Archive of Heritage workshops for schools

These workshops are currently in hibernation getting a well earned rest
but feel free to browse through the resources for the Light and Flight workshops.

Elementary: Light and Flight

'Sightseeing in Egypt with Ibn al Haytham'

Exploring the world of Light with one of the earliest 'mad' scientists [Click here]

Original Hands On Heritage Light Graffiti

'Flying over Spain with Abbas Ibn Firnas'

Exploring the skies over Cordoba with this daredevil inventor [Click here]

courtesy SAWDIA/SaudiAramcoWorld

Middle School: Water systems

'Going with the Flow in Turkey'
 Meet Engineer Extraordinaire Al Jazari and interact with the Science of Fluid Mechanics

High School: Bias and perspective
'The Blind Men and The Elephant'
Telling the Whole Story: Under the Influence of Ethnocentrism

Workshop: Sightseeing in Egypt with Ibn al Haytham

HANDS ON HERITAGE presents

Sightseeing in Egypt with Ibn al Haytham

Original Hands On Heritage Light Graffiti

Come and explore the exciting Science of Light as we travel through Medieval Egypt with optics pioneer Ibn al Haytham.

In this hands-on workshop, students will experience

• The Medieval World through the eyes of Ibn al Haytham
• Timelining achievements in the ‘Dark Ages' 
• How light travels using a pinhole camera
• The Story of the 'Mad Scientist'
• 'Persistence of vision' by making moving images
• Creating light graffiti (where dark facilities available)
• Using Ibn al Haytham's scientific method to create an object that helps light up shanty towns across South east Asia.

Max. duration: 2 hrs                Contact HandsOnHeritage@Gmail.com 

Check out this video on the origins of the camera

http://handsonheritage.blogspot.ca/2010/04/watch-video-beginnings-of-camera.html

Workshop: Flying Over Spain with Abbas Firnas

Hands On Heritage brings you

'Flying over Spain with Abbas Ibn Firnas'

image courtesy Saudi Aramco World/SAWDIA

Explore the wonders of Flight, while travelling back in time to 

9^th Century Medieval Spain. 

•     Meet up with early aviation pioneer Abbas Firnas and learn about his hometown of Cordoba.
•      Design a rudimentary glider and investigate the effects of different wingspan patterns.
•      Watch Bernoulli’s Principle in action
•      Create aerofoil shapes to represent the wing shapes that help produce       Lift.
•            Create paper planes with rudders and elevators to understand the significance of the tail that Abbas Firnas needed for his glider to succeed.
•            Appreciate the contributions of European medieval scientists to our present-day lives.

         Max. duration: 2 hrs       
    Contact HandsOnHeritage@Gmail.com for further details

Host a workshop!

Hands On Heritage is now in its second year of activities. We have fun exploring our local heritage from Multicultural perspectives.

Here are some of the workshops conducted so far:

Ibn al Haytham, Medieval Egypt & the Science of Light

Abbas Ibn Firnas: Aviation pioneer in Medieval Spain

American Sign Language for kids

Introduction to Chinese & Muslims in China


Special Charity Entrepeneurs Day Camp:

Campers had great fun creating social awareness by producing a radio show, making gifts for their neighbours, scrapbooking, and inventing products for charity fundraisers.

If your school or community group is interested in hosting any of our elementary level heritage programs, from a faith-based or non-denominational approach, give us a shout at HandsOnHeritage@Gmail.com

Young Charity Entrepreneurs at Ramadan Daze

The 'Needs' Twister Game: lose a need, lose your balance

Wow! 4 Wednesdays of intense activity: we were scrapbooking, making gifts, understanding
physical & spiritual needs, developing a dream charity, making an invention that would fundraise for said charity; recording radio show skits, interviews, stories; learning about the drought crisis in the Horn of Africa and playing a crazy game of twister that teaches you how a lack of needs can throw you off balance!

Our Ramadan Daze team had a wonderful time with all the kids. The camp proceeds raised $700 for Mercy Mission and the kids' Radio Show CD sales raised over $150 for Horn of Africa relief. We are grateful to the Almighty that we were able to engage in acts of charity ('Sadaqah') during the month of Ramadan and hope to continue the good work throughout the rest of the year as well.

