Astronomy and Space Science

Get excited for the total solar eclipse!

Get excited to view the total solar eclipse!

Is it a meteorite? Learn about types of meteorites and how you can identify them!

Learners create a Micro:bit step counter using Make Code.

What is science? In this activity, youth learn about the different ways of studying the world around us. They will use the scientific method to design and test an alka seltzer rocket.

Learn how space junk can impact safe space travel. They also create a star finder to help them explore the night sky.

This activity is a virtual delivery option for the Tomatosphere: Setting up the Seed Investigation workshop.

Participants examine the effects of he space environment on the germination of tomato seeds.

Participants explore the challenges of space exploration by designing, building and testing a space probe to land on Mars.

Students participate in a series of exciting virtual quizzes.

An activity to demonstrate how a planisphere operates. A planisphere is a star chart analog computing instrument in the form of two adjustable disks that rotate on a common pivot.

In this activity, participants will build a scale model of the distances in the solar system using a roll of toilet paper to better understand distances in space.

In this activity, we will learn all about gases, pressure and the states of matter by making alka-seltzer rockets!

Perform a simple calculation to see how gravity affects your weight.