High School Programs
All high school classes grades 10-12 are welcome to register for an in-person campus visit in which students will complete a first-year university science experiment in a wet lab or computer lab. Topics include chemistry, maths, medical physics, and robotics.
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On-Campus High School Labs
Volunteers will guide students through a lab which generally takes 2 hours. All materials will be provided. In addition to the lab activity, campus or research facility tours may also be possible (subject to availability).
All labs will take place on campus in buildings located at Gould St. and Church St., Toronto. They are within walking distance of Dundas Subway Station.
Registration for fall 2024 is now open. (external link, opens in new window)
1) Chemistry - Photospectrometry
Date & Time: Mondays, 10am - 12pm
Description: Working in pairs, students analyze water samples using photospectrometry. Students must complete a pre-lab math sheet prior to the lab.
Length of Time: 2 hours
Capacity: 35 students
Grade: 11-12
2) Math - Cryptography
Date & Time: Mondays, 10am - 12pm
Description:
- Cryptography is an area of mathematics in which information can be securely encrypted. An encrypted message should be accessible to the intended receiver and unintelligible to third parties.
- This program supports student learning by:
- (1) introducing technology to mathematics, as students use Google Sheets and R (programming language) to encrypt and decrypt via the Hill Cipher method
- (2) providing real life applications of vectors and matrices. The concept of an inverse will be discussed, allowing students to draw similarities between the inverse of a function and the inverse of a matrix.
- Cryptography provides students with a transition from Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U) to Linear Algebra (MTH108 or MTH141) - a course which must be taken in all STEM-related university programs.
Length of Time: 2 hours
Capacity: 30 students
Grade: 11 (Functions) - 12 (Advanced Functions / Calculus)
2) Medical Physics
Date & Time: Thursdays, 10am - 11:30am
Description: Students learn to analyze medical images to determine whether a patient has cancer. No experience is required.
Length of Time: 1.5 hours
Capacity: 40 students
Grade: 11-12
4) Computer Science - Robotics
Date & Time: Fridays, 12pm - 2pm
Description: Students work with arduino robots to guide the robot through a simple obstacle course. Some coding knowledge is required.
Length of Time: 2 hours
Capacity: 24 students
Grade: 10-12
Registration
Using our google calendar system you can book the date that works for your class directly. We will follow up with confirmation details about your lab.
Teachers may only book one lab per semester and then may request to be waitlisted for additional labs in the same semester.
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If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at scixchange@torontomu.ca.
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