What would you look like if your were a scientist? These illustrators will help you to create your character. Would you wear a lab coat or rubber boots? Use a pipette, a scalpel or a hatchet? Work in a lab or in the field? You decide!

Friday, Saturday, Sunday: Ongoing.

DNA School, with the support of the French Consulate in Québec City

• DNA, a Very Private Detective: a crime scene, a victim and DNA … Is this another mystery for the experts from the scientific police?
• DNA to Darwin’s Rescue: by comparing the DNA sequence from different species, find out how today’s genetics can shine a new light on Darwin’s Theory of Evolution.
• It’s My DNA: a few experiments to look into the molecule that carries your genetic information.

Friday, Saturday, Sunday: Ongoing.

Day or night, you can always search the skies and practice astronomy! Make your own star chart and sundial, and take advantage of the great advice offered by the Planetarium's animators concerning their use.

10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.

noon and 3 p.m.

noon.

Recommended for ages 7-12

What are the odds of having blue eyes or brown hair? Is it just a matter of genes? Here's a probability game based on combining parental genes. Do you know what genes you'll be passing on?

10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

2 p.m. and 5:15 p.m.

Recommended for ages 7-12

Play chemist and help us colour or discolour our products, make them froth or even explode!

10:30 a.m.; - Tent 57

12:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.; - Tent 55

Recommended for ages 7-12

A workshop for food buffs! Heat + sugar + centrifugal force = tasty cotton candy. Science has never tasted so good!

11 a.m. and 2 p.m. - Tent 56, 4:30 p.m. - Tent 55

2 p.m. - Tent 55

Recommended for ages 7-12

Meteorites, planets, stars, constellations, gravitation … Get involved in these experiences and demonstrations, and set off on an exploration of our solar system!

11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Recommended for ages 7-12

Explore the world of the very tiny through a series of acrobatic contortions … and pick up information on germs while staying fit!

noon and 3 p.m.

12:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

Recommended for ages 7-12

I am found on the planet Mars. I am very cold but I do not melt. I am a gas but in a solid state. I am often used in movies … Who am I? Stop by and discover me!

noon and 1:30 p.m.

Recommended for ages 7-12

Iron is good for you. But why and how? It's your turn to be the researcher and to uncover the secrets of your breakfast: we supply the blenders, the cereal and the magnets!

12:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. - Tent C

1:30 p.m. - Tent 56

1:30 p.m. - Tent 54

Recommended for ages 7-12

Day or night, you can always search the skies and practice astronomy! Make your own star chart and sundial, and take advantage of the great advice offered by the Planetarium's animators concerning their use.

10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.

noon and 3 p.m.

noon.

Recommended for ages 7-12

What are the odds of having blue eyes or brown hair? Is it just a matter of genes? Here's a probability game based on combining parental genes. Do you know what genes you'll be passing on?

10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

2 p.m. and 5:15 p.m.

Recommended for ages 7-12

I am found on the planet Mars. I am very cold but I do not melt. I am a gas but in a solid state. I am often used in movies … Who am I? Stop by and discover me!

noon and 1:30 p.m.

Recommended for ages 7-12

A workshop for food buffs! Heat + sugar + centrifugal force = tasty cotton candy. Science has never tasted so good!

11 a.m. and 2 p.m. - Tent 56, 4:30 p.m. - Tent 55

2 p.m. - Tent 55

Recommended for ages 7-12

Meteorites, planets, stars, constellations, gravitation … Get involved in these experiences and demonstrations, and set off on an exploration of our solar system!

11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Recommended for ages 7-12

Explore the world of the very tiny through a series of acrobatic contortions … and pick up information on germs while staying fit!

noon and 3 p.m.

12:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

Recommended for ages 7-12

3 p.m.

Recommended for ages 7-12

Iron is good for you. But why and how? It's your turn to be the researcher and to uncover the secrets of your breakfast: we supply the blenders, the cereal and the magnets!

12:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. - Tent C

1:30 p.m. - Tent 56

1:30 p.m. - Tent 54

Recommended for ages 7-12

Day or night, you can always search the skies and practice astronomy! Make your own star chart and sundial, and take advantage of the great advice offered by the Planetarium's animators concerning their use.

10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.

noon and 3 p.m.

noon.

Recommended for ages 7-12

A workshop for food buffs! Heat + sugar + centrifugal force = tasty cotton candy. Science has never tasted so good!

11 a.m. and 2 p.m. - Tent 56, 4:30 p.m. - Tent 55

2 p.m. - Tent 55

Recommended for ages 7-12

François-Étienne Paré, Luc Senay, Daniel Malenfant, Salomé Corbo, Sophie Caron, Zoomba from the Ligue Nationale d'Improvisation and several seasoned popularizers get together for a scientific improv game. Vote for your favorite!

After the improv game (in French), amateur astronomers from the Montréal Planetarium invite you to peer into their telescopes to experience your very own "Galileo Moment".

Welcome to a challenge concocted by 5th and 6th grade students! You have to find the answers to exciting enigmas by scouring the Festival and questioning scientists. Your body and mind are in for a few acrobatics!

When technology meets designer Melissa Mongiat, you can expect a fascinating experience. Exercise your musical ear, then join the Festival's fanfare!

Also on Friday, Saturday and Sunday: the artist and the technical director will be present at noon and 3 p.m.

Ongoing

Four separate trampolines where you can bounce and summersault to your heart's content! Put on your harness and jump! But note that on Saturday and Sunday, you must first complete the Wow Challenge, a rally in the heart of the Festival to be allowed on the Jumpaï.

Jumpaï: Recommended for ages 4 and up - Ongoing

Why is the sky blue? Who will save the Earth? How do birds fly? Where will the new technologies take us? Ask your questions and share your admiration or concern for science and technology by creating your own badge. Then go and meet the Festival's scientists!

Ongoing