Science Rendezvous

Mark your calendars, Science Rendezvous is coming back to the University of Manitoba, Fort Gary Campus on Saturday, May 10, 2025! We are so excited for you to experience Manitoba’s largest hands-on science and engineering festival.

Al Simmons smiling and looking into the camera with families around him.
Photo by Ata Hashemi

Volunteers

Science Rendezvous 2025 volunteer applications are now open.

Science Rendezvous 2025 takes place at UM Fort Gary Campus on Saturday, May 10. Discover Days 2025, an invite-only version of Science Rendezvous, intended for schools only, happens April 29th and 30th this year. We encourage you to also choose to volunteer for Discover Days when you are filling out the Science Rendezvous volunteer application.

Volunteering handbook

View the following handbook to learn more about Science Rendezvous and volunteering with us. Please note that this content is available in alternate format upon request to sci.accessibility@umanitoba.ca.

Interactive booths

Interested in hosting a booth?

To host a booth for Science Rendezvous 2025, please fill out the following form. We're looking for hands-on, engaging booths geared towards young participants (primarily ages 4 to 10). People should be able to interact with your booth by spending anywhere from 2 to 10 minutes at it. Attendees roam the booth areas freely and visit booths based on what interests them. To learn more and apply to host one, please view the following application.

View the application for hosting a booth

  • Kids making bubbles with a bubble machine.

  • Are you looking for family-friendly science activities?

    We have over 60 interactive science booths and there is so much to explore with your family. Join us to create a memorable weekend.

    Test your luck with Plinko, see glowing uranium glass, learn about birds, satellites, rockets and much more! Covering all areas of science, technology, engineering and math, you can wander wherever your curiosity takes you.

Discover Days

Teachers

Discover Days are intended to allow students in Grades 3 to 5 an opportunity to experience a science-filled day on campus. If you teach grades 3 to 5 and would like to take part in Discover Days, please visit the Discover Days web page.

UM Faculty of Science community

If you are a UM science faculty, staff or student, and would like to run an activity for Discover Days, please visit the Discover Days web page.

2023/2024 A glance back

A light brown stone on white sand.

Sensory Friendly Quiet Space

Science Rendezvous is a busy event that can be overwhelming. We have set aside a room where anyone needing a few minutes of quiet is welcome to sit and relax until they are ready to explore some more!

Kids and parents sitting on the ground at The Quad at UM.

Prairie Wildlife Rehabilitation Show

Hear about wildlife rehabilitation taking place right here in Manitoba from the Prairie Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre.

A scientist with a lab coat showing a participant how to do a physics experiement.

Physics Show

Experience the wonder of physics from a safe distance! Beds of nails, falling objects, liquid nitrogen and Tesla coils! You’ll never know what might appear next!

Scientist showing a chemistry experiment with a balloon.

Chemistry Show

Young and old will be captivated by the educational experiments safely performed by our chemists in residence.

Planetarium show.

Planetarium Show

Don’t worry about staying up late to see the wonders of the night sky. Sit back and relax as you are led on a sky tour of some of the most popular constellations and sights in the sky.

Planetarium show with people and volunteers present.

Sensory Friendly Planetarium Show

This is a special time in the planetarium set aside for those who may feel overwhelmed in a regular planetarium show. The planetarium will be quiet, the lights left on slightly, and the dome covered with a moving background of stars.

A kid looking at a microscope.

Cells to Ecosystems

Explore all aspects of the biological sciences, from plants to animals, and everything in between! Try out the tools used by scientists in a real university lab! Microscopes, models and much more.

A kid and an adult looking at fossils behind a glass.

Cretaceous Menagerie

Explore the landscape, dinosaurs and rocks, that made up our past at the Ed Leith Cretaceous Menagerie!

2024 Participating faculties

2024 Community organizations

Past highlights

Volunteers interacting with students astronomy booth at Science Rendezvous.
Photo by Kim Nicolasara
A chemist experimenting at Science Rendezvous.
Photo by Jenna Cherneski
Al Simmons performing rock and roll with an audience of kids at Science Rendezvous
Photo by Ata Hashemi
A kid goes through a bubble hoop at Science Rendezvous.
Photo by Ata Hashemi
Electric charge on a person's hair at science booths at Science Rendezvous.
Photo by Kim Nicolasara
A kid interacting with the Pepper robot at Science Rendezvous.
Photo by Kim Nicolasara
Two women performing a physic experiment at the Physics Show at Science Rendezvous.
Photo by Jenna Cherneski
A kid looking into a telescope with the help of a volunteer at Science Rendezvous
Photo by Ata Hashemi

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