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Local communities came together Saturday afternoon to oppose the relocation of the Ontario Science Centre.
Local communities came together Saturday afternoon to oppose the relocation of the Ontario Science Centre.
Pricilla Daniel sits in a large dining area at the Ontario Science Centre. She’s just had an unexpected movie experience.
“I thought we were just going to watch a movie,” she said, “but it was more than a movie. This was an experience.”
Shronak Datta saw the same movie. It explored an unusual aspect of engineering.
“Engineering is often too closely associated with economics,” he said. “The movie focused away from that and focused on how engineering is a method of problem solving in society. That really resonated with me.”
Halfway through the mission, the communication is down. Smoke starts to billow out of the controls. There’s no stopping though. The mission must continue. Hansen’s team has it under control in moments, even though none of them have even graduated high school yet.
On Sunday, January 26, Rubert Munsch and other leading authors celebrated Family Literacy Day at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto. Hundreds of events are taking place across the country for its 16th annual celebration. Check out ABC Live literacy for more information.
“When you start to focus in on this creature you realize just how amazing their life cycle is. You really feel like you’re a part of a great scientific journey,” said Mike Slee, the film’s director and co-writer.
The star of the show is the Mars rover, Curiosity. As the real NASA rover is currently busy exploring the surface of the Red Planet some 230 million km away, visitors to the science centre can get up and personal with a full-size model.
There is nothing greater than a week off school to rest the minds of your little ones and change the routine to a more active one.
Family Day in and around the City The third Monday of February marks Family Day. It’s observed as a statutory holiday in Ontario. What do you and your families have planned? Much of the province…
Eighteen-year-old Eden Full won the award in 2009. While in her last year of high school in Calgary, Full developed her prize-winning project: a method for rotating solar panels. Full, now a student in mechanical engineering and African studies at Princeton University in the United States, put the $2,000 cash prize toward developing a prototype that she tested during field work in Kenya.
Visitors can get up close to these colossal marine mammals with the help of interactive audiovisual exhibits such as exploring a “whale lab;” learning about whale riders, marine biologists and whaling families; and walking right up to a full-scale sperm whale fossil. Kids can also climb into a life-sized model of a blue whale heart.