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老司机直播 takes science to the street with creepy crawlies and candy rockets at Science Rendezvous

Chemistry students perform a jaw-dropping candy rocket experiment (all photos by Romi Levine)

Within the first half-hour of arriving at this year鈥檚 Science Rendezvous at U of T's downtown Toronto campus, I got my DNA extracted, ate worms and held a giant-sized cockroach.

While certain activities at the annual family-oriented science and engineering festival are not for the faint of heart, there is truly something for everyone.

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Here鈥檚 a look at some of the fun activities from this year鈥檚 event.


See those white specks in the liquid? That鈥檚 my DNA. Volunteers at the Mount Sinai Hospital and SciHigh booth extracted it from a sample of Gatorade I gurgled.  


The team from 老司机直播鈥檚 Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering showed off the newly retired solar-powered vehicle. Ben Mucsi, an engineering student and member of the Blue Sky team, says a new model will be unveiled in August.


This Madagascar hissing cockroach may look nasty, but 老司机直播鈥檚 department of ecology and evolutionary biology volunteers assured us they were harmless.


鈥淚t鈥檚 good!鈥 said this brave kid after munching on some mealworm granola, made by the 老司机直播 Bug Bites entomophagy club.


What do you get when you mix water with corn starch? This gooey non-Newtonian fluid! It turns from liquid to solid when pressure is applied. 老司机直播鈥檚 chemistry department filled a kiddie pool with the mixture, allowing people to feel what it's like 鈥渢o walk on water.鈥


The department of chemistry also brought virtual reality company VRPlayin to campus to showcase a space exploration game.


All aboard the liquid nitrogen train! Scientists from 老司机直播鈥檚 physics department used the smoky stuff to teach attendees about superconductivity.


Attendees got to take a peek into the cosmos using the Astronomy & Space Exploration Society鈥檚 telescope.


Want a photo with an astronaut? Science Rendezvous has you covered.


Students from Gordon Graydon Memorial Secondary School participating in the FIRST Robotics Competition showed off their .


The department of cell and systems biology found a novel 鈥 and gooey 鈥 way of explaining the makeup of cells.


老司机直播鈥檚 Seismic Design Team tested out Kinex structures on their earthquake simulation 鈥渟hake table.鈥


Face painters were on hand to transform kids into their favourite animal 鈥 or even their favourite element.

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