THUNDER BAY – Residents were treated to an event that celebrated and highlighted science at Intercity Shopping Centre this weekend.
The 12th annual Science Festival, hosted by Science North, held a Science Carnival on Saturday to wrap up a week's worth of events, exhibits, and activities.
“When we started off, we had a Science of Sound with the Tamarack Quintet. We had an event with Snow Day with the City of Thunder Bay. We had the Youth Climate Action Summit this week,” said Monica Prodanyk, science, technology, engineering and mathematics specialist, Science North Thunder Bay.
“We had nerd night at the Sleeping Giant Brewery and then we wrap up the whole week with our big event at the end -- a Science Carnival.”
The carnival featured over 30 exhibitors displaying hands-on presentations that provided families the opportunity to participate in science, innovation, technology and Indigenous knowledge-based activities.
Visitors were also treated to science shows presented by Science North, and were able to watch demonstrations on various topics including how the human body works.
Prodanyk said there was something for everyone to enjoy.
“We have so many young people (visit), but it's also for people of all ages. We obviously love the kids to come out and have a great time, but it's also for the everyone as well,” she said.
“We love that there's some older people that were like, hey, science isn't exactly for me, but you know what? They come to these events and they realize that everything is science. We love having the kids engaged in all of our activities and games and experiments.”
To find out more about future science-based events, visit sciencenorth.ca.
