Home School Programs

What is an algorithm? What does it mean to write computer code? Can a computer mimic the natural world? Explore these questions and more as students create a beaded bracelet and learn how to find computer programming ideas in nature and culture. This program incorporates the use of a bead loom with pony beads to understand algorithms, patterns, designs, and sequences.

Students act as forensic scientists by analyzing fingerprints, ink chromatography, handwriting, fibers, tire tread patterns, and DNA evidence to help reveal the prime suspect. Evaluate all the evidence and guard against biases that can influence the reliability of their results. The game is afoot, can you find the prime suspect using the evidence provided?

Students will participate in hands-on exploration with lenses and mirrors as they discover reflection, refraction, the movement of light, and more at the Science Centre.