Good job everybody!
Special thanks to Mastermind Toys for donating the door prizes.



Inventing a 'lung health awareness' board game
to raise funds for their fantasy charity: lung cancer research 




Creating customizable hats with interchangable visors, logos for a dream charity
 that would provide sports shoes to kids in need






Working on a wall hanging, made from paper plates, to collect
donations for their imaginary cause: Charity Homes for the homeless





We learnt about the synergy of
Salah, Sawm & Sadaqah: Prayer, Fasting & Charity.




Handmade flower pens & envelopes made from old calendar pics for the neighbours





Get a taste of Ramadan Daze with our 'Sadaqah Soundwaves'
Radio show: over 25 mins of  jam packed fun and inspiration!

Host a Workshop!

We have wrapped up our Armadale workshops for the Spring 2010 season.

If your group is interested in hosting any of our Science or Language Heritage workshops at your location or if you would like to order an educational kit for your child, feel free to contact us:

handsonheritage@gmail.com

Sign language workshop testimonial
"Thank you so much for organising this...the girls came home telling their siblings all about it, teaching them the alphabet and having short conversations in sign language! As a parent I really enjoyed myself, the story was entertaining and the presentations were informative. The workshop was an overall eye opener for me..."

L.Jose, mother attending sign language workshop.

June 12th: Sign Language for Kids!

Sign Language for kids

Saturday June 12th 2010 12:45-2:15 pm (new extended time!)

Armadale Community Centre, Denison St, Markham, On

For ages 7 and up

Non denominational

Join us for a fun filled session introducing ASL (American Sign Language) to kids.

We'll act out scenarios and play games that will allow kids to appreciate this awesome language.

Learning to communicate in a new language opens up a child's eyes and ears to thinking about the world in a new way.

Kids had a great time at our Introduction to Chinese workshop, now we hope to give your child a hands down, hands on experience with ASL!

Fee: $15 per child.

Payment Deadline: Sunday May 30th 2010

We need to confirm your child's enrollment by receiving payment by this date: insufficient enrollment means the workshop will have to be cancelled.

Refund Policy: If we cancel, you receive a full refund. If you cancel after May 30th, sorry we cannot provide a refund, due to cost issues.

Contact HandsOnHeritage@Gmail.com to receive further workshop and payment info.

VIDEO: Ibn al Haytham's Camera Obscura...

For those of you interested in our workshop: Sightseeing in Egypt with Ibn al Haytham, watch this video about his cool experiments with Light and his Camera Obscura:

Scientist Adam Hart-Davis: Taking a picture of a castle using a giant medieval 'shed' camera 3:00 - 5:31

Scientist Ibn al Haytham: Taking a picture of a mosque using a giant medieval 'tent' camera 

(Image: courtesy of www.1001inventions.com)

Did you know?

• There's a great fictionalised story called Ibn Al Haytham & The Mad Caliph
• One of the craters on the moon, 'Alhazen' is named after Ibn al Haytham?

May 8th: Chinese for kids!

Chinese with a Muslim accent

Get introduced to the cool languages of Mandarin and Cantonese through games and art. Learn about Muslims in China. Speak to your Chinese neighbours. Impress your friends!
Saturday May 8th 1-2 pm, 2010
Armadale Community Centre, Markham, Ontario

For boys and girls ages 7 and up
Cost: $15 First come , first served.

Want to try your hand at reading Chinese?

Try this Chinese Pictogram Game

and this one that has you match the word with the picture it originally represented.

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April: Sightseeing in Egypt & Flying over Spain

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Here are the exciting details for our April workshops about Inventors from the Middle Ages:

Sightseeing in Egypt with Ibn Al Haytham: The father of optics

Sat April 17th 2010 1-2 p.m.

Watch Video! Ibn al Haytham's Discoveries: The Camera Obscura 1:22 - 4:24

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Flying over Spain with Abbas ibn Firnas: early aviation pioneer

Sat April 24th 2010 1-2 p.m.

Location: Armadale Community Centre, 2401 Denison St, Markham, On.

Cost: $15 per session or special April offer: $20 for both sessions.

Update: April workshops are full. You are welcome to have your child's name added to the wait list.

Contact HandsOnHeritage@gmail.com