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Summer Science Club!

Join us for a summer filled with fun, hands-on STEM Activities!

Who: 12-15 year olds

Dates: Wednesdays from Jul. 9 to Aug. 20, 2025
(no meeting Jul. 30)

Time: 10 AM - noon

Where: Central Library

Cost: $237/person

#stemfun #scienceclub #handsonfun

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Join us at Renfrew Park Community Centre for an afternoon of exploring Renfrew Ravine. Science For's Veronica will be leading activities to investigate the environment using methods employed by professional scientists.
#familyfun #earthday2025 #stemfun #handsonlearning

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Did You Know?

At an estimated 25 to 35 trillion, there are approximately 10 times as many red blood cells in the human body as there are trees on Earth (~3.04 trillion)

#didyouknow #sciencefacts #blood #redbloodcells #thatsalot

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Word of the Week

One from one of Veronica's recent nature walks.

Lenticel: a raised pore on the stem of a woody plant that allows gases to be exchanged between the atmosphere and the interior of the plant.
#wordoftheweek #sciencewords #lenticel #woodyplants

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Because it's Punny Friday...

Two chemists walk into a bar.

The first chemist calls to the bartender, "I'll have H2O."

The second chemist calls, "I'll have H2O too!"

The second chemist is rushed to the hospital.

#punnyfriday #funnyfriday #sciencejokes #oldiebutgoodie

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Did You Know?

There are more trees on Earth (~3.04 trillion) than stars in the Milky Way (100-400 million). With more trees in Canada's boreal forest (~318 million) alone than stars in our galaxy.

#didyouknow #sciencefacts #trees #borealforest #taiga #milkyway #stars

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Word of the Week

Mudflat: a flat, very wet, muddy, intertidal area that is covered during high tide and uncovered during low tide.

#wordoftheweek #sciencewords #mudflat #rockypointpark

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Because it's Punny Friday...

A bit of a visual pun today.

Heading: Cells multiply by dividing.

Happy-face emoji labelled 'Biologists'

Anguish-face emoji labelled 'Mathematicians'

#punnyfriday #funnyfriday #sciencejokes #biologists #mathematicians #celldivision #arithmetic

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Word of the Week

Nymph: the juvenile form of many invertebrates, particularly insects; a sexually immature insect that is similar to its adult form but lacks wings ; a late-larval stage of an insect.
#wordoftheweek #sciencewords #insects #nymphs

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Because Veronica's choir started rehearsing The Galaxy Song today...

Did You Know?

At the equator, the Earth rotates at 1,670 km/hr.

#didyouknow #sciencefacts #theearth
#montypython #communitychoir

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Because it's Punny Friday...

Man: I have a new pen that can write underwater!

Woman: Really?

Man: Yes. And it can write other words too!

Woman: [facepalm]

#punnyfriday #funnyfriday #sciencejokes #pen #oldiebutgoodie

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Did You Know?

More than 200 viruses case the symptoms of a common cold, with the main type being rhinoviruses, ut bwith coronaviruses, parainfluenza viruses, adenoviruses, enteroviruses, and metapneumovirus also being frequent culprits.
#didyouknow #sciencefacts #commoncold

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Word of the Week

Oxidation: a chemical reaction that takes place when a substance comes in contact with oxygen or another oxidizing substance.

#wordoftheweek #sciencewords #oxidation

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Because it's Punny Friday...

Man: What does a caterpillar do on January 1st?

Woman: I don't know. What?

Man: Turns over a new leaf!

Woman: [shrugging] Happy New Year!

#punnyfriday #funnyfriday #sciencejokes #caterpillar #newleaf #happynewyear

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Did You Know?

The North American blue grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) holds the record for the shortest known migration, travelling 300m from its mountainous, pine-forest winter home to its deciduous-forest summer home.

#didyouknow #sciencefacts #migration #birdmigration

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Word of the Week

Poikilotherm: an animal that has a highly-variable internal temperature; an animal whose internal temperature varies in relation to its surrounding (external) temperature.

#wordoftheweek #sciencewords #poikilotherm

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Because it's Punny Friday...

Man: Do you have any books on turtles?

Librarian: Hardback?

Man: Yes! With little heads....

Librarian: [facepalm]

#punnyfriday #sciencejokes #turtles #library

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Did You Know?

The five most abundant elements are: hydrogen, helium, oxygen, carbon, and neon. However, hydrogen and helium are estimated to make up 98% of all matter as we know it.

#didyouknow #sciencefacts #milkyway #periodicelements #matter

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Word of the Week

Quantitative Precipitation Forecast: the prediction of the amount of precipitation that will fall in a particular location over a specified period of time.

#wordoftheweek #sciencewords #meterology #rainyseason

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@gunsnrosesgirl3 I was told I couldn't go into STEM because 'it was proven that women's brains are incapable of that type of logical thinking'....