{"id":7670,"date":"2023-09-22T11:27:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T15:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/placepourtoi.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=7670"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:26:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:26:54","slug":"a-genius-idea","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.placepourtoi.ca\/en\/educators\/a-genius-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"A Genius Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-688ngm-64ec1d831de1c3a6eb36f22b9ff26cde\">\n.avia-section.av-688ngm-64ec1d831de1c3a6eb36f22b9ff26cde{\nbackground-color:#fffff;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/www.placepourtoi.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/top-left-corner.png);\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-position:0% 0%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-688ngm-64ec1d831de1c3a6eb36f22b9ff26cde main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  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av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>Duration: 10 to 50 minutes<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lmunletx-769e9606ac5d194aa8d6197d65ccf881\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lmunletx-769e9606ac5d194aa8d6197d65ccf881 .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lmunletx-769e9606ac5d194aa8d6197d65ccf881 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Your students will explore several major physical principles as they participate in fun, educational science activities that also meet the objectives of the Qu\u00e9bec Education Program.<br \/>\nOur turnkey projects each come with a kit that includes a teaching guide, a student handout, educational and audiovisual material, and a 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The materials are easy to adapt to your students\u2019 grade level and amount of class time you wish to devote to the activity.<\/p>\n<p>Watch your students become engineers with our science activities!<\/p>\n<p>And the best news? It\u2019s free! 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But some of your loved ones have suffered a few mishaps during your stay. Don\u2019t worry, it\u2019s nothing serious. Use your creativity and ingenuity to build prototype devices2 and help them get better so they can spend their Construction Holiday more \u201cconstructively.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This challenge allows you to teach your students about the human body, the properties of materials and the propagation of sound.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-95rqfq-84ae5300b5d0b988c87e522ac640d326 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-31  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_third  flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lmunzv8a-26246fa3c4546884b0688bcef2372d21\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lmunzv8a-26246fa3c4546884b0688bcef2372d21 .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#000000;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lmunzv8a-26246fa3c4546884b0688bcef2372d21 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Marion Cossin is an engineer at Montreal\u2019s CR!TAC, a research centre for circus arts. 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Bend over backwards and take a crack at this conundrum!<\/p>\n<p>This challenge introduces your students to the principle of center of gravity, in addition to forces, the properties of materials and transformation of energy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-av_one_third-fdc8dc64e1c813fefec5087db98e1330 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-33  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_textblock-25c00d8615199b53258ddb1aa72ae5e9\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-av_textblock-25c00d8615199b53258ddb1aa72ae5e9 .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#000000;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-25c00d8615199b53258ddb1aa72ae5e9 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Every day, humans build and use roads that divide wildlife habitat and disturb its occupants. Concerned about promoting harmonious coexistence between humans and animals, your engineering firm specializes in the design of wildlife crossings, which allow fauna to roam their territory in peace. By reconnecting natural environments, we facilitate, for example, movement and access to resources for animals, both small and large.<\/p>\n<p>This challenge provides students with a hands-on understanding of <strong>the constraints and considerations that arise with every engineering project<\/strong>. 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class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-25c00d8615199b53258ddb1aa72ae5e9 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>You played the game. You saw the movie. You even watched them on TV. You know what we\u2019re talking about: Angry Birds, those feathered menaces we love to catapult into constructions. But it\u2019s not easy to get them to land where we want. Do you pull the sling farther back? Maybe a little more to the right? Aim up just a smidge?<\/p>\n<p>Which student will be the first to hit the target with their catapult? There are plenty of variables to take into account, such as the weight of the ball, which elastic to choose, what launch angle to use, and how much force to apply.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Physical principles explored:<\/strong> principle of levers, stored energy and energy conversion, air resistance, and parabolic trajectory.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-av_one_third-fdc8dc64e1c813fefec5087db98e1330 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-50  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_third  flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_textblock-25c00d8615199b53258ddb1aa72ae5e9\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-av_textblock-25c00d8615199b53258ddb1aa72ae5e9 .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#000000;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-25c00d8615199b53258ddb1aa72ae5e9 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Have you ever looked out the window when it rained and wondered at the strange, mysterious behaviour of the raindrops as they slid down the glass?<\/p>\n<p>Your students will explore that behaviour as they test how many drops of water they can fit on a five-cent coin. Which drop will be one drop too many?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Physical principles explored:<\/strong> water properties (more specifically, the surface tension of water) and the infinitely small (atoms, charges and bonds).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-av_one_third-fdc8dc64e1c813fefec5087db98e1330 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-52  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_textblock-25c00d8615199b53258ddb1aa72ae5e9\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-av_textblock-25c00d8615199b53258ddb1aa72ae5e9 .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#000000;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-25c00d8615199b53258ddb1aa72ae5e9 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>In the recycling industry, magnets are used to sort magnetic materials from other recyclables. 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