Winter is full of science! Join RCI Science and Waterloo Public Library in this family fun exploration of ice, snow and everything frozen. Featuring a family-friendly science talk, exciting hands on experiments and a free community skate there will be lots of fun for everyone.

3:00 - 3:30 PM - Talk (appropriate for ages 9 and up)

Corina McDonald, Science Curator of the University of Waterloo’s Earth Sciences Museum, provides a family-friendly science talk about snowflakes and shows us how to make snowflake fossils.

Fossils usually take hundreds of thousands of years to form, but not snowflake fossils! Learn about these wonderful minerals that fall from the sky and how you can ‘fossilize’ them at home.

3.:30 - 4:00 PM Activities with Let’s Talk Science and Waterloo Library (appropriate for ages 4 and up)

Let’s Talk Science coordinate exciting hands on experiments including:

• Arctic Animals - Understand how animals adapt to harsh Arctic environments through take-home colouring sheets and hands-on demonstrations.

• Microscopes - Discover the power of microscopes and get a closer view of everyday objects in incredible detail!

• Cloud in a Bottle - Learn about the science of pressure and watch our scientists magically make clouds appear!

4:00 - 5.00 pm - Open skate sponsored by RCIScience.

About Let’s Talk Science

Let’s Talk Science is a volunteer program run through universities across Canada. We strive to inspire and engage children from preschool to grade 12 about science using hands-on activities and learning.