These introductory programs focus on how seasonal changes affect living things.  We offer two inquiry-based workshops that can meet your class where they are at in understanding how observations have led to us understanding our planet. Choose a Groundstation Canada Theatre demonstration, a Planetarium show, and a Workshop. 

COSMIC COURTYARD: 

Visit our space-themed, hands-on exhibit space. Students can enjoy a range of activities like Star Stuff, morphing into an alien, touching a Moon rock, trying to lift a meteorite. 

PLANETARIUM SHOW

One Sky Project: Indigenous Astronomy

This collection of three short films made for the One Sky Project features Indigenous perspectives of astronomy, space, time and navigation that have been inspiring minds for millennia.

Thunderbird: The sky is a powerful tool for measuring time, and for the Diné, or Navajo people, the Thunderbird transcends space and time, revealing the passage of seasons and connecting earth and sky.

Celestial Canoe: A First People of what is now northern Canada, the Innu, watched the slow turn of a canoe in the sky   mirroring the change in seasons on land. This celestial canoe guided them through a particularly challenging part of the year.

Hawaiian Wayfinders: Hear from a Hawaiian navigator as she describes how the sky provides a compass and calendar for the oceanic people whose voyages connected islands throughout the Pacific Ocean.

GROUNDSTATION CANADA SHOW

Day in Space 

Introduce your students to the world of the International Space Station (ISS) where astronauts live and work. This live science show addresses the differences between living and working on Earth versus the microgravity environment of the ISS.  What exactly do astronauts do up there? From microgravity experiments to eating and sleeping while floating - find out what it takes to live and work in space 

HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS

Secrets of the Sky

Students identify how animals, plants and humans react to the similarities and differences between day, night, and the seasons. 

• Observable patterns and cycles occur in the local sky and landscape

• Day and Night and how it affects nocturnal or diurnal animals

• Seasons and how sunlight affects living things including ourselves

This Little Light of Mine 

What is light and how do astronomers make use of its properties? Students will experiment with different tools and use observation and questioning skills to develop a better understanding of the properties of light and sources of natural and artificial light. 

• Natural vs artificial light sources, explore observations with flashlights 

• Observable patterns and cycles occur in the local sky and landscape 

• Natural Light provides us with day and night, and helps plants grow 

  
  

PROGRAM OPTIONS

(Times below include a lunch break)

Program A: Planetarium Show, GroundStation Canada, Workshop & Cosmic Courtyard exhibit space $25.40

• Indigenous Astronomy (Planetarium)

• Day in Space (GroundStation Canada)

• Secrets of the Sky or This Little Light of Mine (Workshop)
  (approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes)

Program B: Planetarium Show, Workshop & Cosmic Courtyard exhibit space $19.25

• Indigenous Astronomy (Planetarium)

• Secrets of the Sky or This Little Light of Mine (Workshop)
  (approximately 3 hours)

Program C: Planetarium Show, GroundStation Canada & Cosmic Courtyard exhibit space $17.70

• Indigenous Astronomy (Planetarium)

• Day in Space (GroundStation Canada)
  (approximately 2 hours 30 minutes)

Program D: Planetarium Show & Cosmic Courtyard exhibit space $11.65

• Indigenous Astronomy (Planetarium)
  (approximately 2 hours)