CSN 20th Anniversary!

CSN's co-founder Godfrey Nowlan was presented with a lifetime achievement award.
Read more about our celebration... who was there and the awards that were presented.

Science Road Show

Awesome Science Road Show
On Saturday, March 10, drop in between 11 am and 3 pm at Fish Creek Public Library, 11161 Bonaventure Drive SE - T2J 6S1. Sample a selection of short interactive sessions - or visit them all! FUN, FREE, FAMILY event. Details...

CSN Society News

2010 Annual Report

February 21 - next meeting
Check times and locations nearer the date.

Join us and help get kids excited about science! More about membership...

Teacher Workshops - coming this winter and spring

Feb 11: Rocks and Minerals, grade 3 FULL
Feb 28: Sky Science at RAO, grade 6
Date TBA: Bearspaw Water Treatment Plant Tour, teachers of grades 4, 5, 8, 9.
Date TBA: Bow River Basin Waterscape

More workshops are in the planning stages and will be added to the workshops page when confirmed.

Details and register online here...

Jump start your TPGP with CSN

Volunteer Training January 31, 5 pm
Registration is full

You are "smarter than a 5th grader"
- but a whole class of them can be very intimidating!

MOTIVATE & CONNECT with your audience
IGNITE your students’ natural curiosity
COMMAND attention from your audience
ENGAGE your audience in meaningful interactions.
All CSN volunteers are invited.
Contact Karla to join the waiting list.

"Teacher for an Hour" is a new online resource for volunteers. View it here...

Scientists & Engineers in-the-Classroom

Getting kids exc!ted about sc!ence!

Global TV featured a grade 3 "Building and Testing" classroom presentation by CSN volunteer Anita Rossall P.Eng. on January 17. Watch Anita lead these students in an acitivity to build and test a ski jump, getting kids excited about science and engineering!

View it here...

Award-winning teenage science

In 2011 three young women swept the top prizes of the first Google Science Fair. Lauren Hodge, Shree Bose and Naomi Shah describe their extraordinary projects and their route to a passion for science here...

NEW Science.gc.ca Activity Book!
Science.gc.ca is the official Government of Canada source for science and technology information. The book includes educational activities and experiments for students aged 7 - 16. Other free resources are also available.
FREE download from www.science.gc.ca/ab.

Donors

CSN would like to acknowledge individual donors on our website. Please contact Ed Kusmirski if you prefer to remain anonymous.

We expect our next casino date will be in the second quarter of 2012. To volunteer please contact Ed. No experience is necessary and daytime and evening shifts are available.

Thank You!

Generous support from foundations, corporations and individuals like you allows us to impact more teachers and inspire more students with the wonders of science!
CSN's programs are FREE to all schools and Teacher Workshops are subsidized.

Donors' page

Science Events

Science Café (3rd Tuesday of the month)
Tuesday January 24, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Ironwood Stage and Grill, 1229 9 Ave SE.
Science and the Media - can we trust science news in the media?
Speakers Jay Ingram, correspondent, Discovery and Science Channels and Valerie Sim, Clinical Investigator and Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medicine,
U of A.

Paleo 2012
Lectures and poster displays:
Sat, March 17, 9 am - 5 pm.
Workshops: Sun, March 18, 9 am - 4 pm.
Jenkins Theatre, Lower Level, Mount Royal University. FREE.

Science Bytes...

Online science resource - tons of simple activities that can be done at home with everyday objects and household supplies www.makeyourownqrcode.net/kids-science-projects Thanks to Ms. Morrison's class for suggesting this!

What is the Higgs boson?
Read more from
The Exploratorium
The Guardian
New Scientist

String Theory for Dummies
A cheat sheet

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