Get ready to INNOVATE! with Science Rendezvous, returning May 11th, 2024!
Science Rendezvous is the largest science festival in Canada and is dedicated to making great science accessible to the public. Join the annual festival that takes science out of the lab and onto the street (or into our homes)!
Theme: INNOVATE!
Led by scientists from the University of Toronto – Mississauga and with our collaborators from Indus Space, we will offer over 15 exciting and free science booths full of fun, hands-on science activities, many with a creative take-home component! This event will take place at Hazel McCallion Central Library.
Check out our activities and their location below:
Floor 0: Aeronautical Adventures
Floor 1: Welcome Desk, Animal Categories, Bright Lights Big Science, Alka Selzer Rockets, Mysteries of the Human Mind (Lab), The Music and Kids Lab
Floor 2: Design your own habitat, Observing Earth from Space, Make your own Pinwheel Galaxy, Our Mighty Sun, Be an astronaut for the day, Coding in space
Floor 3: Squishy Circuits, Let’s Talk Plants, Lego Balloon Cars, Underwater Insect Biodiversity
Floor 4: Float Your Boat, DNA Extraction
Event made possible by partners Indus Space and Let’s Talk Science. Special thanks to Mississauga Libraries for hosting this event. Click here for parking information.
Past Event Highlights
We offered a variety of workshops, as part of our 2022 festival. Check out some highlights below.
Dynamic Dinos (JK – Gr 1: Ages 4-7)
An introduction to anatomy adaptations by looking at differences in eye and tooth development in herbivorous (plant-eating) and carnivorous (meat-eating) dinosaurs. This workshop also teaches participants to “dig” for dinosaur bones as a paleontologist.
“Space-cial” Constellations (Gr 2 – Gr 5: Ages 7-11)
Participants learn about space science, with a special focus on constellations, moon phases, and the environmental conditions of the moon, and build familiar constellations visible in the sky.
Building Bridges (Gr 6 – Gr 8: Ages 11-14)
A focus on how a structure’s form depends on its function and how to predict the interaction between structures and forces. Participants are introduced to the form and function of bridge structures and then are tasked with an engineering problem to build a bridge given certain limitations.
Ocean Conservation (Gr 9 – Gr 12: Ages 14-18)
An exploration of how human activities threaten the health of our oceans with a focus on ocean acidification and oil pollution. Participants conduct a practical experiment studying soil acidification from their yards and design oil clean-up machinery.
MakerFest Workshop Details
MakerFest was hosted by Brampton, Caledon and Mississauga Libraries this year and we are excited to offer our Let’s Talk Plants workshop!
Let’s Talk Plants (Gr 1 – Gr 6)
Participants learn about types of leaves, capillary action and plant growth. They will identify leaves and create their own, complete a capillary action experiment, and they will learn how to grow their own plant!
