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A fantastic morning here at GenSTEM 2022 featuring workshops with @structureSara and @ltsmcmaster ! More to come in the afternoon! 👩🏻‍🔬🥼🔬👨🏽‍🔬

Thanks for having us! We had a great time on our field trips to Hamilton Harbour last week! Students tried out microscopes, minnow traps, and learned more about invasive species in the ecosystem. Thanks @NSERC_CRSNG and @McMasterU’s ABEL lab for partnering with us!

✌️ In only two days, you will get to #DiscoverSciRen with us. Have you browsed through our virtual events listing? From rocket science to escape games to cyborg hearts - there is something for everyone! 👀 Find an event now at sciencerendezvous.ca/virtual-events/ #SciRen #OdySci

Stop by the @musicandthemind on May 7th from 12:30 - 1:30 PM ET for a Virtual Tour and Q&A with grad students. Register here: showpass.com/science-rendez… and access their virtual Science Rendezvous events here: livelab.mcmaster.ca/research/scien… #SciRen #OdySci

Once again we are proud to be a part of @sci_rendezvous Science Chase this year. Are you up for the challenge? Sign up here tinyurl.com/249b2w2x and visit our page for some clues: tinyurl.com/2h7anuna. You have until May 10th 2022 to complete all 10 challenges! Good luck!

A little bit of STEM goes along way! Building the tallest marshmallow tower in @kuhnstewart class! @ltsmcmaster @HWDSB

High School educators 📣 Don’t miss out on a unique FREE opportunity for your students to engage with a panel of space scientists and visionaries and get invaluable advice for their own career paths. Is your class ready to blast off? Register today! 🚀 ow.ly/keUM50GiCRy

Today, we honour the Indigenous children who were taken from their families and sent to residential schools across Canada between the 1860s and 1990s. Learn more about #OrangeShirtDay & how best to honour the more than 150,000 residential school children. orangeshirtday.org

That’s a wrap on Science Literacy Week! Thank you to everyone who attended and to Let’s Talk Science Outreach volunteers! Stay tuned for more #STEM Storytimes! #SciLit @LTS_McGill @ltsmcmaster @LTSUWindsor @LTSOttawa @scilitweek

Join us tomorrow for Day 2 of #SciLit Week! Complete a hands-on science activity about greenhouse gases and read Zoë Tucker's book, "Greta and the Giants" with @lts_mun. Register now 👉 bit.ly/2WJ8d2E @scilitweek

More books about trees? Yes, please! May we suggest Joan Marie Galat’s ‘Branching Out: How Trees Are Part of Our World’ for the kids and for the adults, ‘Trees in Canada’ by John Laird Farrar. @NSERC_CRSNG @CCUNESCO @TreeCanada @SciLitWeek @LE_Carmichael #MillionTreeProject

We’re 8 days away from the #MillionTreeProject launch on @TreeCanada’s #NationalTreeDay on September 22! Stay tuned as we countdown with #STEAMGreen trivia, reading recs and activities! @NSERC_CRSNG @CCUNESCO @LE_Carmichael

Do you want to learn about the possible environmental restoration of a parking lot at McMaster University? Tune in to Wayne Terryberry's lecture on September 18, 2021 from 11:00AM-12:00PM. Register through Eventbrite: eventbrite.ca/e/mcyu-lecture…

Have you registered for tomorrow's Storytime? 🗓 Join Let's Talk Science Outreach tomorrow at 1pm ET / 10am PT to read Laura Driscoll's book, "Javier's Hummingbird" and complete a hands-on science activity about bird feeders! ow.ly/yI2750FVSdL #ECE #STEM

We are proud to support this year's Hamilton 2021 NASA Space Apps Challenge. This 2 day event is happening October 2-3rd 2021. Any interested student aged 17-25 can register here: tinyurl.com/e39zhedr Follow @sedscanada for more information.

Happening tomorrow 📖 Join Let's Talk Science Outreach to read H.A. Rey and Margret Rey's book, "Curious George and the Hot Air Balloon" and complete a hands-on science activity about light! 👉 bit.ly/3zzaV9N #STEMed #ECE

We’re starting a new series on social media. Every 2 weeks we’ll share 3 videos that focus on all areas of STEAM and encourage kids to question, discover and create. This week we’re learning about cell membranes and today question is: Why do you think cells need a membrane?

🚨 LOOKING FOR: Teenage student who is passionate about making a difference in science! 🚨 If this sounds like you or someone you know, join us for our Science Communications Camps this summer. Learn more about this FREE opportunity 👉 bit.ly/3wIl41K #STEM

So thankful for the virtual visit from @LetsTalkScience @McMasterU It was a great activity where we discussed the importance of water and water quality @MBallachey @GEDSB

Today our volunteers will put on a great workshop about Movement Synchrony! If you can't make it today, try to check out some of the great workshops happening tomorrow for the @McMasterWISE GenSTEM conference!