Guelph Let's Talk Science hanging out with Stephen Harper!!

Yup, that incredible title is true: on Friday, March 11th a team of LTS volunteers from the U of G and UWaterloo visited St. Ignatius school here in Guelph for a normal, run of the mill roller coaster engineering challenge with the grade 6's that culminated in PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER dropping by to test out the kids' fantastic designs. No big deal. That's just how we roll here in Guelph.

This activity was followed by an incredible announcement: the PM has dedicated $2,000,000 across 4 years to Let's Talk Science in Southern Ontario through Fed-Dev Ontario's Youth STEM program!!!! How ridiculously fantastic is that?!?!?

This incredible announcement was front page news here in Guelph, and it was also covered by several national news sources and at the PM's own website.  Plenty of photos are coming soon so stay tuned!

News articles about the announcement and the PM's visit:

• The Prime Minister's website
• The Guelph Mercury
• CTV News

Edit:  Photos after the jump!  To see all of the high-res photos, check out our picasa album!

Mr. Landoni's amazing grade 6's.. with a special guest!

Prime Minister Stephen Harper checking out the roller coasters with Let's Talk Science President Bonnie Schmidt and her daughter Alex!

Kirsten helping with the math..

Lisa supervising her team's designs.

Bonnie and Alex checking out the roller coasters in progress!

Vince's team's roller coaster was featured in national media!

Edward's team getting ready to brainstorm!

I may be biased but I thought this roller coaster was the best one ;)

The big announcement!

The Guelph team of volunteers :)