Bubbles fascinate both children and adults. Such simple ingredients—soap and water—create such beautiful shapes and colours. By experimenting with bubbles, students learn about surface tension, elasticity, minimal surface structures, and how to blow really, really big bubbles.

Just what does it take to fly to the moon... and beyond? Take a trip into space with this package of out-of-this-world activities. Train like an astronaut, simulate space missions, build and test space technology and discover what life in microgravity is like. Do you have what it takes to explore space?

In these activities, students will learn about mass, volume and density and their relationship to each other by conducting investigations in buoyancy—floating (and sinking) objects used in their everyday lives.

In these activities, students practice real-world application of scientific methods and gain an appreciation of the use of science in both the field and the laboratory to solve crime.

The Earth has existed for 4.5 billion years. That is an incredible length of time for students and adults to comprehend. In this activity, students will gain an understanding of the immenseness of our planet's history and the brief period dominated by dinosaurs and then humans.

In this activity, students design a series of challenges to test their body's performance in a variety of ways.

Kick-start your students' creativity by asking them to brainstorm and problem-solve. In this two-part exploration, students are challenged to think about materials and solutions in a variety of ways.

Students learn about the compressability - or incompressability - of fluids and gases. 

In this demonstration, students will observe the patterns that occur when a mixture is made.

Download everything you need to know about Planning a Night of Family Science Event in your community!

These engaging events are designed to create an environment for families to stimulate curiosity and explore the science all around them in an exciting, educational, community enriching activity.

Please share this resource with your community leaders, program coordinators, and Parents Advisory Council (PAC) members and modify in whatever way necessary to get more British Columbian's doing science!
Contents include event planning, managing volunteers, communication and evalution.

Events typically include:

• Science shows and/or demonstrations
• Make and Take activity stations
• Free door prize draw
• A building competition such a making paper airplanes for distance and accuracy.

Download Community-Wide Night of Family Science Toolkit (PDF)

SCIENCE WORLD'S SCIENCE FAIR GUIDE

Download everything you need to know about Science Fairs in our original, comprehensive guide!

The guide is divided into four sections, each with handouts that can be customized to suit your particular needs:

• Planning the Fair: From timelines to team building, this section outlines the steps for planning the event.
• Organizing the Students: Find explanations and support materials for students’ projects.
• During the Event: What happens on the day?—from interviewing to draw prizes.
• Evaluation: Includes a variety of assessment options, including how to prepare students for competitive fairs.

Completed all the SuperGreen lessons? Looking for a wrap-up activity? 

SuperGreen Trivia is a PowerPoint presentation that is set up to run like a game-show. Split your class into two teams and have an individual from each team attempt to answer each question. The person who can provide the correct guess the fastest gets a point for their team!

The Unusual Structural Strength of Eggs! In this resource, students will demonstrate several scientific principles by exploring characteristics of an egg’s material and shape that make it so versatile.

The strategies used by an animal to survive in its environment. Students will explore the special features of a number of different animals through a series of demonstrations and activities.

Sprinkle, Splash, Submerge, Soak! In these activities, students will discover cool ways that water interacts with various materials, all due to its special properties.

What kind of life do you find at the beach? What about if you wade into the water, do you find different kinds of life? What kind of life would you find in deep waters?

The British Columbia coast supports diverse, complex webs of marine life which humans are directly and indirectly connected to. This resource investigates several ecosystems that interact within the ocean, and the impact of human activities on these ecosystems.

Decomposers play an important role in the circle of life—without them, waste would just pile up! These activities help students study decomposers, with particular relevance to recycling and sustainability.

An earthquake is a sudden, rapid shaking of the Earth caused by the release of energy stored in the Earth’s crust. “Earthquake” means any seismic event, whether natural (rubbing of tectonic plates) or induced by humans. In this program, we will explore how this happens and some of the effects of earthquakes by making models, building seismographs, and acting out tectonic movement in a game.

Black Light? Sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? Light is a wave of energy and not all wavelengths are visible to the human eye. Black light emits very little visible light, but has an interesting effect of making certain colours glow, or fluoresce. In this unit, students investigate black lights and explore the difference between fluorescent and phosphorescent items. 

For some things, it’s not too hard to classify them as liquids, solids, or gases. But what about that gooey stuff that feels wet yet doesn’t pour? Or the sticky stuff you can stretch and stretch and it never breaks? In this lesson students get the chance to explore some strange materials. 

Have you ever been to a magic show and wondered how you could perform amazing tricks, too? Many of the most magical looking effects are made possible because of some basic principles of science. This lesson gives students the chance to investigate the science of magic … or, perhaps, the magic of science.

When water turns into snow, is it still water? The answer is yes!
Our world is filled with solids, liquids and gases and matter can go from one state of matter into another without changing its substance. In this lesson, students explore the different states of matter.

Not just a lot of hot air! Most children have played with balloons, but few have thought about the chemical and physical concepts involved in balloon production and use. In the activities that follow, students explore balloon properties and their use in demonstrating various scientific concepts.

Hummingbirds are found throughout most of British Columbia. This small, warm-blooded group of birds has several unique adaptations and abilities that allow it to survive our cool climate. This lesson explores characteristics of hummingbirds and the steps we can take to make our environment more welcoming to hummingbirds.