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Activities to stimulate and feed your curiosity during spring break!

Laval, January 21, 2020 - Spring break will be all about science and fun in the laboratories of the Musée Armand-Frappier. Children aged 6 to 10 will be able to take part in day camps, and families will have the chance to explore genetics with the "DNA: Family Ties Explained!" activity.

Spring Break Science Camps
March 2 to 6, 2020
Welcome curious youngsters aged 6 to 10!

  • Children aged 6 to 8 will have the chance to take part in Bioscience Camp, during which they'll don lab coats and carry out a wide range of experiments in the laboratory. In the process, they'll discover the many scientific disciplines that study living things... biology, ecology, anatomy and more!
  • Ages 8 to 10 will discover the immunology camp. They'll observe white blood cells under a microscope, manipulate antibodies and perform an immunodiffusion test... among other experiments!

Fee-based activity - Online registration underway
Information and registration: musee-afrappier.qc.ca or (450) 686-5641 ext. 0
 

Family activity "DNA: family tunes explained!
February 29 to March 7 (except March 1) 2020

Join the whole family for an animated tour of the exhibition Nous et les autres. From prejudice to racism, during which you'll discover DNA, the molecule behind our differences... and our similarities! You'll take part in a fun game about heredity, and find out why you look so much like your relatives. In the laboratory, young and old alike will don their lab coats and extract DNA from bananas.

Fee-based activity - Online registration underway
Information and registration: musee-afrappier.qc.ca or (450) 686-5641 ext. 0

 

About the Museum
The mission of the Musée Armand-Frappier is to promote understanding of scientific issues related to human health by offering educational activities to the general public.

Partners
The Museum thanks its main partners: Ville de Laval, Government of Québec, Government of Canada, Merck, Actua, INRS, Ministère de l'Économie et de l'Innovation, Ministère de l'Immigration, de la Diversité et de l'Inclusion, Commission scolaire de Laval and Société de transport de Laval.

Source
Anna Lieby, Communications Manager
450-686-5641 #4416 or [email protected]