Activities & Workshops by Solar Roadshow

Activities & Workshops

New Tel/Cell (604) 512-9567


Here's a list of hands-on edu-fun activities for kids from ages 4 to 104 by the Solar Roadshow. These can be done indoors or outdoors, unless otherwise indicated. For teachers looking for
prescribed learning outcomes information for each activity, please click here.



Please click on the underlined text below
to view these video clips:


Canada Day 2008 - North Vancouver
http://www.vimeo.com/1271995

Kids Day - Festival of the Arts
(people's reviews only)
http://www.vimeo.com/1318092
(full length)
http://www.vimeo.com/1343734

Whistler Children's Art Festival
(sailcar build/race)
http://www.vimeo.com/1340467
(sticky bubbles)
http://www.vimeo.com/1364761
(carbon-free cooling station)
http://www.vimeo.com/1359891

Vancouver West End Street Festival
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xam73e_vancouver-festival-s-world-s-first_webcam

Model Bridge-Makers' Faire at an Independent School
http://vimeo.com/1971994

Battery Giveaway UFO Magic at Earth Day Kids Zone
http://vimeo.com/1686395

Vancity Community Day & Branch Opening
http://video.baamboo.com/watch/2/video/495726

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e-ItvRU36Q

Wind Farm and Sail-Powered Cars Workshops
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN9mBTfxh-0

Sticky Bubbles at GVRD Country Celebration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0TAf7wHi5c

Eco-Themed Colouring Contest at Shopping Mall
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=146698587556114585&q=SOLAR+POWERED+ROADSHOW&total=6&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=5

Solar-Robots, Fishing, and Electric Vehicle
at Car Show & Shine
http://www.livevideo.com/video/97BB893D228F478ABC863D9DAA5C50A2/show-shine-solar-powered-ro.aspx








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(For any venue including birthday parties)


Model solar car building , theory and races
Build a solar cooker and take it home - forest fire prevention
Model sailcars and races
Sustainable Energy magic show
Experiment and build wind turbines
Mystery Solar Power Device competition
Solar Electric shock & mind-over-body games
Reviving "non-rechargeable" batteries with solar panels
Solar powered bubble machines, bubble beards for festivals
Solar-powered 'dragon boat' racing

Kinetic solar-powered art






Hands-on Workshops for Schools , Museums,
Out-of-School Care Centres, Summer Daycamps, or

Gifted Kids' Continuing-Education


Ocean wave energy, water turbines
& biofeedback thinking aid

Stirling engines
Fuel cell cars
Repairing umbrellas for zero waste
Almost-free thermoelectric energy
Radio-controlled model sailcars (outdoor only)
Advanced sailcars
Advanced model solar cars (for gifted & advanced learners)
Build a model city ("Electric City") that runs on renewable energy
(http://carbon-free.blogspot.com/)
"Not Invented Yet" Kids Inventors Workshop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1VwLpo-3nI

Girls rebuilding an electric vehicle
(http://capilano-college-solar.blogspot.com/

Inventions from Da Vinci to Tesla (including the "Bridge Party")
http://da-vinci-kids.blogspot.com/



New Activities

Moonliteball for all ages, indoors, or night time outdoors
"Be The Dinosaur" (kids inside a full-size baby dinosaur edu-fun)
Can a Car Run on Water?
Solar Clap-Clap Bug Race (for ages 3-9 *HOT*)
Bridge Makers' Faire
Giant Solar-Powered Jump-On Piano Keyboard
Revived Battery UFO Magic Show
Keeping people in slow-moving lineups much happier..
..with screaming, crazy edu-fun games
Blue Man Gruppe
recycled-energy sound & light
Catch and Release Fishing Game
Solar Robot-Rowboat Race
Balloon Jousting Knights-In-Shining-Armour
Clicker-Battery Refreshment Bar & Magnet Station
The Wind-Farm and Model Car Races
Watt/Cost/Carbon Calculator Station
Inefficient Car Lightbulb Swap Demo Station
Forest-Saving Device Guessing Game
Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Rocket Launches