Fishing nets and garbage threaten the leatherback sea turtle, one of Canada’s most endangered aquatic species. Experience life as the world’s largest reptile and learn how you can help marine habitat!

A “bird shield,” a radio collar for caribou, and an eel channel are just a few examples of Hydro-Québec’s wildlife conservation efforts. Come find out more.

The Université de Montréal offers some fascinating activities for the year of biodiversity. Come explore the different domains and kingdoms of living things and how they relate to human beings.

Twenty scientific images and 20 everyday objects. Think you can match them? A visual experience drawn from the very heart of research.

Fossil fuels, greenhouse effect, smog. Learn about air pollution and its consequences for the planet, and how recycling old cars might be beneficial.

Come identify birds from the Greater Montréal area. Enthusiastic ornithologists are eager to reveal their birding secrets.

Understand biodiversity and the essential role that insects, wetlands, plants and animals play in the conversation. Come talk with our facilitators and take part in our activities.

Think it would be easy to not use wood for a whole day? You’d be surprised. Wood is everywhere in our daily lives.

A small house that operates on solar and wind power, living buildings, satellites, traditional Inuit knowledge to help Arctic foxes, digesting machines, recycled shrimp shells. The scientific research taking place in the Lower Saint Lawrence region is a brilliant way to inaugurate our new regions tent. Come in and take a big breath of fresh air.

What process does your favourite drink go through before it gets to your kitchen counter? The ITA gives you a unique opportunity to mix, taste and invent your own beverage.

Good and bad micro-organisms in food, ragweed, milk production, genetically improving plants, water protection: learn more about all of these topics, which have a direct impact on your life.

You eat every day, don’t you? What are your favourite foods made from? Do probiotics, prebiotics, and trans-fats seem like a giant jigsaw puzzle? We have the answers!

What do tooth paste, gasoline and paint have in common? You’d find the answer if you looked inside a chemical factory. From raw materials to the final product, come discover the world of chemistry.

Find out what’s behind the manufacture of the products around you. Imagine a field that combines action, science, mechanics and electricity. Ingenious!

Do you know about hydrogen? Come unveil its mysteries and discover its different applications in transportation. Today’s innovative technologies used for the energy of tomorrow.

Urgences-santé paramedics explain how the emergency pre-hospitalization system works and how emergency calls are received and processed, from the telephone to the health communication centre to the hospital.

Guided by second- and third-cycle elementary school students, build a mini-robot using Lego’s Mindstorms software and put it to the test. Dance or soccer, your choice!

Ready for some fun? Second- and third-cycle elementary school students in the Éclairs de sciences program, and first-cycle secondary students in the Top modèles pour ados program test your knowledge of science and technology.

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Want to talk to people who are crazy about science? Come meet participants in the Montréal science and technology scene, who will share their passion and talk about their jobs.

How is a material taken from the ground transformed into an object that makes the colours of the rainbow appear. Learn how huge rocks become tiny particles.

Manipulate a maglev train, play at being a DJ of the future with a mixing board—and hockey pucks. Blow to learn about the ground effect of race cars and shake model buildings to see how they behave during an earthquake.

How do police officers detect speeders? Specialists show you how their devices work and discuss the five basic principles of driving. Stop by and see us.

Take a seat in our driving simulator and learn how to drive more safely. Do you care about the environment? Our simulator can help you reduce your gasoline consumption.

They really are everywhere: your car, your house, your canoe, roads, bullet-proof vests, and snow boards. Did you know that even your passport contains textiles?

Are heated jackets science fiction or coming soon to your wardrobe? Discover the latest technological innovations in the apparel sector.

On the program: a solar car named Esteban, a human-powered submarine named Archimède and an extraterrestrial ship led by the FolieTechnique camp.

Combine technology, energy and passion and you end up with innovative prototypes that roll, fly and float. Come meet the students of the ÉTS. Caution: their enthusiasm is contagious.

Come meet some people who are crazy about the field of mechanics. They’ll explain how science protects racecar drivers.

Did you know that behind every film, video game and electronic gadget is a designer who’s crazy about technology? Come meet the people who have revolutionized your leisure activities.

Will you be a winner in the GAME FOR SCIENCE knowledge duel? Your curiosity, strategic skills and knowledge are put to the test in a confrontation that’s full of twists and turns.

Test your skills as a biotechnology lab technician. Armed with a volumetric pipette, you have to get past obstacles in a crazy time trial set up by the gnomes of Genomia.

Go head to head with other budding scientists by creating your own revolutionary, world-changing medication. Accumulate points as you learn about the field of pharmaceuticals and encounter unexpected professions along the way.

Dive into the fascinating world of genetic engineering. Demystify DNA, learn to manipulate it using cutting-edge techniques, and debate the controversial use of GMOs.

When we lose our keys, is it really a sign of memory loss? Our experts will tell you how normal memory works and how memories are stored in the brain.

A host of items we use every day originate from research and development related to the conquest of space. And many of them would be almost indispensable today.

Ever heard of echolocation? Stop by and find out what dolphins, bats and Earth observation satellites have in common. Be prepared to be impressed.

Are you aware of all the technological innovations of the Québec aerospace industry, especially those aimed at reducing the sector’s environmental impact? Let your dreams take wing: build an airplane and learn the basic principles of flight.

Every day, the passionate instructors at ÉMAM teach aircraft construction. Exercise your manual dexterity by building a miniature airplane, and take part in an assembly demonstration.

What makes an aircraft fly? How are they built? How does something so heavy defy gravity? Come discover how science, technology and imagination will transform the future of aerospace.

Come discover the different science promotion initiatives for youth proudly supported by the NSERC: biodiversity, solar-powered car, and a “moon walk” are on the itinerary.

Geocaching is an activity that marries GPS technology with the great outdoors. You can do it alone or with friends and family, in the city or in the woods. Ready to set off in search of unexpected treasures?

Get a chance to meet and talk with Québec entrepreneurs and discover some of the innovative models that have made them world leaders in their fields. You’ll be blown away!

Three-quarters of the earth’s surface is covered by 1.3 billion cubic metres of water. Besides rising sea levels, what other consequences will global warming have on the oceans?

Float or fly? Pick your challenge: build the boat that can carry the heaviest load, or build the hang glider that will fly the farthest.

Have fun doing science. Learn about the world around you with experiments that anyone can do: Les Débrouillards invite you to conduct experiments and resolve scientific enigmas.

These exciting demonstrations will give visitors a chance to experience science hands-on – from making paper to building a bridge!

The Montréal Public Libraries Network, Agence Science-Presse and the MontrealScience Internet portal come together under the same roof to initiate you into information retrieval. Do you have the instincts of a journalist? Come meet managers from the Association des communicateurs scientifiques, who will help you put your message into the right form. And create your own video report with the Cybercap team.