Manitoba Schools Science Symposium

YouTube Space Lab <http://www.youtube.com/spacelab?feature=inp-pr-space> is a worldwide educational initiative that challenges 14-18 year-old students to design a science experiment that can be performed in space. The two winning experiments will be conducted aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and live streamed on YouTube.  A prestigious panel of scientists, astronauts, and educators, including renowned professor Stephen Hawking, NASA’s Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations William Gerstenmaier, NASA’s Associate Administrator of Education and former Astronaut Leland Melvin, ESA Astronaut Frank De Winne, JAXA Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and Cirque du Soleil’s founder Guy Laliberté, will judge the entries with input from the YouTube community.  Students in two age categories, 14-16 years old and 17-18 years old, either alone or in groups of up to three, may submit a YouTube video describing their experiment to YouTube.com/SpaceLab. Submissions close on December 7.

WISE Kid-Netic Energy, University of Manitoba – is offering two great summer camps for kids enthusiastic about science and engineering.
First – WISE Kid-Netic Energy Camp – offered in 21 locations across Manitoba, including miniU! Camp is for grade 4 – 6 students. Every day has a theme; this year we are featuring – Marine Biology, How It’s Made, Natural Disasters, The Work of Famous Scientists and Forensic Science. For full details, visit www.wisekidneticenergy.ca or www.miniu.ca . ***PLEASE NOTE: Reduced registration fees for miniU – only $150 for the week.***

Second – Space Camp (MSAC), University of Manitoba – offered July 18 – 22, Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba. This is a camp focused on space, physics, aerospace, flight and related industries. Sessions are led by experts in the field and have extensive hands-on activities and lab tours. Space camp is for grade 9 – 12 students. For more information, visit www.wisekidneticenergy.ca . ***Camp is $75 if registration received by June 1.***

For further information contact 474-9340.