WISE Acadia

WISE Fall coffee mixer - Sep 17th from 6-8pm in the Huestis Innovation Pavilion! Come if you can!

Thank you Sarah MacKinnon for the Kinesiology session "Girls in Motion" in the mLAB where our campers learned about biomechanics in sport and injury prevention. Using the force plate is always a favorite and I like how we get to see why physics is so important in this lab!

For some students coming to university also involves participating in competitive sports. We are grateful to Assistant coach of the women's soccer team Meghan Earle and some of the soccer players for running a soccer session on the turf for our campers!

- Fri morning

On Thursday afternoon our WISE campers participated in a mentorship session where they spoke to students in several different programs. They asked what they like about university and their program. Campers commented on the last day that they found this session very impactful and that it helped them consider what they might like to do in university. A warm thank you to this great group of mentors!

Our WISE day campers enjoyed the session "Why am I eating this?" Where they explored the sensory properties of food. Thank you Dr. Matt McSweeney, Professor and Director of the Centre for the Sensory Research of Food and Emily for leading this session on Thursday morning!

Thank you Matthew Hazel and helpers for the anatomy lab that had jaws dropping! Many of our campers were excited to share what they learned in this Biology lab. Thank you to the Biology dept for supporting this session.

- Thursday morning

There are so many exciting things to explore at K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre! Our WISE campers enjoyed learning about conservation in a collaborative session with the Herbarium, Seed Bank and Tissue Culture lab where they learned about plant propagation, germination and preservation during some of their Wed afternoon sessions. Thank you to everyone who helped lead these sessions!

Our WISE campers enjoyed drawing Native Plants in the Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens with Judith J. Leidl, MFA and her helpers.

- Wednesday afternoon

On Wednesday morning our WISE Acadia campers also participated in a math escape room! Thank you to the math team for this challenge! I wish I could have tried this one!