fbpx

Johnson Geo Centre in St. John's

Fun and Fascinating Science Interpretation Centre

You are here: Home / Uncategorized / Science Literacy Week

Science Literacy Week

SLW FB Cover

Monday, September 21st, 2015

Activity

Time

Location

Ocean Science Educational Programming


Come dip your hands into our salt water touch tank. Explore the underwater world of Indoor touch tank and aquarium with fish. Visit to the seal visitors deck.
Program is free and registration is not required. Everyone is welcome. All children must be accompanied by an adult.		10:30am-12:30pmOcean Science Centre, Logy Bay

Astronomy Exploratory


Travel the night sky of St. John’s at 2 in the afternoon in our digital Star Lab! Join us outside to explore the surface of the sun through the wonders of a Solar Scope (weather permitting)! With special guests from the Royal Astronomical Society.
Program is included with admission and registration is not required. Everyone is welcome. All children must be accompanied by an adult.		2:00pm-4:30pmJohnson GEO CENTRE

MUN Science Discussion: Dark Energy? Who saw that coming?


By Dr. Mike Morrow, Dr. Ivan Booth, Dr. John Lewis, and Mr. Christopher Stephenson
This event will start with a (mostly) non-mathematical description of how velocity and distance measurements for remote galaxies show that the universe is expanding and will consider some of the questions arising from that expansion. This will be followed by a description of how evidence for accelerated expansion and dark energy has emerged from more recent observations.
Program is free and registration is not required. Everyone is welcome. All children must be accompanied by an adult.		7:30pm-8:30pmChemistry-Physics Building C-2045, MUN

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015

Activity

Time

Location

Family Nature Program


Discover our garden with nature exploration, storytelling, and songs. An excellent opportunity for parents (or care-givers) and children to have fun together while learning about nature. A respect for nature and all its “critters” will be emphasized. Education staff will lead you and your family on a leisurely guided stroll to Oxen Pond, where we will feed the ducks (duck food is provided), hike the batty bat trail and looks for signs of hare, moose, squirrels and other creatures who make MUNBG their home. Parents are invited to bring along a healthy snack for story time. Families of all ages welcome.

Program is free and registration is not required. Everyone is welcome. All children must be accompanied by an adult.		10:00am-11:00amMUN Botanical Garden

Grocery Store Gardening


Get a garden growing in your kitchen or on your window ledge using simple supplies from the pantry. We will create flower pots from recycled materials, sprout seeds of all kinds and show you how we make our own soil at MUN Botanical Garden.

Program is free and registration is not required. Everyone is welcome. All children must be accompanied by an adult.		11:00am-12:00pmMUN Botanical Garden

Biology Science Fair


See the research that is being done in the Biology department up close and personal.

Program is free and registration is not required. Everyone is welcome. All children must be accompanied by an adult.		12:00pm-1:30pmChemistry-Physics Building Lobby, MUN

Nature Hike


Explore the Newfoundland boreal forest and bog as you hike our nature trails with education staff. Learn about our native Newfoundland ecosystems and the wonderful creatures who live here, including pitcher plants, lichens, black ducks and more, while you enjoy plenty of fresh air and exercise. Participants should dress appropriately for the weather, including comfortable footwear for hiking.

Program is free and registration is not required. Everyone is welcome. All children must be accompanied by an adult.		2:00pm-3:30pmMUN Botanical Garden

Biology in the Book Stacks


Extract DNA, create your own DNA model, try out different bird beaks, test your knowledge on animal adaptations and see how much you know about genetics!

Program is free and registration is not required. Everyone is welcome. All children must be accompanied by an adult.		7:00pm-8:00pmAC Hunter Children’s Library

Body Works Presentation


By Dr. Shakti Chandra
A presentation using some of the magnificent collection of anatomical specimens Dr. Shaki Chandra created for teaching during her sabbatical with Dr. Gunther von Hagens, the inventor of the unique plastination technique and creator of the Body Worlds exhibition.

Dr. Chandra, Professor of Anatomy at Memorial University’s Faculty of Medicine, spent a one year sabbatical with Dr. von Hagens in Germany, working on the intricate dissections and this collection is a part of that work.

Hear about and view real bones and organs (plastinated) and appreciate the connectedness of the human body. Come meet Dr. Shakti Chandra, discover the world of Plastination and learn about your own body, Inside and Out.

For more information about Dr. Chandra's work, visit http://www.med.mun.ca/Medicine/Faculty/Chandra_S.aspx

Program is free and registration is not required. Everyone is welcome. All children must be accompanied by an adult.		7:00pm-8:30pmJohnson GEO CENTRE

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015

Activity

Time

Location

Chemistry at the Library


Interactive science demos for preschool-aged children. Look deeper into the materials all around us! Chemical reactions with homemade materials, racing liquids, and even fireworks in a jar! It’s amazing what science surrounds us every day!

Program is free and registration is not required. Recommended for preschool-aged children. All children must be accompanied by an adult.		10:30am-11:30amMarjorie Mews Library

MUN’s got Chemistry


Make slime! See just how big an explosion we’re allowed to make in the QEII Library! Interactive chemistry activities and some surprising science facts for all ages.

Tours available afterward: meet some chemists and learn about the cutting-edge chemistry research going on at Memorial.

Program is free and registration is not required. Everyone is welcome. All children must be accompanied by an adult.		12:30pm-1:30pmQEII Library, Second Floor

Chemistry! Live


Watch the GEO CENTER Interpreters have all kinds of chemistry fun with colored flames, hydrogen gas and much more!

