Activities
Alumni听- Cumming Hall
AC grads, stop by the alumni tent to say hi, get your Proud Aggie sticker and enter to win a basket full of delicious alumni-made products! 听
Tour our Residences - Residence horseshoe
Come explore our student residences. Enjoy lawn games and temporary tattoos as well!
Cultiv8听- Cumming Hall
Come see our student-run vegetable (and cut flower) farmers.鈥 Guess the number of seeds for a free box of veggies! These students are putting their theory to practice, learning to become sustainable future farmers, and are providing top-quality local veggies for sale in Bible Hill.
Veggie sale! The Sustain by Cultiv8 garden sale from 12 noon - 5:30 at 77 Pictou Rd.听 Make sure you stop at the Cultiv8 booth to get a 25% off coupon for the veggie garden sale happening today!
Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture听- Cumming Hall
Meet Your Farmer! Join us for tons of fun activities for kids and kids at heart, including a thrilling game of Plinko to test your ag and career knowledge!
Divert NS/Colchester Waste
Join Divert NS and Colchester Waste to learn about solid waste, recycling, and what you can do to protect your local environment. We will have a hands-on activities, educational resources, and games, plus some giveaways.听
Community Day Dunk Tank听- Dairy Building parking lot
In support of the Colchester Food Bank听 Cash or e-transfer will be available.听 Balls are $5 each or 3 for $10.听 Donations of five items for the food bank accepted in lieu of cash.
Bubble Barn!听- MacRae Library
The Bubble Barn is back! 鈥 Be sure to bring a towel and a change of clothes for the little ones; It is a fun and wet time. Slip and slide down a foam-covered hill.听Once down the hill, you can come look at the Engineering Exhibit in the Banting Building, showcasing outstanding research.
Make your own Friendship Bracelets听- SLC Program Room听
This fibres of friendship activity will give you the opportunity to turn flax fibres into personalized friendship bracelets. Leave the craft with a new piece of jewelry and some insight into the potential that flax holds for use in a sustainable textile supply chain.
Colchester East Hants Library - outside the SLC
Come play Connect 4, giant bowling and with a parachute.听 Visit with the Colchester East Hants library and play until your heart鈥檚 content!
Come for a Tour and Cool Off -听Langille Athletic Centre
Try your hand at an axe throwing game for prizes and cool off inside with a tour of the facilities.听 Taking a tour of the facility will net you a ticket to be entered into a draw for a RAMS gear package.听 We'll also have cold drinks on hand!
Dive into the World of Seaweeds!听- Cox room 257
Join us for an exciting and educational experience dedicated to the fascinating applications of seaweeds in agriculture, health and medicinal sciences!听Make interactive seaweed art, explore the soil and crop benefits, try nutritious seaweed snack and check out innovative seaweed-based products!
Make a Beetle Magnet -听Cox room 277
Beetles are some of the most biodiverse species on the planet. Design your own biodiverse beetle and turn it into a magnet for your fridge!听 Check out some bugs under the microscope and illustrate some insects from our specimens or from your imagination.
Create your very own custom apple sauce flavour! - Cox room 277
Start by choosing from a variety of fun and tasty mix-ins, which will be blended into apple sauce made from surplus apples鈥攖urning food waste into something wonderful.听 While your unique recipe is being prepared, head over to the marketing station to dream up a catchy name and design a creative logo label. Once your masterpiece is complete, you鈥檒l stick on your label, taste your creation, and take home a delicious reminder of your adventure.
Plant Giveways听- Cox room 287
We are offering visitors sample plants to take home and add to your home gardens or patio pots - this year, free Basil, Cilantro and Dill plants.
Science Pudding听- Cox room 275
Try an old-fashioned milk or soymilk pudding! A modern recipe thickened by food science. The Food Macromolecules Lab will be offering samples of an old-fashioned blancmange pudding, thickened with red seaweed-derived carrageenan. Traditionally made with Irish sea moss, seaweed thickened desserts offer a chance to explore food science concepts through a small, sweet treat.听听
Grain to Plate: Discover field crops听- Cox room 275
Follow your nose for some fresh popped popcorn.听 View our showcase of various field crop seeds, including wheat, oats, barley, soybean, camelina, canola, pea, and multiple types of corn.听
Farm Safety Nova Scotia - One Road听- Cox field
Test your knowledge of road safety, star in a short video, and enter prize draws at Farm Safety Nova Scotia's One Road campaign tent. And check out the CASE IH tractor nearby!
Computer Science听Fashion Technology- Cox room 251
Curious about how clothes can light up, react, or even play music? Visit our booth and experience the magic of fashion technology! Try some soft circuits too!
Imhotep Legacy Academy - Cox room 251
Stop by the Imhotep Legacy Academy booth for some fun, educational, hands-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) activities.
The Living Lab 鈥揅ox romm 255
Information about the best management practices that are taking place on farms in NS to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon storage on agricultural land. There will be a pollinator display as well as a live demonstration of how dung beetles can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions through tunneling and dwelling within the dung.鈥
Bookstore听- Cox room 254
Our campus bookstore is open all day for you to get your Dal clothing, water bottles, notebooks, and a wide range of gifts!
Tropical Greenhouse听- Collins greenhouse
Did you know some plants do not need soil to grow?听 Come to our tropical greenhouse and see a large selection of tropical, succulent, orchid, and epiphytic plants just hanging around the greenhouse. It also houses a small water feature surrounded by desert cacti.
