Home
About
Outreach
Online Learning
Workshops
Camps
Clubs
Girls Programs
High School
Work & Volunteer
DONATE NOW
Contact
Login/Register

Science Venture

Home
About
Outreach
Online Learning
Workshops
Camps
Clubs
Girls Programs
High School
Work & Volunteer
DONATE NOW
Contact
Login/Register
June 29, 2020
Grade 5, Grade 6
Science Venture
Micro:Bit Loops & Coordinates

In this activity, students will learn about coordinate grids and the concept of loops as used in coding.

Micro:Bit Loops & Coordinates
Science Venture
August 13, 2020
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4

Nifty Non-Newtonian Fluid

Science Venture
August 13, 2020
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4
Nifty Non-Newtonian Fluid

Youth will learn about non-Newtonian fluids then have the chance to make their own!

Tagged: Fluid Mechanics, Non-Newtonian Fluid

Science Venture
August 13, 2020
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9

Kitchen Fluid Experiments

Science Venture
August 13, 2020
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
Kitchen Fluid Experiments

Youth will conduct several experiments using fluids found in their own kitchens!

Tagged: Fluid Mechanics, Physics

Science Venture
August 13, 2020
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4

Delightful Densities

Science Venture
August 13, 2020
Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4
Delightful Densities

Youth will learn about density and buoyancy and conduct their own experiment to test out the density of different fluids and how different objects float in those fluids.

Tagged: Fluid Mechanics, Density

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9

Studying Our Senses

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
Studying Our Senses

How much do you trust your senses? In this activity, you are going to challenge your brain's sensory processing abilities by progressing through a series of activities designed to confuse them!

Tagged: Science's Venture in Investigation, Senses

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9

What time is it?

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
What time is it?

Students will learn about the history of timekeeping, then make their own hourglass or water clock and experiment with different amounts of sand or water to make it as accurate as possible.

Tagged: Science's Ventures in Investigations, Physics

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9

Investigating Newtons Laws

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
Investigating Newtons Laws

In this activity, students will be provided with a variety of projects to investigate some of Sir Isaac Newton’s famous laws.

Tagged: Science's Ventures in Investigation

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9

Incredible Inventions

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
Incredible Inventions

Students will explore why people invent things, then make their own blueprint and try to build their very own invention.

Tagged: Science's Ventures in Investigations

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9

DaVinci Design

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
DaVinci Design

Students will create their own flying machines using the ideas originated from the famously known Leonardo Da Vinci.

Tagged: Science's Ventures in Investigations

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9

Epidemiology Case Study

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
Epidemiology Case Study

Students will learn about how diseases are transmitted, then play a game with dice and pH indicators to simulate a disease outbreak and try to track down where the outbreak started.

Tagged: Science's Ventures in Investigation, Epidemiology

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9

Operation Outbreak

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
Operation Outbreak

Students will learn about how diseases are transmitted, then play a game with dice and pH indicators to simulate a disease outbreak and try to track down where the outbreak started.

Tagged: Science's Ventures in Investigation, Epidemiology

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9

Detective Doctor

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
Detective Doctor

Students will learn about how diseases are spread, then complete a virtual activity to follow Dr. John Snow's journey in finding the cause of cholera in the 1800's.

Tagged: Science's Ventures in Investigations, Epidemiology

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9

Living Lie Detector

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
Living Lie Detector

Can you tell when someone is lying? In this activity, students will be able to put the truth to the test to see if their volunteer is lying or not.

Tagged: Science's Ventures in Investigations

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9

Fingerprint forensics

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
Fingerprint forensics

Students will solve a crime using fingerprints, with the suspects being friends or members of your household!

Tagged: Science's Ventures in Investigations, Forensics

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 1, Grade 2

Marvellous Memorization

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 1, Grade 2
Marvellous Memorization

This game puts youths’ memory skills to the test, and also introduces mnemonics as useful memory aids!

Tagged: Psychology, Brain, STEMathome

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 1, Grade 2

Awesome Optical Illusion

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 1, Grade 2
Awesome Optical Illusion

Youth learn about how optical illusions work, then will make their own crazy optical illusions!

Tagged: Psychology, STEMathome

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 1, Grade 2

Wonderful Water Cycle

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 1, Grade 2
Wonderful Water Cycle

Youth will learn about the water cycle and then play a water cycle relay outside to explore the impact that pollution has on the water cycle.

Tagged: STEMathome, Environment

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 1, Grade 2

Park Cleanup Challenge

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 1, Grade 2
Park Cleanup Challenge

Youth will learn about the effects that pollution has on our environment, then do their part to help the environment by cleaning a local park or beach!

Tagged: Environment, STEMathome, Ecosystem

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 1, Grade 2

Tracking the Tides

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 1, Grade 2
Tracking the Tides

Youth will track the tides at the beach to determine when they change and when they are highest or lowest.

Tagged: Biology, STEMathome, Ocean

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 1, Grade 2

Ocean in a Bottle

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 1, Grade 2
Ocean in a Bottle

Youth will learn about density and different zones in the ocean, then make their own ocean in a bottle!

Tagged: Biology, STEMathome, Ocean

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 1, Grade 2

NEOWISE Comet Hunt

Science Venture
August 6, 2020
Grade 1, Grade 2
NEOWISE Comet Hunt

Youth will learn about the NEOWISE comet that is currently visible in North America, and find out how they can spot it in the night sky for themselves!

Tagged: Astronomy, STEMathome

Newer Posts
Older Posts

Actua is a leading Canadian science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) youth outreach organization. Each year, the Actua network engages over 375,000 youth in 600 communities across Canada in transformative STEM learning experiences that build critical skills and confidence. Please visit www.actua.ca.

Back to Top

Mailing Address

Science Venture
University of Victoria
PO Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria BC V8W 2Y2

Contact Information

Registration: (250) 721-8983
Office: (250) 721-8158
Fax: (250) 721-8676