Science Rendezvous Victoria – May 11, 2024!
Join us for a day of exploration related to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) — full of fun activities, exciting demos and interesting research. For K-12 students, educators and science enthusiasts of all ages.
List of activities
A full list of activities available at each location will be available in early May.
Accessibility
We are committed to making our event as accessible and barrier-free as possible. If you have any accessibility needs in order to participate in our event, please contact us at scirenyyj-centorg@oceannetworks.ca.
- Building access: All UVic and Camosun buildings are accessible to people with differing mobility issues and mobility aids.
- Distraction-reduced environment: Science Rendezvous Victoria will open at 9:30 a.m. at both locations and feature a distraction-reduced environment (quieter and less busy) from 9:30 a.m. – 10 a.m.
- Pet therapy: We are grateful to partner with the Pacific Animal Therapy Society to bring therapy dogs to both event locations.
- Transportation: Paid parking is available close to each venue (see below for details). Both venues are also accessible via transit.
- Washrooms: Accessible washrooms are available at both locations. All-gender washrooms are available at both locations as well.
Food options
New this year, the UVic location of Science Rendezvous Victoria will have food trucks providing food for purchase next to the Bob Wright Centre. Get your coffee, snacks and lunch without having to leave the event!
Unfortunately, food is not available at our Camosun location this year.
Parking
Parking is available at both the UVic and Camosun campuses.
- UVic: Paid parking is available near the event location. We’d recommend choosing to park Parking Lot 1.
- Camosun: Paid parking is available near the event location. We’d recommend choosing to park in Parking Lot 8.
Photography and videography
We encourage participants to take pictures during Science Rendezvous. Please tag us if posting on social media — we’d love to see your pictures!
Please note: The University and College will be taking pictures and video during the event to share on social media and use for future promotional material. Photos that show children’s faces clearly will not be used. Please talk to a photographer/videographer if you do not wish to be in any promotional images.
Our partners
- UVic Faculties of Science, Social Sciences, and Engineering and Computer Science
- Camosun College Schools of Arts and Science, Trades and Technology, and Health and Human Services
- Ocean Networks Canada
- Science Venture
Find us on social media
- UVic: @UVicScience, @UVicSosc and @UVicECS
- Camosun: @camosun
- Ocean Networks Canada: @Ocean_Networks, #KnowTheOcean
- Science Venture: @scienceventure
- Science Rendezvous: @sci_rendezvous, #SciRenYYJ, #SciRen
SNAPSHOT OF SCIENCE CHASE 2021!
Welcome to Science Chase at the University of Victoria, developed in 2021! Perfect for any age, and online challenges you can do alone or with a team.
For Science Chase at UVIC:
- Complete the 4 challenges (test your skill by answering the questions)
- Once you have completed all 4 challenges at UVIC (earn your points by completing the Science Chase challenge quizzes), proceed to any of the other Science Chase sites across Canada!
- Ready, set, go!
This Site's Science Chase Resources:
Sounds of the Salish Sea
Fifteen years ago, the University of Victoria’s Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) made history as the world’s first large-scale, interactive, real-time portal into the ocean. This feat of engineering marked the dawn of the Internet-connected ocean, enabling us to advance our planet’s understanding of the ocean—or ocean intelligence—at a critical time. The free, open data that began to flow through the fibre optic cable fifteen years ago has improved our ability to monitor and understand our changing ocean, everything from earthquakes and tsunamis to deep sea biodiversity, whales, hydrothermal vents and the impact of climate change, including sea ice in the Arctic. An important device that ONC uses to listen to the sounds within the ocean is a hydrophone. Listen to the sound clip (below) that includes hydrophone recordings from the Salish Sea.
Practice Question #1:
There are two distinct sounds in this clip. What do you think might be making these sounds?
See One Fish Two Fish..
Ocean Networks Canada works with communities to plan and install community observatories. Community observatories are scaled-down versions of Ocean Networks Canada’s existing major observatories. As coastal communities face a wide range of rapid environmental changes, real-time data from community observatories can be used to support informed decisions about their coast and marine resources.
This video is from a community observatory at Kitamaat Village (located at the head of Douglas Channel on the North Coast of British Columbia).
Practice Question #2:
How many different species of fish can you identify?
Mathematics of Money
The alien planet Frobenion has a funny system of money. Their coin values are 7, 9 and 12 cents. They have an unlimited supply of each.
What is the largest value they cannot make using their coins? Try to explain why your answer is correct.
Make your own coins to experiment. Cut out some cardboard circles of three different sizes. Or, place stickers on quarters, dimes and nickels to (temporarily!) change them into Frobenion coins. Decorate your coins! Write down the values you can make and try to find when the gaps fill in.
Practice Question #3:
What is the largest value they cannot make using their coins? Try to explain why your answer is correct.
Triangle Decompositions
Consider the graph above. Watch the video below to learn about triangle decompositions.
See if you can solve the challenges in this quiz.
Then answer the question below as the final challenge for the University of Victoria Science Chase.
Practice Question #4:
Does the graph above have a triangle decomposition?
