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MAKING A DIFFERENCE SPEAKER SERIES 2022-2023

Designing with Biomaterials with Fiona Bell December 8th 1:30 pm AST Are you interested in learning about cooking sustainable clothing? Join us for another exciting talk to explore ways to create biodegradable interfaces. Our speaker’s research happenaCTRLs at the intersection of material science, biodesign, and humancomputer interaction. This talk will focus on more-than-human design, biomaterials, biological human-computer interaction, and bio-wearables. Fiona will also highlight the importance of care, patience, and understanding when designing with living materials.

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Biomaking at Home: Free Virtual Workshop Series for Families.

Participate in our free virtual workshop series introducing ways to try Biomaking at home.

Biomaking is a new concept where harmless microbes like fungi, bacteria, yeast, and algae are used to design meaningful projects for a sustainable future.

Register here Biomaking in Classroom: Free Virtual Workshop Series for Educators.

Join our free virtual workshop series introducing ways to bring Biomaking into your classrooms.

Biomaking is a new concept of makerspaces in which harmless microbes like fungi, bacteria, yeast, and algae are used to design meaningful projects for a sustainable future.

Register here INSPIRATION MAKER: Brilliant Labs Magazine NOVEMBER 2022

Happy Computer Science Week! Join us as we celebrate learning new digital skills. Our program specialists will be in many schools next week, but you can challenge your students too! Check out Learn.brilliantlabs.ca/courses and pick from intro to Scratch & Web Development, Machine Learning, create a Chat Bot and more! Don't forget, Hour of Code is happening - sign up for more online sessions & events at Hourofcode.com/ca

Innovative Fashion

Over the years, fashion has emerged beyond essential functions as a creative medium, allowing us to express ourselves uniquely. However, with this progress, the fashion industry has also become the source of many global problems leading to unsustainability, instability and inequity.

What if we could use fashion as a powerful instrument to bring a positive change?

How can we design sustainable, culturally diverse and inclusive fashion? Join us in this challenge to discover many ways to innovate fashion. Design actuated garments and accessories that change form. Combine craft and tech and create textiles with new behaviors. Discover etextiles, biofabrication, hybrid-body craft and more to reframe the fashion industry, making it more creative, more ethical and more conscious.

Start Date : January 10th Deadline to Register : February 10th End Date :April 19-21 Learn More at Brilliantlabs.ca/innovationchallenges or Register here

Ocean Tech

Let's consider how science, observation, and innovation can be used to engineer solutions to help protect our oceans and sustainably grow our Blue Economies.

Learn More at Brilliantlabs.ca/innovationchallenges or Register Here Each season we offer a more in-depth look at the innovations within our communities and around us. Success stories of our students, interesting innovation ideas, and project ideas you could use in your classroom. Nominate a Teacher for TAKE Five, a regular article, to highlight a champion teacher. Read BL Magazine here!

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More Upcoming Events Adopt a School If you are interested in having a BL team member work out of your MakerSpace on a monthly basis, reach out to info@brilliantlabs.ca and we will put you in touch with a Program Specialist in your area.

Prepping for Brilliance With our professional learning initiative for educators, Prepping For Brilliance, we would like to provide you with an easy PL during your prep.

We will come to you, either physically or virtually, set up all materials required, and spend your prep time with you and any fellow colleagues at your school who are interested in using your prep to prepare for brilliance. For any general questions, feel free to reach out to natacha@brilliantlabs.ca

Monthly Coding Challenges We have great multi level monthly coding challenges available here for your students to learn code through fun activities. See here.

LMSCourses We offer free massive open online courses through our learning management system (LMS)? With 14 courses ready for you to learn at your own pace, like BioMaking and Machine Learning and more on the way, your students will love to explore, learn, and earn microaccreditations. Check out our LMS courses here.

Afterschool Programs If you are interested in hosting a After school program in your community, reach out to info@brilliantlabs.ca Join us in person from Mondays & Tuesdays November 28th to December 21st for our in person afterschool program at the Excite Centre 32 Queensway Grand Falls-Windsor between 3:30 & 5:30

Register here Join us virtually on Wednesdays from November 28th to December 21st afterschool program between 3:30 & 4:45.

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Community of the Future Let's help students reflect on the role of sustainability and equity in their community. discover and design innovative ways to resolve important issues in their community and beyond.

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Inspiration Maker This year Brilliant Labs is looking for those teachers who inspire others to be their best and who are taking chances to try new things to educate students.

We're pleased to share this New Brunswick's "Inspiration Maker!"

WHO: NATHAN HYNES WHERE: EXPLOITS VALLEY HIGH TWITTER HANDLE: @HYNESCBU15HGP @EXPLOITSVALLEYH Mr. Hynes is the Technology Coordinator/Teacher at Exploits Valley High, in Grand Falls-Windsor, NL. He is actively involved with teaching his students all there is to know about technology and how to further their knowledge in the best way possible. Any event that becomes available whether it be with Brilliant Labs, The Town of Grand Falls-Windsor, or Bounce NL Mr. Hynes is sure to get his students involved. Mr. Hynes is part of the new TCP pilot program partnership with the NL Department of Education, as well as the Exploits Valley High Tech Club which involves self directed learning using the 3D printer to program and design products.

Project Highlight

In Alison Edwards classes at O’Donel High School in St. John’s, NL, students found themselves using maker materials and their imagination to represent symbols from their dramatic works. As part of their study of ‘Hamilton’ and ‘Come From Away’ respectively, the classes completed an assignment where one of the choices was to represent a symbol from their piece in a 3d form. Students used the 3d printer as well as classroom maker space materials to showcase their understanding of the ELA curriculum. At first, students were hesitant to use the technology, but as one or two brave students started designing their own 3d prints in Tinkercad or incorporating Chibitronics LED circuits, others were inspired and began work on their own products. By the end of the project, the 3d printer was going non-stop and the students were proud of what they had designed. Giving the students the option to incorporate technology and maker materials into their work, including the support of Ms. Lee made the classroom atmosphere exciting and the assignment personalized. Students could use the tech to do their best work, not have the tech do the work for them. They were involved and engaged and have already asked about other projects where they can use the maker materials to enhance their work.

InnovateNB Celebration

You can make a difference this Holiday Season by donating to Brilliant Labs, and supporting youth education and empowerment in Atlantic Canada.

DECEMBER 2022

On behalf of the Brilliant Labs team, we would like to thank #InnovateNB for awarding Brilliant Labs the inaugural Innovation Champion Award on November 22nd at the InnovateNB Celebration event and to the office of Wayne Long (Saint John–Rothesay), for nominating us.

Innovation Champion: This award recognizes the efforts and commitment of our team to youth, educators, and the schools and communities we support.

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