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Introduction to 3D printing | Grade 2-12 | 75 minutes

In this interactive workshop, participants will be introduced to this new technology, and will discover its functionality and applications. In small groups, they will have the opportunity to create their own 3D model of a Lego character’s head using Tinkercad, a user-friendly 3D modeling software. We won't have time to print each individual student's design, but each student will get an example, 3D printed during the workshop.

Advanced 3D printing | Grade 2-12 | 2.5 hours

(counts as 2 workshops)

In this advanced interactive workshop, participants will discover this new technology from how it works to its multitude of uses. They will have more time to create their own 3D model in small groups using Tinkercad, a user-friendly 3D modeling software. Depending on their grades, they will design a more complex prototype then during the Introduction workshop. Next, they will learn how to print their design with the 3D printers, and turn it into reality. During the printing time, students will also work on more design challenges.

• Grade 2: Cookie Cutter
  • Students will turn a 2D drawing into a 3D shape, which they can use as a cookie cutter.
• Grade 3-6: Creative Character
  • Students will create their own character while investigating the 3D design process.
• Grade 7-8: Catapult
  • Students will learn how to design in 3D and build their own catapult using a 3D printed part and other materials.
• Grade 9-12:
  • Science: Students will design a top. They will investigate forces, inertia and torque as well as the design process.

Adruino | Grade 5-12 | 60-75 minutes

In this interactive workshop, students will get a chance to learn about microcontrollers by programming an Arduino board and controlling its various inputs and outputs (lights). In this day and age, open source microcontrollers like the Arduino have become mainstream and have been adopted by electronic hobbyists around the world.

This workshop gives participants a good introduction to the world of electronics and electrical engineering.

Arduino Advanced | Grade 7-12 | 60-75 minutes

This workshop is to be booked as a second workshop after the first Arduino workshop or for students with previous programming experience. More advanced programming concepts such as loops and arrays will be explored.

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Create your own animal habitats in AR | Grade 4 to 7 | 60 to 75 minutes

Students will learn about different animal habitats and their characteristics. Then, they will create their own animal habitat in 3D using the online software CoSpaces. They will learn how to animate their animals and use simple coding concepts to make them move. Afterwards, using a Merge cube, they will see their habitat come to life with augmented reality!

Create your own VR world with CoSpaces | Grade 6 to 12 | 75 min to 2 hours

Students will learn how to create a 3D world using the online software CoSpaces. They will create and code a roller coaster to move along a path. Then, they will be able to go inside their roller coaster to try it in a virtual world with an Oculus Go headset!

Bee-bot | Kindergarten | Grade 2 | 60-75 minutes

Bee-Bot is an award-winning programmable robot, perfect for teaching orientation, sequencing, estimation and programming to young children. Students will have the opportunity to complete the challenge of programming their Bee-Bot to make its way through a maze.

Students will learn to program their own interactive stories and games. In the process, they will learn to solve problems, design projects and express themselves creatively on the iPad or laptops.

We will provide the iPads or laptops for this workshop, so access to other computers is not necessary.

Codemakers programming | Kindergarten - Grade 4 | 60-75 minutes

• Grade K-3: Scratch Jr on iPads
• Grade 3-6: Hopscotch on iPads

Scratch | Grade 4-7 | 60-75 minutes

• Grade 4-7: Scratch on laptops

Coding with Micro:bits | Grade 4-8 | 75 minutes

In this interactive workshop, students will learn basic coding concepts and will create their own game using a Micro:bit board. A Micro:bit is a small board, half the size of a credit card, that has a micro-processor, accelerometer, sensors, a display of 25 LEDs and two programmable buttons. It’s now used around the world to encourage children to get actively involved in writing software and building new things.

Electricity | Grade 8-12 | 60-75 minutes

In this hands-on workshop, students will design, build and test simple parallel and series circuits. They will investigate different electrical components such as transistors and switches.

Engineering Design (Wind turbine) | Grade 7-12 | 2 -2.5 hours

In this interactive workshop, students will learn the step-by-step process of Engineering Design, from conceptualizing, to designing and creating renewable energy by making wind turbines. Students will learn how to transform the wind’s kinetic energy into electrical energy using their wind turbine. They will get to design, build and test their prototypes and will have to adjust their design in order to produce the most energy. Our giant light board will be used to show the amount of electricity that they produced.

The Engineering design process includes many steps. The first part of this workshop will be to design their turbine. After having built their wind turbine, students will have a chance to test it and will return to their station to adjust their product for the final competition.

Green Engineering | Grade 8-12 | 60-75 minutes

In this hands-on workshop, students will learn about solar energy. They will investigate, test and compare solar panels in series and parallel circuits by measuring electrical voltages and currents.

Laser cutting | Grade 3-12 | 2-2.5 hours

(counts as 2 workshops)

This workshop is all about using a high precision laser to cut and etch materials. Using the software Inkscape, participants will design a project in 2D, that will be cut by the laser, and assembled to make a 3D object. They will learn all about this versatile tool and its applications.

• Grade 3-4: Bird House
  • Students will design and build a small bird house made of cardboard (in teams of 2-3) that will be laser cut.
• Grade 5-6: Glider
  • Students will create a 3D airplane from a 2D design (in teams of 2-3) that will be laser cut.
• Grade 7-8: Candy Box
  • Students will create a 3D box from a 2D design (in teams of 2-3) that will be laser cut.
• Grade 9-12:
  • Science: Students will learn about the benefits and challenges of a nature bridge (a place where animals cross the highway). Students will then design their own nature bridge (in teams of 2-3) and cut it out of cardboard on the laser cutter.
  • Technology: Students will design a chair to scale (in teams of 2-3), and cut it out of cardboard on the laser cutter while learning about the design process.

Little Bits | Grade 2-4 | 60-75 minutes

In this hands-on workshop, students will investigate circuits and computer logic using electronic building blocks called Little Bits, while learning some basic programming concepts.

Programmable electric car | Grade 7-12 | 60-75 minutes

In this hands-on workshop, participants will get the chance to bring together digital and physical worlds by programming a small car robot to go through a maze. Concepts of vectors and programming will be introduced.

Robots and Creative art | Grade 3-7 | 75 minutes

In this interactive workshop, students will learn robotics basics using Jade Robots, an educational robot designed to engage and excite youth about STEM. Using basic coding concepts, they will program their robot to make it draw a creative art piece!