The Connections team offers engaging workshop opportunities for schools within a 100km radius of Kingston, bringing STEM directly to your classroom. Two team members visit each school to run simultaneous programs, allowing teachers to choose between coding and engineering design. Our lessons are crafted to provide hands-on learning experiences that align with the Ontario Curriculum, helping students build essential skills.

To make this experience even more accessible, we utilize our mobile classroom, the Tech 'n' Tinker (TNT) Trailer, which brings the field trip right to you. For students in grades 4 and up, workshops can be conducted inside the trailer, creating an immersive environment. Connections supplies all necessary materials and equipment, ensuring a seamless and enriching experience for everyone involved!

 

Sample Schedule

 

Here is a sample schedule of what a visit at your school may look like, workshops for Primary grades are 50 minutes in length and workshops for Junior and Intermediate are 100 minutes in length: 

Instructor A Instructor B
50 minutes Workshop 1 Workshop 1
50 minutes Workshop 2
50 minutes Workshop 3 Workshop 2
50 minutes Workshop 4
50 minutes Workshop 5 Workshop 3

Please contact our team if you are interested in booking a visit at your school!

 

Engineering Design Process

 Engineering Design Process Visual

 

FAQs

To manage the high demand Connections will be reaching out to interested schools to schedule visits. If you are interested in a visit with the Tech 'n' Tinker Trailer, please send an email with your contact information and the name of your school to eng.connections@queensu.ca Yes! The Tech 'n' Tinker Trailer is heated, and can be booked during the Winter months. However, Connections staff reserve the right to cancel or alter bookings due to unsafe or inclement weather. All bookings scheduled on snow days will be cancelled and rescheduled at the earliest availability. In most cases, the Tech 'n' Tinker Trailer is parked on school property when we visit. We ask that school staff assign a parking spot that can accommodate the 27' Trailer before we arrive.