For Students

• HubbleCast: Great informative and short videos that can be downloaded on to a video iPod or computer!
• Astronomy & Physics at Saint Mary's University
• Canadian Space Agency for youth and students
  
• European Space Agency for kids
• European Space Agency Education
• NASA for students
  
• Discovery Channel education
• Here is a free StarFinder to print, assemble, and use to find objects in the sky, brought to you by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.

Science Fair

• Nova Scotia Youth Experiences in Science
• more NS science fair info
• RASC science fair resources
• Science Fair Central

For Teachers

• STARS: Summer Teachers' Astronomy Resource Seminar | Aug 9-11(at SMU)

• International IYA educational resources
• RASC educational resources
• SMU Astronomy & Physics demonstration site
• Skyways: astronomy outreach resource by NS astronomer Mary Lou Whitehorne
• Perimeter Institute: Dark Matter video and resources; also check out the EinsteinPlus program
• European Space Agency for Teachers
• NASA for Educators
  
• Modern Physics Lesson Plans: Roberta Tevlin's offshoot site from PI
• Spandex Universe: gravitational dynamics in the classroom
• Communicating Astronomy to the Public (CAP)
• Here is a free StarFinder to print, assemble, and use to find objects in the sky, brought to you by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. 

Classroom Guest Speaker Programs

(There is a special page for Scouts, Guides, and other Youth Groups!)

The RASC Halifax Centre and Saint Mary’s University Department of Astronomy & Physics are teaming up and bringing the universe down to your classroom!

This fall, we have added a new hands-on activity involving the assembly and use of the Galileoscope, a small working telescope developed especially for IYA2009. If you are interested in this activity, please contact us for details.

If you are a teacher in Nova Scotia and are covering astronomy in your lesson plans this year, you can apply for a classroom guest speaker who is either

•    an amateur astronomer from the RASC Halifax Centre (primarily elementary and junior high school)

•    a professional astronomer from the faculty of Saint Mary’s University (primarily high school)

RASC member presentations will be directed at the grade levels of elementary and junior high school. SMU faculty presentations will be high-school orientated, centered on careers in space sciences.

For both RASC and SMU guest speaker enquiries please contact

Ms. Andrea Misner

with the following information:

1. Please indicate if you want:

a) an amateur astronomer from the RASC Halifax Centre

b) a professional astronomer from the faculty of Saint Mary's University

2. First choice and second choice of dates and times when the visit would occur

3. Grade level and possible topic

We anticipate a lot of interest in this program and we will do our best to meet everyone's requirement. As these are volunteer speakers we ask for your understanding regarding their availability. We will fill requests as we receive them and we hope to eventually satisfy them all with your cooperation.