Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Faculty members are  available to speak to your class about the research being done at Dalhousie.

Department of Biology and Marine Biology

Book a tour of the Biology Department to see a lecture by a professor, visit the greenhouse, the Marine Gene Probe Lab, the Imaging Centre, or the aquarium rooms. You can often arrange a hands-on laboratory session or talk to the new Ocean Tracking Network group. Tours range from 1 and 2 hours and may include up to 30 students.  Contact us to arrange your own customized tour. Target Group:  Students in grades 11 and 12

Faculty members are available to visit your class and speak to your students about the research and educational opportunities available at Dalhousie.

First-year biology course available online: High school students can enroll in a first-year biology course online. See: Intro Biology Online

Department of Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry would like to be a resource for you.  If you have any questions or would like to work with one of us to develop activities and lesson plans for your students based on your curriculum outcomes, please do not hesitate to contact us!

Faculty members are available to speak to your classroom in the following areas:  organic, inorganic, analytical and physical chemistry. For more information on what we offer, click here.

The following booklets were developed at Dalhousie University by Dr. Mary Anne White and Nada Haidar, for the Canadian Society for Chemistry, for distribution to schools in Canada.

Grades 1-3 English (pdf)

Grades 1-3 French (pdf)

Grades 4-6 English (pdf)

Grades 4-6 French (pdf)

Department of Earth Sciences

Class Tours
The following tour is available to your classroom:

Explore Geology - This 1 hour workshop includes thirty minutes of hands-on exercises with rocks, minerals and fossils and a a follow-up discussion on results.  
Time Needed: 1 hour
Availability: May and June
Limit: 36 students

Teacher Resources: Activities/Lesson Plans
If you or your colleagues are interested in integrating Earth Sciences into your science program – but need to ensure they meet required curriculum outcome, we  can help. Our department has a faculty member (who is a former public school teacher) that has offered to work with you to develop activities/lesson plans in earth science for your science classes.

Classroom presentations:  Faculty members are available to speak to your class in the following areas: Geology, Geography, Earth Science topics such as rocks, minerals, fossils, volcanoes, and earthquakes.

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Classroom presentations: Faculty members listed below are available to speak to your class in the following areas:

Dr. Karl Dilcher
- Public-key cryptography
- A quiz game on great mathematicians and famous problems

Dr. Robert Milson
- Elementary probability theory

Dr. Richard Nowakowski
- Game theory
- Combinatorics and graph theory
- Mathematical problems solving

Dr. Dorette Pronk
- Symmetry and tiling
- Fractal geometry

Math Camp for Black Students:
Target Group: Black students in grades 6 and 7.
This mathematics camp is targeted to black students in grades 6 and 7 from across Nova Scotia. Students are selected to attend the camp from schools all over Nova Scotia. The aim of the camp is to generate interest in mathematics, statistics, computers and sciences so these students can pursue further studies with enthusiasm and appreciation of these subjects. Students are brought to the Dalhousie campus and stay in Howe Hall. Mornings and early afternoons are devoted to lectures and mathematical, statistical and computer activities, while late afternoon and evenings are devoted to extra curricular activities where they can apply the talents they have learnt in the classes and practice them. 

Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) Camp
Dates: TBC
This camp is aimed at high school students in Nova Scotia. The purpose is to identify, stimulate, and encourage mathematical talent. Accordingly, letters calling for nominations are sent out in early March to all the high schools in the province, both public and private. The stipulation is that a school can make no more than two nominations and that the nominees are to have finished either grade 10 or 11.  
Target Group:  Students after grades 10 and 11

Dalhousie University Mathematics Outreach program: High school workshops are available for both teachers and students. The program is run by Richard Nowakowski and Paul Ottaway.

Math Circles: The purpose of the Math Circles program is to foster interest in Mathematics among talented high school students and expose them to mathematics beyond the high school curriculum. We feel that this initiative will be especially worthwhile to those students participating in the Nova Scotia High School Math League. The coordinators of Math Circles at Dalhousie are: Angela Siegel and Richard Nowakowski.
Target Group:  Students in grades 10-12

Math League: The Nova Scotia High School Math League is designed to stimulate and challenge high school students across the province. The NSML is based on the very successful Newfoundland Math League which has been running since 1987. This is an excellent way for students to compete in a friendly manner and learn some mathematics in the process. Over the next years, we anticipate the NSML to expand to include additional school boards and eventually encompass the entire province. Target Group:  Students in grades 10-12
 

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Group tours are available upon request.

Department of Oceanography

Faculty members are available to speak to your class about the research being done at Dalhousie.

Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science

Holo-Tent: The Holo-Tent is physics in action: it's an exhibit that can be brought to interested schools anywhere in the province. It's a hands-on way for students to experience lasers and holograms. Inside the Holo-tent, students can do a physics experiment and make their own hologram to keep. 

Class tours: School groups are welcomed to visit the Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science. Topics include: liquid nitrogen shows, planetarium, photography, space and satellites, Arctic observatories. Preferred months are May, June and December.

Science Enrichment Program - Imhotep´s Legacy:
Imhotep's Legacy is an after-school science enrichment program which targets African Nova Scotian learners in grades 7, 8, and 9. Dalhousie science students visit participating schools weekly to deliver hands-on science activities, alternating with homework help. ANS learners, a maximum of five per grade, are selected by the school administrators.  For more information, visit http://imhotep.dal.ca/index.php.

Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Lecture: Students are invited to sit in on a lecture for Psychology 1011: Introduction to Psychology and Neuroscience (September-November) OR Psychology 1012 (January-March). This course provides an introduction to memory and forgetting, cognition, intelligence, motivation, social behaviour, personality and psychopathology.

Availability: Sept.-Dec 2008
Limit:  30 students
Target Group:  Students in grades 10-12
Other: Notice required – minimum one week

Classroom presentation: Faculty Member, Jennifer Stamp, is willing to speak to your students in any of following areas: memory, sensation, brain and ethnology. She is developing a drug presentation/workshop and is keen to talk to students about the biological and psychological factors association with recreational drug use.