STEM Kids Rock

A year ago today, February 11, 2018, was one of the greatest and most terrifying days for me. I was invited to speak at the Ontario Science Centre for their International Day of Women and Girls in Science event, little did I know that this day would change my entire life in so many ways. The Ontario Science Centre was truly my second home growing up. My brother Aidan and I would visit the Ontario Science Centre on a weekly basis, dashing through the exhibits, having a routine

STEM Kids Rock is very proud of our amazing STEM Squad of volunteers, especially Leah Chang! Leah is a long-time member of STEM Kids Rock, our meteorite expert, and a grade 6 student at Central Park Public School in Markham. In school, Leah enjoys reading, math and art; and outside of school, Leah loves gymnastics, digital art, programming, her 3D pen, and STEM Kids Rock (of course!). Leah is leading our STEAM Outreach event at her elementary school's STEAM Night and we could

STEM Kids Rock's Daniel Zhao is a grade five student at Roy H. Crosby Public School's Gifted Program. His favourite subjects are science, biology, health, music and mathematics. He attends every STEM Kids Rock Free Mobile Science Centre Events and is our amazing Rocks & Minerals Expert! At school, Daniel joined the Health Action and it has been a life changing experience for him. The Health Action Team organizes a lot of events for the school like sports, smoothies, "Walking

Patricia Rea loves science – and as a member of the STEM Kids Rock team she gets to enthusiastically share that passion while making friends with kids who have equally curious minds. Patricia’s interest in genetics, microbiology and astronomy have been fueled by a steady diet of Quirks and Quarks, Cosmos and YouTube series like It’s Ok to Be Smart (along with binge-watching Star Trek and Dr. Who). She is a grade 7 student at St. Justin Martyr C.E.S. in Markham, and her goal i

Come to any of the free STEM Kids Rock events and you will have the pleasure of meeting Jordyn Sunn, our butterfly & moth expert! Jordyn is 19 years old and a graduate of St. Augustine CHS where she favourite courses where parenting and drama. Jordyn is a very hardworking teen scientist who is at all of our events, and helps with our STEM Kids Rock social media! In her spare time, Jordyn is an active advocate for those living with Cerebral Palsy as well as the captain of the

STEM Kids Rock had the most amazing International Women's Day 2018! We started off at a the "Breakfast with Bright Minds" hosted by the amazing City of Markham's Mayor Frank Scarpitti! The breakfast celebrated Women in STEM from the City of Markham, Canada's High-Tech Capital! There were so many amazing women who were sharing their trailblazing jobs, I was so impressed. For example, did you know that IBM has 20 Master Inventors and Joanna Ng is the only woman who holds this t

Hamza Khan is 17 years old and a top science student at Stouffville District Secondary School. His favourite subjects in school are biology and mathematics and will be studying life sciences at University in the fall. In his spare time, Hamza is a teen scientist volunteer with STEM Kids Rock. STEM Kids Rock does over 60 free events throughout the year in hopes of encouraging elementary students to fall in love with science. Hamza is a very important member of the STEM Kids Ro

I have been passionate about dinosaurs for as long as I can remember. Growing up, I loved natural history museums and could spend hours in dinosaur exhibits. If there was a play excavation dig, you can bet I was there. It amazes me that these giant (and small) creatures ruled the earth for around 170 million years. That’s a long time! The study of fossils is so important because it tells us information about different creatures and plants, most of which no longer exist in li

STEM Kids Rock had an amazing weekend thanks to Regional Councillor Nirmala Armstrong and the Hounourable Bob Saroya, MP who invited our STEM Squad to their community New Year's Levee. On Saturday, January 13th, the STEM Kids Rock Girls Only Squad came out to support Regional Councillor Nirmala Armstrong's New Year's Levee. The event also showcased the Markham Thunder of the Canadian Women's Hockey League! The entire team came over to our tables and we soon learned that a num