Nature Exchange

Students are encouraged to explore the natural world around them through a trading process. Students are to investigate nature around them, whether it be in their backyard or around their community, and record their findings in a nature journal. These journals will be marked, and points rewarded based on effort. Once the points are collected, they can be traded for a prize.

Nature Journals can contain pictures, thoughts and research.

Example: If the student sees a fox outside their window while eating breakfast, they can draw a picture or take a photo of the fox and record what they saw (“I saw a red fox with a white-tipped tail in my yard this morning.”)

The students will get points based on the amount of effort put into the nature journal. Students are encouraged to research the items in their journals and record that information as well (“The red fox lives in shrublands and meadows, they eat small rodents, birds and insects, and they are active from dusk to dawn. They live to be around 10 years old, have been known to have up to 12 pups, and their natural predator is the coyote.”) 

Based on the size of the class, we will limit the number of pages in nature journals being marked to 2-5 to ensure everyone gets their pages marked, points rewarded, prizes picked, and still have time to explore the museum.

Students are more than welcome to continue working on their nature journals and can bring them back later to gain more points to trade.

Students will also be given a scavenger hunt to complete. All the items can be found around the museum.

Target Learners: Grades K-7

Ozobots

Find the fun in coding with the help of our STEAM-minded Ozobot kit! Ozobots are tiny robots programmed to follow lines and react to colour patterns. This Kit is designed to help kids learn how to code in a fun and interactive way. Kids will learn how to place colours in a specific pattern to code their Ozobot to do a variety of movements. You can design a city or a maze of elaborate twists and turns to see how your Ozobot navigates its way through your puzzles, and the fun doesn’t stop there! Program your Ozobots with even more specific codes through Ozoblockly online. Watch as your Ozobot performs a light show or shows off your own custom dance.

Thanks to our sponsors, our Tech-Up kits are free to book. We’re looking for teachers or schools who are interested in borrowing our kits for 1 – 2-week intervals.

Micro:bits

Already got the basics of coding down? Well, prepare to further increase your knowledge with our Micro:bit kit! Our Micro:bits might not look super exciting, having the appearance of a circuit board with some LEDs and buttons, but they can do some pretty fun things once you know how to code them. Learn how to create music, play rock, paper, scissors, or make your own pedometer. With an LED display, you can use your Micro:bit to write messages and send them to other Micro:bits via a radio signal. Kids can practice their code on a digital Micro:bit at makecode.microbit.org, and once they’re content, they can download their code and add it to their Micro:bit to test it out in real life.

Thanks to our sponsors, our Tech-Up kits are free to book.We’re looking for teachers or schools who are interested in borrowing our kits for 1 – 2-week intervals.

Robot Mice

You might think that K–3 kids are too young to start learning about coding, but you’d be mistaken. With our kit of Robot Mice, even young kids can learn the basics of coding and programming. Our kit comes with custom vinyl mats that kids can navigate our mice on. They can learn to design a game as they place obstacles throughout the mat and try to lead the mouse safely to his cheese. Our robot mice have brains that can save the directions given to them, as well as a brain erase button. This means that kids can debug when they get stuck and continue to try again until they find a solution. It can be a grteam-buildingding experience for kids as they work together to find the best path for their mouse. 

Thanks to our sponsors, our Tech-Up kits are free to book.We’re looking for teachers or schools who are interested in borrowing our kits for 1 – 2-week intervals.

Code-a-Pillar 

Let your little ones experience the world of coding while playing with our code-a-pillar kit. Watch as they design their own games, leading the Code-a-pillar through a series of cards before arriving at the prized leaf. They’ll soon know how to program their own code into the Code-a-pillar by learning how to change the directional segments on the code-a-pillar. The Code-a-pillar is designed for kids 3-6 and will help keep them entertained for hours.

Our Code-a-pillar Exploration Kit is free to book. We’re looking for daycares or preschools that are interested in borrowing our kits for 1 – 2-week intervals.