wanna Rock©

Take a look at Earth and its layers, the difference between the continents and the tectonic plates, and the slow but spectacular processes that create the topography of Earth. Take a journey through the rock cycle as we experiment with weathering and make a sedimentary rock. Learn how rocks and minerals can be transformed. Become a geologist as we test minerals in order to classify them. You can even take a mineral home to start or expand your collection!

GRADE SIX

Multicellular organisms rely on internal systems to survive, reproduce and interact with their environment.

Brainstorm©

Learn why the brain is so "groovy"! Explore the parts of the brain and how it works together with the spinal cord, nerves and sensory organs to form our nervous system. Discover dominance and inborn reflexes. Experiment with reaction time and learn how "practice makes progress".

Discover the amazing world of biology! Learn about the different parts of the cell. Discover the processes of cellular respiration, diffusion and osmosis. Explore how enzymes speed up these processes. Become a geneticist as we extract some DNA!

Everyday materials are often mixtures.

Discover some of the ways we can classify matter by experimenting with some physical properties of matter: states of matter, pH, and density. Prepare physical mixtures to learn about solubility/insolubility. Finally we will touch on chemical change and create a polymerization reaction that you can take home!

Newton's three law of motion describe the relationship between force and motion.

Go back in time to the days of Newton. It's time to explore force and motion. Discover gravity, inertia, directional force and friction as we experiment with Newton's three laws of motion.

The solar system is part of the Milky Way, which is one of billions of galaxies.

Amazing Space©

Learn about the origins of the universe as we recreate the Big Bang. Observe the energy from the sun and use careful observation to solve a constellation mystery. You'll earn what causes gravity and see it in action. We will take a real look at the planet Mars and make some "Martian slime". Then we'll finish off with an exciting rocket launch!

THEMED

Halloween

Have friendly ghosts been in the school? Examine and experiment with clues they may have left behind then make up your own mind. Explore concepts of light energy, sound energy, and physical and chemical change. Make and take home a haunted balloon and some ghostly goo too!

Anytime class party!

We are being held captive by a "mad scientist"! To be released we must prove our worth by performing a series of experiments to solve a series of riddles. We'll experiment with density, the periodic table of elements, ultraviolet light, exothermic reaction, and chemical changes. When we make it to the end, the young scientists will make and take home a bouncing polymer!