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Go ahead…DO try this at home! You don’t need a fancy lab to be a scientist.

Explore science and technology in your own home with fun hands-on activities and science experiments.

Archimedes screw
Archimedes Screw
Letter F in braille
Braille
Broken Pencil Illusion
Broken Pencil Illusion
Cabbage pH Indicator
Cabbage pH Indicator
Two pieces of a cardboard craft sit on a dark surface. The left-hand piece shows the inside of a box/ pencils, strings, bottle caps, and an illustrated paper roll are visible. The right-hand piece of cardboard has cut-out holes to make a cover for the craft.
Cardboard Game Console
Chemical weathering
Chemical Weathering
A Cloud in a jar
Cloud in a Jar
Compass
Compass
Constellation Flashlight
Constellation Flashlight
the Crayon rock cycle
Crayon Rock Cycle
Design your own experiment
Design Your Own Experiment
Discover the Stars
Discover the Stars
A white-and-blue zine cover is displayed on a shelf with a pencil; the words “Explora ZINE” are visible. An artist’s illustration of a lightbulb and rays are next to it.
ExploraZine: Casting Shadows
Cut and folded Winterlude Zine activity being customised with colours markers.
ExploraZine: Celebrating Winterlude
A white-and-blue zine cover is displayed on a shelf; the words “Explora ZINE” are visible. An artist’s illustration of a paper airplane is imposed next to it.
ExploraZine: The Fly Zone
Finding your Blind Spot
Finding your Blind Spot
Flipbook
Flipbook
Imploding can
Imploding Can
Insulating Sound
Insulating Sound
a pan full of jell-o with mini marshmallows and toothpicks stacked on top
Jell-o Earthquake
Lever
Lever Balancing
Make a Kazoo
Make a Kazoo
Make a Thaumatrope
Make a Thaumatrope
anemometer
Make an Anemometer
Making your own paper
Make Your Own Paper
Measuring heart rate
Measuring Heart Rate
Periscope
Periscope
A Polybius square
Polybius Square
Styrofoam sailboat
Sailboat Racing
Shadow tracking
Shadow Tracking
two glass jars filled with water and eggs
Shell Acidification
Materials for the soda can steam engine
Soda Can Steam Engine
Solar oven made out of a pizza box
Solar Oven
Solar Still
Solar Still
STEAM bingo
STEAM Bingo
Symphony Hack Lab Maker Workshop
Symphony Hack Lab Maker Workshop
Testing Skin Sensitivity
Testing Skin Sensitivity
illustration of a woman and a man in a red canoe
The Joys of Summer Colouring Book
The squishy circuit
The Squishy Circuit
the Water microscope
Water Microscope
Water Wheel
Water Wheel

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1867 St Laurent Blvd
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