Ooblecks, aliens, and 3D printers—oh my!
Over 60 youth showed up at the 2016 event to learn about and explore the world through NASA's Space Apps Toronto Youth Program. Sign up for the newsletter below to get advance notice and more info on next year's event, and other fun activities!
Registration and check-in opens at 12 noon. Between 1pm and 5pm, space-themed activities will be run by some of Toronto's leading tech organizations, including Canadian Association for Girls In Science, STEAMLabs, Robot Playtime, Kids Learning Code, Hot Pop Robot, and the Royal Ontario Museum.
Travel across the solar system and visit our neighbouring planets without ever leaving Earth! In this interactive 3D Google Cardboard experience you can learn about the planets and moons that call our solar system home.
These aren't your typical madlibs, because these ones are made with code! Answer a few questions to generate your madlib, and take a peek inside the code to see how it works.
Calling all robotics spacecraft commanders, the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission needs your help! You will program a rover from Robot Playtime to retrieve a sample from our simulated asteroid field.
NASA uses parachutes to safely bring their space craft back to Earth. You will be using your engineering skills and learning about gravity and drag to make your own parachute!
Examine pieces of asteroids and learn how to hunt for meteorites here on Earth! Learn how the Royal Ontario Museum is involved in the upcoming NASA OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.
Who needs a keyboard or mouse when you’ve got bananas! With the Makey Makey you will be able to play video games with a variety of conductive materials from tin foil to you favourite fruit.
What do pencils, popsicle sticks and Oreo cookies have in common? We can use them to make a Star Finder, a Pinwheel Galaxy Pinwheel, learn about Phases of Moon, and much more! Let’s get started.
Can we switch on a light, and yet not see it? Hmm. Is it magic or is it science? Learn about technologies used for Space travel and exploration. And do not forget to say Hello to our new robots!
Ctrl-Z Bayview Glen will be demonstrating its autonomous robot which will activate a number of mission models to score points on a 4' x 8' themed playing field. The team will then demonstrate its Smart Sort Trash Bin, an innovative way to ensure that trash is classified correctly to reduce contamination of the recycling stream.
James Costa is the Founder and CEO of Phuse, a digital user experience agency. In his spare time, James organizes the Toronto Agency Owner Meetup, co-founded Positive Gear, an organization that speaks and works with youth to empower them towards positive change, and is on the Board of Directors for the Trek for Teens Foundation, an organization that raises funds and awareness for youth homelessness in Toronto. When James isn't in Starbucks trying to catch up on his ever-growing to do list, he can be found playing XBOX with his son.
Oksana is an avid space hacker and Community Engagement Coordinator at The Working Group. She plans, organizes, and runs events for some of the top tech companies and communities in Toronto. When not running events, she focuses on sending things to space. After sending an iPhone and Hero camera to the stratosphere (100,000 feet above the earth!) a few years ago, she is currently working on designing a CubeSat to be put into earth orbit in 2017.
Kevin is an iOS and TVOS development team lead at Quickplay Media. He has lead design and development of live and video-on-demand streaming applications for Rogers, Bell, AT&T;, Telus, SingTel, and many more for iPhone, iPad, and even AppleTV. In his spare time, he builds his own apps independently, plays with any tech he can get his hands on, hangs out in the 5000-ball ball-pit on his balcony, and works on the CubeSat he plans on sending to space.
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