Events

« Tuesday December 08, 2009 »
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(communidee_event) Scavenger hunt Start: 10:00 End: 15:00 An outdoor scavenger hunt with a digital camera. Parents go with their kids. Bring your digital camera and USB cable if you want to upload your pics to the laptop for viewing. (If you don't have a digital camera, let me know and I'll try to find you one.) Starting at 10:30am, we'll make our list of what items we'll try to find and shoot. Examples include: a squirrel, a red truck, the number '8', etc. (communidee_event) Gingerbread houses Start: 13:00 End: 15:00 Assemble and decorate your own gingerbread house! There will be a fee of $3 per participant to cover the cost of ingredients. Feel free to also bring some of your own goodies to decorate with. When: Tuesday Dec 8th, 1-3pm Where: room 129 We will supply: graham cookies, icing, decorations, and hot chocolate. Please bring: a container to bring it home it (ideally an ice cream or yogurt-sized container - houses will be around 6" tall). Also bring a mug for your hot chocolate if you can (we only have a few). Signing up: Please use the sign up feature below or contact Sonya at (514) 845-5421. (communidee_event) Masters of disguise! CANCELED Start: 13:00 End: 14:00 Offered by: Geneviève Brosseau What: Masters of disguise! Why and how do animals camouflage themselves? What is a habitat? -- UNFORTUNATELY, THIS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN CANCELED. When: Tuesday December 8th, 1-2pm (communidee_event) Tower of fluids experiment - CANCELED Start: 14:00 End: 15:00 Offered by: Geneviève Brosseau What: Démarche scientifique: an experiment! Be a scientist for a day and discover how an experiment is conducted. I am in charge of teaching you the steps, you are in charge of the experiment! -- UNFORTUNATELY, THIS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN CANCELED. "Tower of fluids" experiment - make your own "density lasagna" and "liquid lava"! Learning about density of fluids is colorfull and a lot of fun! The best part: you run the experiment yourself and you get to learn examples of where and when you can observe a "tower of fluids" in nature. When: Tuesday December 8th, 2-3pm