Program is included with admission and registration is not required. Everyone is welcome. All children must be accompanied by an adult.		2:00pm-4:30pmJohnson GEO CENTRE

Science Trivia Night


Which element in the Periodic table has the symbol Li? Which astrophysicist was the first American female to travel to space? How many stomachs does a cow have? Find out if you’re smarter than a 5th grader at the AC Hunter Library’s Science Trivia Night. Limit of 6 teams of four people. Call 737-3950 to register.
Program is free and registration is required. Everyone is welcome. All children must be accompanied by an adult.		6:30pm-8:30pmAC Hunter Children’s Library

Thursday, September 24th, 2015

Activity

Time

Location

Geology of Signal Hill


The rocks found in GEO VISTA PARK tell a story that is 550 million years in the making! They give us clues about ancient volcanos, river delta systems, continental collisions, and glaciers. Join us for a tour that travels back in time and explore these ancient rocks!

Program is free and registration is not required. This tour takes place outside along a groomed trail and moderate walking is required. Everyone is welcome. All children must be accompanied by an adult.		10:00am-11:00am
and
2:00pm-3:00pm		Johnson GEO CENTRE

Computer Science – Science Fair


Videos, interactive teaching materials, and games to showcase, as well as student projects.

Program is free and registration is not required. Everyone is welcome. All children must be accompanied by an adult.		12:30pm-1:30pmChemistry-Physics Building Lobby, MUN

Earth Science that Rocks!


Explore the workings of the inner earth, converging plates, and the wonders of weather. We will investigate the types of minerals that form in different environments, discuss how and where natural disasters can occur, and even make our own rocks!
Program is free and registration is not required. Recommended for school-aged children. All children must be accompanied by an adult.		3:30am-4:30pmAC Hunter Children’s Library

GEO After Dark: Earth Science Edition


Take part in GEO’s very successful adults only science evening! We are spicing up the science in this GEO After Dark: Earth Science Edition…because why should kids have all the fun? More details coming soon!

Tickets are required and limited seats are available. This is a 19+ event. Bar services are available.		7:00pm-8:30pm
(Doors open 6:30pm)		Johnson GEO CENTRE

Friday, September 25th, 2015

Activity

Time

Location

Science Story Time


Join us for a fun storytime all about numbers, counting and math! For children ages birth-6.
Due to limited space, pre-registration is required. Please call 737-2621 to register.

Program is free and registration is not required. Everyone is welcome. All children must be accompanied by an adult.		10:30am-11:00amMichael Donovan Library

MUN Science Fun


Physics interactive demos and show and tell for the whole family!

Program is free and registration is not required. Everyone is welcome. All children must be accompanied by an adult.		12:00pm-1:00pmChemistry-Physics Building Lobby, MUN

Fun with Physics


Learn about density, inertia, flammable vapour and more as we play with physics!

Program is included with admission and registration is not required. Everyone is welcome. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
2:00pm-4:30pmJohnson GEO CENTRE

Saturday, September 26th, 2015

Activity

Time

Location

Science Bingo


B-I-N-G-O! Play Science Bingo at the AC Hunter Children’s Library. Have fun and maybe even win a prize! Call 737-3953 for more information.

Program is free and registration is not required. Everyone is welcome. All children must be accompanied by an adult.		10:30am-11:30amAC Hunter Children’s Library

Exploring our Oceans


How do acids affect our oceans? What creatures used to live beneath the surface? Ever wonder what causes a tsunami? Join your GEO Interpreters and dive a little deeper into the interesting and vast world of oceans.

Program is included with admission and registration is not required. Everyone is welcome. All children must be accompanied by an adult.		2:30pm-4:00pmJohnson GEO CENTRE

SIGNALS FROM SEABIRDS – MESSAGES FROM THE OCEAN Public Lecture


By Dr. Bill Montevecchi , Psychology Department
Memorial University
Seabirds are most visible and compelling expressions of the world’s oceans. Their lives are shaped by the vagaries and often unforgiving challenges that the ocean presents. Seabirds are Olympian performers in a quasi-predictable environment, and we gain new insight about marine life and the ocean by interrogating their behaviour and ecology. Our research in the North Atlantic provides novel information about ocean climate change, fish conditions and availability, and human impacts on the sea around us. As did aboriginal peoples, New World explorers and settlers, we look to the ocean and study the seabirds for their mystery and the information that they provide about their own well-being and ours.

Program is free and registration is not required. Everyone is welcome. All children must be accompanied by an adult.		7:00pm-8:30pmBruneau Centre Lecture Hall—IIC, MUN

Sunday, September 27th, 2015

Activity

Time

Location

Science Literacy Week St. John’s Science Fair


Join us for the closing celebrations of Science Literacy Week from 12 to 5 at Gap Court in the Avalon Mall. We will be hosting a science fair with hands on demonstrations, science story times, science shows and more!

Exciting Science Shows/Demos Schedule:
12:30pm – MUN Chem/Physics Demo
1:30pm – NLPL Storytime
2:30pm – GEO CENTRE Science Demo
3:30pm – LTS Science Demo
4:30pm – SLW Passport Prize Draws!

Program is free and registration is not required. Everyone is welcome. All children must be accompanied by an adult.		12:00pm-5:00pmGAP Court, Avalon Mall
Pin It