In time for Earth Month, the Ontario Science Centre (OSC) partnered with Evergreen Brick Works in April in a new initiative to make science accessible and fun in new spaces.
They created an interactive pop-up exhibit full of free activities exploring water and sustainability in the Toronto area. The exhibit centered around 3 activities – making kaleidoscopes, chromatography flowers and pinwheel hats.
“We hope people will see that science is everywhere,” says Victoria Gee, Programmer at the Ontario Science Centre. “It’s not just something that lives in textbooks — it can be made into hands-on experiences, and that you can find wherever you go!”
The goal was not only to foster active engagement with the next generation of climate champions, but bring in people of all ages. They saw a large number of parents interacting, and some engaging more than their children, with these interactive activities.
OSC has been working on several pop-events all over Toronto, like Harbourfront Centre and CF Sherway Gardens. By going out into the world and creating these informal classrooms, they are able to make science learning more accessible to people who would otherwise not be engaging with OSC.
Read the full story on Evergreen’s website.