Faculty of Science
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA | CANADA B3H 4R2 | +1 (902) 494-3540

Outreach Programs

There are a number of outreach programs available to Nova Scotia teachers for FREE. The following is a snapshot of outreach programs that would be great resources for your classroom.  

Imhotep's Legacy Academy (ILA) - Science Enrichment Program


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, please contact:
Coordinator
Tel: (902) 880-6638 or 494-2315
Email: imhotep@dal.ca
Website: http://imhotep.dal.ca/index.php

Let's Talk Science (LTS)

Let’s Talk Science is a national science outreach program that visits schools and participates in community events. The majority of schools visited are within the Halifax Regional Municipality, but we can go to schools all over Nova Scotia. All Let's Talk Science activities through Dal are provided FREE to schools thanks to support from Dalhousie University and national sponsors of LTS.

Options Available:
Partnership Program - Teachers are partnered with volunteer scientists, usually graduate students, who visit their class on several occasions (typically three times over the school year) to lead the students in hands-on science activities. This continuing relationship gives students the opportunity to know a real scientist. LTS volunteers also have helped to facilitate visits to Dalhousie. Volunteers will communicate with teachers in advance of their visits, which gives teachers more input on the activity and can be useful to help meet curriculum outcomes. 

One-time activity/presentation requests

Science Fair judging

Visits to Rural Schools - Outside of the Halifax area?
Contact us to discuss a visit to your school! The typical format is a group of volunteers visiting a school for a full or half-day to do activities wih many of the classes at your school.

If you have other ideas on how we can help provide enhanced science experiences for your students we would be happy to discuss them with you.

For more information, please contact the LTS Coodinating Team at E-mail: lts@dal.ca
http://letstalkscience.dal.ca

NS Math Circles

 

NS Math Circles is a high school outreach program that is dedicated to enriching the experiences of high school students in all areas of mathematics.

 

Once a month, September through June, a Math Circles event is held in the Math & Stats Department at Dalhousie University. These evening events are free! A typical event consists of a pizza supper and presentation on an area of mathematics. The presentations involve a lot of interaction and student participation. The presentations are geared toward high school aged students, but younger students, parents and teachers are welcomed also!  Students can come with a teacher, parent or they can just come with friends for an evening of pizza, mathematics and fun!

In addition to local events, Math Circles travels the province giving interactive mathematical presentations in the classroom! Free of charge!!


Thanks to the support of Dalhousie University and funding from the Imperial Oil Foundation, NS Math Circles now takes its presentations on the road! All of our talks are interactive, fun and related to high school curriculum outcomes. For every grade level, we have a selection of grade appropriate talks and all of our presentations can be adapted to suit your classroom needs. To host a Math Circles presentation in your classroom or to find out when the next local event is, please email us at mathcircles@dal.ca.

 

For more information please contact:
Danielle Cox : Program Director
Tel: (902) 494-7036
Email: mathcircles.@dal.ca
www.nsmathcircles.com

SuperNOVA at Dalhousie University

SuperNOVA is a student run science outreach organization, seeking to promote science, engineering and computer science to youth across Nova Scotia. This is done through hands-on in school workshops, active week long camps on Dalhousie’s campus and engaging programming throughout the year.SuperNOVA is a proud member of Actua. Actua provides training, resources, and support to a national network of local organizations offering science and technology education programs. Actua members reach over 225,000 youth per year in over 450 communities. Please visit Actua on the web at www.actua.ca

Featured Programs include:

I.T.S. for Girls! year long monthly programming

In-class science workshops aimed at grades 1-9
Science, Engineering and Computer Science themed summer camps:
- Monomers- grades 1&2
- Quarks- grades 3&4
- Explorers- grades 5&6
- Innovators- grades 7-9
- All-Girls week- grades 4-9
- SuperSKILLS- grades 10-12

CATALYST Leadership Program
(for those in grades 10-12)

For more information, please contact:
Tel: (902) 494-6220
Email: supernova@dal.ca
www.supernova.dal.ca

 

 

 

Scientists in the Schools (SITS)

SITS provides volunteer speakers in various scientific fields, P-12 schools across Nova Scotia. To ensure that all schools have equal access to the program, there is no charge for teachers and students – it’s FREE. Requests for speakers can be made through fax or email.

SITS is part of the Atlantic Science Links Association. It is a predominantly volunteer-driven educational program that helps students of all ages become more excited about science, technology, engineering and mathematics. In operation since 1989, SITS is a highly effective program that reaches thousands of students each year. Through its various projects, SITS provides a vital link between the education and science communities.

Also available are Ask-a-Scientist program, and the Science and Technology Awareness Network or STANet.

For more information, please contact:
Tel: (902) 494-2831
Email: sits@dal.ca
Website: http://atlanticsciencelinks.dal.ca