Igniting scientific curiosity

Our classroom, community and family workshops open the wonders of science, engineering and technology to everyone, foster environmental stewardship, and encourage children across Canada to discover the relevancy of science in their everyday world.

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How Our Investigative Workshops Work

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Online Workshops

Available Across Canada

  • Browse our topics and select an online workshop.
  • Choose your preferred date and book your 60-minute online workshop.
  • Mini science bags with investigative materials shipped ahead for each student
  • On your scheduled date, connect to our presenter live via Microsoft Teams.

Onsite Workshops

Available in Select Areas

  • Browse our topics and select an onsite workshop.
  • Choose your preferred date and book your 90-minute onsite workshop.
  • We provide scientific materials and equipment for students to share.
  • On your scheduled date, presenter joins your classroom in person.
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What Makes Scientists in School Experiences So Impactful?

  • Children get to explore and discover using topic-specific materials in our highly investigative and engaging workshops.
  • Our presenters have academic or professional backgrounds in STEM, and experience working with youth.
  • We offer free resources, including post-workshop extension packages, so that the learning can continue long after the workshop ends!
  • As a charity, our amazing donors subsidize all of our workshops, which keeps the cost more affordable.
  • We have been developing and delivering high-quality STEM enrichment since 1989 and have inspired over 11 million children across Canada.
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Our Impact

700,000+

Children and youth inspired through workshops annually

25,000+

Investigative workshops delivered annually

250,000+

Of the children we reach live in communities where they face barriers to educational enrichment, including low-income, Indigenous, rural, remote and newcomer communities.

11,000,000+

Young scientists inspired since 1989

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Our Equity Initiatives

A prosperous and innovative Canada is one where every voice is represented in our workforce, research and scientific discoveries. In order to achieve this vision of a better, more inclusive STEM workforce in Canada, we must develop confidence and heighten critical thinking skills in our youngest citizens at an early age, regardless of their socioeconomic status. We recognize that our user fee, which covers our costs of providing over 25,000 investigative workshops annually, presents a barrier for schools serving low-income communities. This is why we are working with our donors and partners to provide complimentary workshops to schools and community groups in-need.

Our Commitment to Equity

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Testimonials

“I book a Scientists in School workshop every year. The kids love it and no matter what grade, they look forward to participating in a new workshop every year. The expert facilitators make abstract concepts easy for kids to understand. It is also great learning for me as a teacher! I have no science background so the workshops bump my confidence. I get excellent ideas from professional scientists who model fun ways to teach science.”
– Grade 3/4 Teacher after a Shine a Light workshop
“The best part of our science program is when we engage students in Scientists in School’s highly engaging and hands-on workshops. My students loved their Strong Structures workshop and kept building structures at home. It definitely ignites the spark of curiosity in them.”
– Grade 3 Teacher after a Strong Structures online workshop
“My daughter enjoyed this very much, and told everyone she could about the experiments she did. As a parent it allowed me to see how interested she is in science and doing more.”
– A Parent after a Candy Chemistry online workshop
“Scientists in School gives students an incredible opportunity to engage with science in ways that are not always possible within a regular classroom. The presenters are knowledgeable and effective. I have had Scientists in School in my classroom for many years, and my students always come out of the presentations eager to learn more. I would recommend Scientists in School to every classroom teacher to enhance their science programs, and encourage budding scientists!”
– Grade 5 Teacher after an Energy: The Power to Change in-person workshop
“The presenter was amazing, informative and engaging. She was able to captivate the minds of the students and have them engaged in STEM. We can’t wait to have another opportunity to work with Scientists in School. Thank you for taking the time to educate us in a very captivating way.”
– Grade 7 Teacher after a Finding Solutions online workshop
“Scientists in School is one of my very favorite experiences to provide for my students. Not only does it cover applicable science concepts for my curriculum, it does so in an engaging, motivating, and delightful manner. My students loved the hands-on materials and the expertise of the presenter kept them discovering and exploring attentively. Thank you for helping to create a sense of wonder, confidence, and curiosity in my students each time I’ve booked a session!”
– Kindergarten Teacher after an On the Move! online workshop
“Our children always enjoy the science activities. They always want to continue experimenting after the program has finished. Thank you for inspiring the scientist in us all!”
– A Parent after a Good Clean Fun! online workshop
“Scientists in School is amazing! We have been involved in many different workshops over the years and have always found them to be so engaging and exciting for the children. The presenters are always friendly and patient with the children and the resources they bring to explore are awesome. We always look forward to our visit each year. Keep up the amazing work you do with children to foster a love of science and exploration!”
– Kindergarten Teacher after a Young Friends of the Earth in-person workshop
“Scientists in School helped me greatly when finding my passion for engineering. The initial introduction to all of the cool things that you can do in science helped me find a passion for it at a young age…Seeing that most of the scientists were also female helped me as well, as it made me realize that it is a completely normal thing for a woman to be in STEM.”
– Natalie, Mechanical Engineering student at Ontario Tech University
“Before Scientists in School, I didn’t know what STEM was. After, I got interested in robotics. In Grade 8, I started a robotics league with my classmates…and then I went straight into First Robotics in high school.”
– Grade 12 Male Student, 2019 Interview from our 6-Year Longitudinal Study
“It was the Scientists in School workshop Close Encounters of a Chemical Kind. It instilled in me this love of chemistry and I do feel this is the reason that I like chemistry so much today. The fact that I was exposed to it in Grade 7 made me more enthusiastic in Grade 9 when we started encountering it.”
– Grade 11 Female Student, 2019 Interview from our 6-Year Longitudinal Study

11 Million Young Scientists Inspired Since 1989

Impact Story : Nicholas, Engineering Science student at the University of Toronto

“In all of these investigations, I felt a sense of wonder instilled in me by the program. I was always excited going into Scientists in School, as I knew I would learn so much more about what I had observed on my own in the outside world. From analyzing the construction of insects to the physics of simple machines, my curiosity was always reinforced by the omnipresent sense of wonder I felt while completing that day’s experiments and activities.”

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