Pollinators at Play听- Landscape Architecture studio 20 Rock Garden Road
Experience plant pollinators in the campus landscape. Butterfly photo op and colouring activities. Give-aways: popsicles, milkweed plants, and pollinator-friendly plant guide. See exhibits of design works by students in the landscape horticulture and landscape architecture programs in a cooled space with public washrooms.
Vet Technology - Haley room 114
Earn your certificate by completing all five stations! Ticks, match baby animals to their parents and more!
Teddy Bear Clinic - Haley room 114
Bring your favourite听stuffie to our Teddy Bear clinic and learn how to take care of your animals from our technicians!听
Fish Displays - Haley room 119
Did you know we also farm the sea? View our fish displays (brook trout, crabs and shellfish, striped bass) with underwater cameras, visit sea monkeys of all shapes and sizes. Check out our wave tank and our recently renovated wet lab.
Shark and Stingray Display - Haley room 111
Get up close and personal with our shark and stingrays displays!
Salmon Display - Haley foyer
Can you tell the difference between Farmed Atlantic salmon fillets vs. fillets of wild salmon species: Find the differences!听
Touch Tank - Haley room 119
Soak your Folks!听 Intertidal touch tank supplied by Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia, visit our photo booth and catch your own fish with our fishing game.听
Deer Research - Haley room 110
Learn more about the health of deer in Truro, what they are eating, and how our research is helping.
Animals at Ruminant Animal Centre!听- Farm complex
Visit the farm and see all the animals who call campus home including cows, sheep, baby chicks and Lucy the barn cat.听 Don't forget to have a chat with Casey the Talking Tractor!听
Want to know how we feed all our animals?听 Check out our Feed Mill.听Meet Chloe the Cow and learn how to milk the old-fashioned way and play our dairy matching game and then check out Baron鈥檚 Pride stable.听 Meet our horses and paint your own horseshoe.
Paper Bionic Hand听- Banting building
Ever wonder how engineers create prosthetic body parts? Dive into the world of biomechanics and engineering by building your very own paper bionic hand. Discover the amazing applications of technology in biomedical engineering.
Precision and Digital Agriculture Equipment Showcase听- Banting building
See how machine learning, systems thinking, and automation are improving tractors, harvesters and other farm and commercialized equipment. Featuring Agricultural Mechanized Systems and Applied Intelligent Engineering Systems Research Groups. 听
Glitter tattoos! - Banting building
Come to the Banting building and get a glitter tattoo. With all the different kinds of colours and designs, you can be sure to get your own unique tattoo.鈥
Giant Connect Four听- Banting building
Play a game of giant connect four with this year's Minecraft-themed board. Playing a game will enter you into a raffle for an 8-bit light-up sword!鈥
Emera ideaHUB 鈥揃anting building
Join this startup incubator in Banting Building for some "rapid prototyping capabilities" Free keychains.听 Learn about our upcoming programs for the Fall听
Extended Learning/International Safari - Alumni Garden gazebo
Learn how to identify and track animals commonly found on safaris in African countries.听 Identify the 鈥渂ig 5鈥 and win a sweet prize!:
Self-Guided Garden Tours - Alumni, Rock, Pollinator, Herb Gardens
Enjoy the many gardens on our campus as you explore around. The Alumni Gardens are next to the library and the Herb Garden is adjacent. Check out the sundial! The award-winning Rock Garden is next to Cumming Hall, and features meandering walkways and an overlook. Behind the Haley Institutue is our Pollinator Garden, a bevy of wildflowers and plants and has pieces of the Berlin Wall, a gift given by the city of Truro to the campus.
Community Partners who will be on campus:
- Agriculture and Agrifood Canada
- Aquaculture Association of NS
- Bible Hill Fire Brigade
- CASE IH
- Cavendish Farms
- Colchester East Hants Library
- Cooke Aquaculture
- Cultiv8 Farm Stand
- Divert NS
- Downtown Truro Partnership
- Farm Equipment Museum
- Mowi Canada East
- Millen Farms
- Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture Living Lab
- NS Meet Your Farmer
- NSFA One Road Safety
- NS Stampede
- Ocean Education Research Society
- Valley Kemptown Fire Department
FAQs
What time does Community Day start?
- Community Day runs from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm听
Will we be able to see any animals?
- Yes! The Farm will be accessible to all.
What types of things will we see at the event?
- We will have hands-on interactive exhibits, cold treats, live music, scheduled events and more! See the map and list of activities above.
Where can we park?
- Most of our attractions are within a reasonable walking distance. We invite you to park in any of our available lots on campus. A volunteer will be ready to greet you in each parking lot across campus, provide you with a map for the day and direct you to your first station.听听
What happens if it rains?
- Community Day happens rain or shine! You just have to decide if you should strap on those rubber boots or pack the sunscreen and sun hats. Either way, come!
What kinds of things should I/we bring?
- We suggest bringing a water bottle to refill, sunscreen, and wear comfortable shoes! If you will be using the Bubble Barn a change of clothes and a towel.听
Is there food at the event?
- Yes! We have an onsite BBQ for purchasing food, such as burgers, hotdogs, chicken on a bun, drinks, and other snacks.听Cash, credit and debit accepted.
- There are also snacks for purchase at the Cox and Haley Institutes.听
- Main BBQ menu
- Haley lobby snack menu听(cash only)
- Cox Cafe snack menu
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