
In collaboration with STEAM Ecosystem BC, the STEAMing Ahead event at Vancouver Premier College of Arts and Science, was a resounding success! Families and friends gathered for a day filled with excitement and learning, enjoying a variety of activities that catered to all interests.
Participants challenged themselves with BC Genome’s STEM Jeopardy game. They experienced captivating presentations from Open Science and STEM ACES Education Inc., delving into design thinking and its impact on the future. Vancouver Premier College offered insights into the critical topic of Cybersecurity, teaching attendees how to safeguard their digital identities. Attendees also participated in Ethos Lab’s Hackathon, designing innovative prototypes like educational video games, which fostered creativity and teamwork without requiring coding experience.
Attendees had the opportunity to meet and interact with top-tier researchers and innovators, engage in hands-on experiments, and be amazed by live scientific demonstrations. The event provided an immersive experience into the captivating world of science and technology, leaving everyone inspired and eager for more.
This exciting event was held on Saturday, June 15, 2024.
STEAM Ecosystem BC
STEAM Ecosystem BC is a non-profit learning ecosystem comprised of a network of diverse collaborators from education, technology, science, the arts and business sectors in British Columbia, working together to ensure all learners have equal access to educational resources and opportunities.
Genome BC
Genome BC’s Geneskool will be sharing with students how proteins are made from information stored in DNA, using a triplet code of “codons”, the students will spell their name with the DNA code by making a bracelet in which 1 amino acid “letter” is converted into 3 DNA “letters”. The Geneskool team will also be extracting DNA live from fruit. Following a simple protocol in the correct sequence, students will be able to directly see DNA from fruit!
Open Science Network
Vancouver’s only community science lab will have activities suitable for all ages.
STEM ACES Education Inc.
Visit our interactive booth to explore genetics through a hands-on activity. Simulate inheritance of human traits, mix and match them, and compare your own to future generations. This hands-on experience provides insights into gene transmission and can lead to surprising discoveries about yourself.
TRIUMF
TRIUMF (Canada’s national accelerator centre) specializes in accelerating particles to near-light speeds for basic scientific research. Many types of electronic circuits are used to achieve this high-energy acceleration. Here, in our STEAMing Ahead activity, we offer opportunities for kids, youth, and young adults to safely create their own electronic circuits with analogies to systems used at TRIUMF. We provide simple activities alongside our expert physicists to create “light-up LED” circuits with batteries, resistors, wires, and LEDs. We also demonstrate more advanced circuits with capacitors, diodes, and how to use multimeters and oscilloscopes to measure electrical properties and understand the flow of electrons in circuits. Hands-on “experimental” physics of this kind is critical for young people in today’s ultra-high-tech world.
UBC Geering Up
An interactive Chladni Plate experiment, allowing participants to visualize intricate patterns created by different sound frequencies. This hands-on experience reveals the invisible world of sound and vibration, enhancing understanding and potentially sparking a new interest in the science of sound.
UBC Medicine
UBC Quantum Club
SFU Centre for Forensic Research
The Centre for Forensic Research is designed to create new knowledge in the forensic sciences for the purposes of solving crimes, identifying human remains, determining elapsed time since death and circumstances of death on local and global scales.
Engineers and Geoscientists BC
Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia is the business name of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of British Columbia. Engineers and Geoscientists BC regulates and governs these professions under the authority of the Professional Governance Act.
Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences
The PIMS mandate is to promote excellent research and applications of the mathematical sciences, to facilitate the training of highly qualified personnel, to create an equitable, diverse and inclusive community in the mathematical sciences, to enrich public awareness of and education in mathematics and to create partnerships with similar organizations around the world.
Ethos Lab
This event will provide participants with a variety of materials and challenge them to create unique prototypes based on specific criteria. For example, one of the tasks could involve designing a video game that teaches a valuable skill, blending fun with education. For example, The hackathon aims to foster creativity, encourage teamwork, provide hands-on experience with design and prototyping, and introduce user experience and educational content creation. Participants will brainstorm, collaborate, and bring their ideas to life without coding experience, providing an inclusive and supportive environment. This event promises to be a dynamic and inspiring opportunity for young minds to explore and showcase their talents.
EIM Technology
EIM Technology is an edtech company that specializes in making the world of electronics and technology engaging and accessible for beginners at the start of their journey.
H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
The H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, also known as the Planetarium, has been British Columbia’s premier space science attraction since its doors opened in 1968.
Science Fair Foundation
The Science Fair Foundation of BC (SFFBC) is the largest volunteer science outreach network in the province supporting science and technology education by inspiring curiosity through the Science Fair program. With over 1,500 science and technology educators and professionals volunteering as mentors, judges and science fair hosts; SFFBC’s Science Fair Program is recognized as one of the most successful in Canada.
Vancouver Premier College of Arts and Science
As this year’s host of STEAMing Ahead, we welcome all of our partners, collaborators and guests to this marquee event at our Richmond campus. Come meet our instructors and staff and delve into the world of Cybersecurity. Learn how to safeguard your digital identity in our increasingly connect world. See you there!