In-person Workshops
Workshop registeration for the 2024 season is closed. This year we visited over 700 classrooms!
See you next year!
Please read the How to Register section before registering as the process has changed.
Our workshop content has recently been revised to include digital literacy, technology, and a closer link to the Saskatchewan Curriculum!
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Workshop |
Curriculum Relativity |
Description |
Notes |
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Robot Mouse in the House |
K & Gr 1 PK.1, P1.1, P1.2
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With the help of our little Robot Mouse, students will learn the basics of coding. Students will guide the mouse through various challenges by using instructions, directions, numbers and patterns. |
Coding Challenge |
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Look At My Garden Grow! |
K & Gr 1 LTK.1, LT1.1, LT1.2, DS1.1 |
After learning about the parts of a plant and what plants need to grow, students will make a garden in a bag and watch sprouts develop after a few days! |
Take home Mini terrarium |
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The Wild World of Water! |
Gr 1 & 2 LS2.1, LS2.2 AW2.1, AW2.2 OM1.1, OM1.2 |
After discovering the relationship between solids and liquids, and learning about buoyancy, students will use their knowledge to work in groups and design a boat that can hold the greatest weight. |
Design and Build Challenge |
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Adventures with Ozobots
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Gr 1 & 2 SE1.1 OM1.1, OM1.2 MP2.1, MP2.2 |
With the help of our little Ozobot friends, students will discover how robots use their senses to interact with the world around them. Students will be given time to explore and play with the colour-detecting robots. |
Coding Challenge |
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Magnet, Magnets Everywhere! |
Gr 3 ME3.1, ME3.2 |
Find out what attracts and repels you in our magnets workshop! Students will learn about the properties of magnets, including what causes them to attract some materials, but repel others. They will get to do this through actual hands-on use of magnets of many different shapes and sizes! |
Hands-on Exploration |
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Geology Rocks!
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Gr 3 & 4 ES3.1, ES3.2 RM4.1, RM4.2, RM4.3 |
Let out your inner Geologist! Students will learn about the rock cycle and about different types of soil and how this impacts the environment. Students will also have the opportunity to create their very own fossil. Get ready to rock and roll! |
Take Home Make your own fossil |
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Music To My Ears
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Gr 4 SO4.1, SO4.2, SO4.3 |
Explore the science behind the sounds. Students will learn how sound is created, and have the opportunity to make some noise of their own with LittleBits! It’ll be music to your ears! |
Design and Build Challenge |
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Fun With Forces |
Gr 5 FM5.1, FM5.2, FM5.3 |
Forces are all around us! See cool demonstrations of the different forces and how they influence our lives every day! Learn about Newton’s 3 laws, then use your knowledge to build a machine. |
Design and Build Challenge |
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Take a Deep Breath |
Gr 5 HB5.1, HB5.2, HB5.3 |
Sci-Fi’s newest health science workshop! Learn the locations of major organs and how different systems work together to power our bodies. |
Design and Build Challenge |
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Snap To It!
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Gr 6 EL6.1, EL6.2, EL6.3 |
Understand the function of circuits in the world around us. Students will use Snap Circuits to build simple and parallel circuits that power lights, speakers and fans. Get ready to Snap to it! |
Design and Build Challenge |
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Fantastic Flight |
Gr 6 FL6.1, FL6.2, FL6.3, SS6.1 |
Spread your wings and fly with our fantastic flight workshop! Students will learn about the basic concepts that make flight possible such as Bernoulli’s principle. Then, students will get the opportunity to design and launch their very own bottle rockets. |
Design and Build Challenge |
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Captivating Chemistry |
Gr 7 MS7.1, MS7.3, HT7.2 |
Let your inner mad scientist out with our chemistry workshop! Students will learn and see the differences between physical and chemical reactions, learn about the reactive results of mixing acids and bases, and finally, will get to make their own slime! |
Design and Build Challenge |
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Outstanding Optics |
Gr 8 OP8.1, OP8.2 |
Students will explore optics-related technologies such as concave and convex mirrors and lenses. Learn about the law of reflection and the importance of reflection angles. Students will also discover the ways in which our eyes play tricks on us when they make their own holograms. |
Take Home Hologram Projector |
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Codemakers: Ctrl alt Elite |
Gr 7 & 8 P7.1, P7.2, P7.3, P8.1 |
Using algorithms similar to the Enigma Code, students will learn logic of computer programming. This workshop will combine science and math to learn the science behind computer coding! |
Coding Challenge |
This year SCI-FI is happy to share that all workshops for 2024 will be FREE, and are designed to connect digital literacy, technology, and the Saskatchewan Science Curriculum!
Workshops will be available from May 13th, 2024 until June 19th, 2024.
Our workshop content has recently been revised to include digital literacy, technology, and a closer link to the Saskatchewan Curriculum! Look for more information coming soon!
Our workshops function as excellent unit introductions or reviews!
Times & Locations
We are currently offering in-person workshops from May 13th until June 19th. Workshops will be available during weekdays. More information about our May and June workshops can be found in our "In-person Workshops" section.
Please list your unavailable dates when registering to allow us to account for your schedule when booking workshops. All workshops are sheduled to take one hour to complete. The workshops are easily adjustable to account for early dismissals and recess on a per-school basis.
For all schools we require a minimum of three workshops to be booked in a single day. We also cannot visit the same school on multiple days, so before registering please check that all workshops for your school are accounted for and know any unavailable dates for all classes particpating.
Teachers must remain present in the classroom during the workshops for both legal and safety reasons, but do not have to participate in the workshop.
Cost & Payment
This year SCI-FI is happy to share that all workshops for 2024 will be FREE, and are designed to connect digital literacy, technology, and the Saskatchewan Science Curriculum!
How to Register
Sci-Fi’s scheduling platform has changed! A primary contact will be tasked with filling out a google form such as in previous years. Before filling out the form, the primary contact must know how many workshops their school wants and which days will not work for their school. After filling out the form, a fillable schedule will be sent to the primary contact that will be formatted like the following image:
This schedule can either be filled out by a primary contact, or forwarded to the rest of the school so that each teacher is able to pick the time slot that works the best for them! Teachers will not be able to change the dates or preformatted times as those will be provided ahead of time.
The final filled out form will format itself to look similar to the following:
Some things to keep in mind when booking your workshops:
- Please fill out this fillable schedule as soon as possible, you will be given a set time limit as to when the schedule will need to be filled out.
- Please make sure the selected workshop matches your classroom’s grade level
- Due to supplies constraints our programming will not allow you to book doubles of the following workshops in each time slot:
- Robot mouse in the house (Gr K/1)
- Ozobots (Gr 1/ 2)
- Music to my ears (Gr 4)
- Snap to it! (Gr 6)
- Captivating Chemistry (Gr 7)
- Codemakers: Ctrl Alt Elite
- Outstanding Optics (Gr 8)
- Please select a single time slot that works best for your classroom.
In the event that you have highlighted orange spaces on your schedule, some workshops will be unavailable within those spaces. The only workshops that will be able to be booked are:
- Garden Grow (gr 1)
- Wild World of Water (gr 1/2)
- Ozobots (gr 1/2)
- Magnets (gr 3)
- Forces (gr 5)
- Take a Deep Breath (gr 5)
- Snap To It! (gr 6)
- Fantastic Flight (gr 6)
- Outstanding Optics (gr 8)
Registration for 2024 is now open.