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Brain Waves Science & Technology
full days (9:00 to 4:00) or afternoons (12:30 to 4:00) early arrival and late pick up options
weekly,
July 6 to August 28
ages 6 to 12
To register for Brain Waves programs, please visit www.brainwaves.ca or call 613-726-6443.
This summer the popular Brain Waves is teaming up with Turnbull to offer innovative science and technology enrichment for children from grades 1 to 6. Founded in 2001 by Neena Parbhakar (B.Eng, McGill) and her husband Tom Pedersen (Ed.M, Harvard), Brain Waves is based on the premise that kids learn best through a practical, hands-on approach. Students in their programs have delighted in building giant domes from paper, extracting DNA from vegetables, building soap box racers, learning about lizards and snakes, directing movies, flying hot air balloons…just to name a few. Students are also treated to many special guests invited to enhance the curriculum. Each week is a different theme, so students can enjoy attending multiple weeks if they wish.
Brain Waves is well respected in the community for offering innovative camps, workshops and after school clubs. Brain Waves partners with schools, communities and employers to bring challenging and unique scientific activities to Ottawa youth. Using a very hands-on approach, and based on the Ontario science curriculum, Brain Waves inspires students to solve problems creatively and to work cooperatively.
Within the past seven years, Brain Waves has partnered with Nortel, The Association for Bright Children, Bishop Hamilton School, Qualicum-Graham Park community, Lindenlea community, and the Kanata Research Park. We are very excited to be bringing the program to Turnbull.
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The following weekly themes are offered:
July 6-10 Rube Goldberg Machines
What’s a Rube Goldberg machine? It’s a crazy contraption made by using the principles of energy, and odds and ends and recycled materials. The results are always spectacular when imaginations run wild!
July 13-17 Communications Through The Ages
Students build and use their own telegraphs to send Morse code messages. They also take apart old telephones to examine the components.
July 20-24 Roller Coasters
This is another chance to let imaginations run wild as students learn about Newtonian energy. Students are tasked with building large indoor coasters from unusual materials. They do a research project on a roller coaster they would like to ride and present the specifics to the rest of the class.
July 27-31 Leonardo Da Vinci
While learning about Leonardo, students become young inventors, artists, and engineers.
Aug 4-7 (4 day week) Cleared for Take-Off
This week starts off with a study of Bernoulli’s Principle and ends with a visit from a pilot.
Aug 10-14 Science of Music
This is always a rocking good time, with many special guests and the opportunity to jam. Students learn about sound, understand how instruments produce sound and record themselves playing, singing or just making music.
Aug 17-21 Movie Making
Students start with a story board, and then design sets, costumes, and create the script. Everyone participates as they film original work and each student gets a copy to take home at the end of the week.
Aug 24-28 Reptile Vet
This is a very popular program provided by Brain Waves in partnership with noted reptile expert, Tom Wellum. Students learn about the care and feeding of snakes, lizards and other reptiles and amphibians in a safe and very hands-on environment. There is the opportunity to handle many different animals with a show at the end of the week where students present what they have learned about their favourite animal.
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