What is our primary source of heat and light? How do the daily and seasonal cycles of the Earth affect everyday life? Students will answer these questions and more with a trip to the museum’s inflatable planetarium.

Students explore the basics of electrical circuitry by examining automotive technology. Lead hands-on demonstrations that teach students about electric motors and combustion engines. Visualize how

This free resource package will help you to share the wonders of the night sky with your students. Students can observe how the movement of our planet influences our daily rituals, the changing of

Read each of these posters which provide fast facts at-a-glace about a selection of the Museum’s astronomy-related artifacts.

Learn more about Astronomy with this series of short videos. These videos, created in celebration of the International Year of Astronomy, showcase artifacts from our collection. Our Astronomy Virtual

You don’t need a clear, country sky to get up close and personal with the stars. Use these fun constellation projectors to bring the magic of the night sky indoors! What you need Non-LED flashlight

Star finders, or planispheres, are used by stargazers all over the world to find stars in the night sky. Make your own – and you can explore constellations from your own backyard! What you need A

Discover how our houses are wired, allowing us to control various devices independently in different rooms. Through various hands-on electricity experiments, students will explore electrically conductive and insulating materials, and will learn the parts of an electrical circuit.

Through exploration with circuit blocks, students will design and build series and parallel circuits, including the addition of switches and various devices. They will also learn to assess the differences in these circuits, and draw circuit diagrams.

We need energy for everything we do. It’s what makes cars drive and airplanes fly, computers run and lights turn on. We need it to cook our food and to keep warm in the winter. Teach Grade 1 students