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Discover Biology Days
Dates: May 4 and 5
Time: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Suitable for Grades 8-12

Activity descriptions:

Nature Journalling
May 4 and 5
Suitable for Grades 8-12
Max 60 students/session

Students will get the opportunity to connect with the natural world through nature journalling and hands-on exploration of local marine life using touch tanks.

DNA Extraction & Gel Electrophoresis
May 4 and 5
Suitable for Grades 8-12
Max 60 students/session

Students will perform DNA extraction experiments from fruits and learn how gel electrophoresis is used to analyze DNA

Discover Chemistry Days
Dates: May 6–8
Time: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. 
Sutable for Grades 10 and 11
Max 100 students per session

Activity 1: Juice from Juice

Students will construct a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) using blackberry juice as a light absorber. They will measure the voltage and current with different light sources and compare the results to a commercial silicon-based solar cell.

Activity 2: The Chemistry of Soap

Students will make a glycerin-based soap that they can take home. The molecules used to provide function, smell and color to soap will be discussed.

Discover Earth Sciences Days
Date: May 12-13
Time:��10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Suitable for Grades 7-9
Max 50 students per session

Participants will get the opportunity to learn about carbon accounting from rocks (geologic past) and trees (present day). 

Discover Physics & Atmospheric Science Days
Dates: May 11-15, 19-21
Times: 10 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:40 p.m.
Suitable for Grades 6-12
Max 90 students per session

– please note that due to the nature of the schedule for the activities, once signing up on Eventbrite for this specific Discovery Day, a representative from the Department of Physics & Atmospheric Science will reach out and confirm your dates and times.

Classes will participate in all of the following activities:

Discovery Room 

Explores physics in action with hands- on activities, covering a large range of topics, including air flow over balls, freezing motion with a strobe light, recording the intricate motion of coupled pendula, acoustics of the voice, and more.

Earth Sphere

This 2m-diameter sphere projects detailed images of Earth’s atmosphere, oceans and underlying crust, as seen from space. The dynamics of weather systems, atmospheric composition, ocean currents, geologic formations, etc. are presented based on satellite data. Some direct demonstrations of atmospheric and climate physics.

Liquid Nitrogen Show

A unique set of demonstrations of the behavior and properties of matter: mechanical, electrical, and magnetic at cold temperatures (77K/-196C).

Included are such effects as a low-temperature piston engine, ringing a lead bell, liquefying oxygen, and superconductivity. Students will learn about properties of liquids and gases.

Halifax Planetarium

AV���ֲ� maintains Nova Scotia’s original, permanent and popular planetarium; over 3,000 people visit it yearly. This show takes students on a tour of the changing night sky, including constellations currently visible and the sky they cannot see from Nova Scotia. Objects of astronomical significance, including planets and stellar objects, are presented via slides.

Discover Psychology and Neuroscience Days
Dates: May 5, 6, and 22
Time: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Suitable for Grades 10-12

Human-Human Interface
Dates: May 5 and 6
Suitable for grades 10-12
Max 50 students per session

Students will challenge their perceptions, test their memory, learn about the brain, and even get a chance to take control of someone else’s mind.

Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI)
Date: May 22
Suitable for Grades 11 and 12
Max 25 students per session

Students will get hands-on experience recording electrical activity from the brain using EEG (“brain waves” measured with electrodes placed on the head). We’ll highlight features of the brain activity we can see with EEG and demo some BCI applications. 

Discover SuperNOVA Days
Dates: May 25-28
Time: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Suitable for Grades 10-12
Max 30 students per session

What if you could generate your own clean energy and use it to power a car?

In this Discovery Days session, high school students will design and build working wind turbines, and use Micro:bit technology to measure the electricity they produce. They’ll test, refine, and explore what it takes to harness wind power in real communities.

Participants will take their renewable energy even further - using water and electrolysis, they’ll produce hydrogen fuel and build hydrogen-powered cars, discovering how clean electricity can be stored and used to drive the future of transportation!

This interactive workshop highlights how renewable energy and emerging fuel technologies are shaping a more sustainable future.