Science Rendezvous: Microbes at the library?!

Science Rendezvous is an annual event that connects scientists with the public to show everyone how fun science can be! This year, Science Rendezvous took place on Saturday, May 12th, and Let's Talk Science volunteers from the University of Guelph performed activities in downtown Guelph (super bubbles and slime!!) and at the main branch of the Guelph Public Library!

At the library, awesome volunteers Jan Edward and Nicole showed kids the cool, friendly, and sometimes scary microbes that play an important role in our lives! The participants had the chance to grow their own microbes, and here are the results! By the way, if you ever want to make your own media at home, check out this earlier post on our blog!

Here are the photos!

The 2012 All Science Challenge

Our second-ever All Science Challenge at the U of G was a tremendous success!! With twice as many kids participating this year, the competition was twice as stiff!! The hard work of all the participants was evident in their amazing answers to their difficult questions, and the creativity in the design challenge amazed parents, teachers, and judges alike! During the lunch period, we all enjoyed an amazing presentation by Wild Ontario, who brought live raptors into the competition room!

In the end, the top two spots went to the two teams from Rockwood PS! Third place went to a team from Kortright Hills PS! Kortright Hills PS also walked away with the Spirit Award (we couldn't say no to tu-tus!).

Check out some of the exciting pictures from our big day! Many more photos, as well as high resolution versions of these pictures, are available upon request!

A team from Rockwood putting their heads together.