CAGIS Vancouver, Canadian Association for Girls In Science

06/17/2026

1.Cut the top of the bottle as per your requirement in order to have space where the balloon can rest.
2.To make the car wheel axles cut the plastic straws in half. 3.Attach these straws at the bottom of the bottle or container
4.Tape each half of the straw crosswise on the bottom, one at the front side and the other at the back
5.Insert the wooden skewers through the straws
6.The axles should extend farther than the border edges of the car
7.Create a hole at the center of the bottle lids which will act as the car wheels. Attach the wheels on to the ends of skewers
8.Make a hole at the backside of the bottle which is the backside of your car - the hole should be such that a straw can pass through
9.Take a straw and attach a balloon to it
Pass the straw attached balloon through the two holes that you created at the backside of the bottle and the one that you created right in the beginning
10.Blow the balloon from the other end of the straw and the balloon-powered car is ready to be raced!!!

06/16/2026

Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviator and aviation pioneer who became one of the most celebrated figures of early flight. In 1928, she was the first female passenger to cross the Atlantic by airplane.

06/15/2026

06/14/2026

Elizabeth (Elsie) Muriel Gregory MacGill, OC, aeronautical engineer, feminist (born 27 March 1905 in Vancouver, BC; died 4 November 1980 in Cambridge, Massachusetts). Elsie MacGill was the first woman to earn a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering (1929). She was also the first practising Canadian woman engineer. In 1938, she became chief aeronautical engineer of Canadian Car & Foundry (Can Car). There, she headed the Canadian production of Hawker Hurricane fighter planes during the Second World War. An active feminist, MacGill was national president of the Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs (1962–64). She was also a member of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada (1967–70).

06/12/2026

1. Choose one marker to experiment with first. (Hint~ black and brown are the most exciting!)
2. Take one coffee filter. Put it on a newspaper or some kind of material to protect your table. Draw a thick circle around the center of the coffee filter where the ridged part meets the flat center.
3. Fold the coffee filter in half and then in half again, resulting in a cone shape.
4. Get a short glass of water. Pull apart the cone shaped coffee filter so it balances right on the glass with the tip of the cone just touching the water. (Be sure NOT to let the marker circle go in the water, just the uncolored tip of the coffee filter cone.)
5. Let it sit and watch what happens as the water begins to flow up the paper.

06/11/2026

Florence Nightingale was a leading nurse during the Crimean War, charged with caring for British and allied soldiers in Turkey, and nicknamed the ‘Lady with the Lamp’ as a result of her relentless night rounds tending to the sick and injured.

06/09/2026

Anahareo, or Gertrude Philomen Bernard, CM, conservationist, prospector (born 18 June 1906 in Mattawa, ON; died 17 June 1986 in Kamloops, BC). An independent, forceful animal welfare advocate, Anahareo is credited with converting her well-known husband, Grey Owl, into a conservationist.