Let’s Talk Science Harry Potter Summer Camp
It’s time again for our annual summer camp! This year’s camp will run for one week with 30 kids in grades 4-6 and features real life science activities and field trips inspired by the wizarding world of the Harry Potter books. We are recruiting a group of enthusiastic volunteers to help run the camp as counsellors and activity facilitators. Come out for anything from the full week to single days/half days and get ready to help show the kids how fun science can be.

Where: Khalsa School Old Yale Road (10677 124 St, Surrey – it’s a short walk from Scott Road Station)
When: Monday July 22 – Friday July 26
Time: 8 am – 4:45 pm daily

Volunteer training will be held the week before the camp, details to be confirmed. Interested volunteers can sign up here: https://forms.gle/ssm4Zji971dWJAgz9.
If you have any questions, please email Alyssa at bigevents@ubclts.com

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Geneskool Summer Science Program

The Geneskool Summer Science Program offers teens a unique week long opportunity to learn the molecular biology techniques that scientists use every day. Through hands-on experiments and exciting guest speakers, Grade 9-12 students can explore aspects of biotechnology, genomics, inheritance, virology, forensics and microbiology to solve a murder mystery!

We are looking for volunteers to facilitate workshops and labs during this week-long program. This is a great opportunity to gain teaching and mentorship experience and inspire future scientists! Please see below for more details on responsibilities and requirements.

When: Aug 19-23, 2019
Where: Capilano University, North Vancouver
Website: https://genomebc.ca/geneskool19

Responsibilities: 

• Ideally commit to an entire week of volunteering (Aug 19-23, 9 am-4 pm)
• Attend mandatory volunteer orientation (date and time TBA)
• Provide a fun, safe, and positive learning environment
• Assist in instructing workshop sessions
• Assist in preparing and facilitating hands-on experiments
• Help with set up and clean up at the start and end of the day, respectively

Requirements: 

• A friendly and enthusiastic personality
• Passion for teaching and working with youth
• Educational background in life sciences (completed at least first year university level biology)
• Previous experience in presenting Geneskool workshops an asset

To apply for this volunteer position, please fill out this form (https://forms.gle/t77NMRPhAjRk9nAM6) and submit a 1-2 page resume to Evelyn Sun at esun@genomebc.ca by end of July 26, 2019.