The Grown-Up Science Fair!
The Treehouse Group presents: The Grown-Up Science Fair
On May 10th at the Victory Cafe, as part of the city-wide event Science Rendezvous, people from all over joined us to peruse science fair projects from a wide assortment of Toronto’s best and brightest.
Held for those people who found themselves reminiscing about the awesomeness that was their Grade 6 science fair (or maybe just wanted to include a little more Science in their lives), the evening was a rousing success. Over 200 people passed through the doors to check out strange and wonderful science projects, on topics ranging from the absorbency of beer coasters to the optimal way to construct a house of cards, and taste buds to black boxes. A great time was had by all, and we offer enthusiastic thanks and congratulations to everyone who participated, either by making a project or by showing up to take part in the proceedings.
A special thank-you to our science fair winners:
• “Flubber” by Gillian Archibald
• “Generate” by Stephanie and Preston Shorey
• “The Walnut Project” by Barbara Browne
Media
Look, Watch, Listen, Read
www.cockeyed.com/inside/howmuchinside.html — This group answers a ton of questions that answer the age-old conundrum “how much is inside…” (ink in a sharpie, gold in a bottle of Goldschlager, etc.).
www.sciencebuddies.org/mentoring/project_ideas.shtml — Some great project ideas from Science Buddies.
www.yesmag.ca/projects — YesMag is an excellent science magazine (for kids, but don’t let that stop you.)
www.livescience.com — Follow the tabs for some great info on different topics.
www.newton.dep.anl.gov/archive.htm — This is the best archive of science questions on the net, and is organized by topic.
Take a look at photos from the event on Flickr:
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Witness first-hand the magic of Condiment Conduction, as showcased (in poster board form) at the event:
Listen in on some of our conversations:
1. Figuring out the Black Box.
2. Teaching band, welding, and painting.
3. A music producer talks about sound.
4. Massage therapy and raising babies.
5. Using the Breathalyser (okay, time to go home!)
Read more about the event:
Grown-Up Science Fair take-away pamphlet.
Sitting in Newton's Tree, by Joseph Wilson, NOW Magazine, 05/28/2008; Volume: 27; Number: 39.
Links
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