Traditional teaching and learning revolve around one person explaining content to others. This "sage on the stage" approach fails a large percentage of our audience. Research and experience shows that people learn best and want to continue learning when they have creative freedom to make their own understanding with a "guide on the side."

Although creative learning is acknowledged to be the optimal learning practice, few science centres and even fewer schools follow it.

We will be presenting several hands-on activities that illustrate what creative learning is and how to do it. To allow participants to use these activities in their future practice we will also be giving an outline of each activity's underlying structure.