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Education: The Planetarium

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The planetarium is a mainstay of Spacesim's Elementary Education Program. Recently purchased by Spacesim, the inflatable planetarium allows us to show the stars and constellations that dot the skies at night. Spacesim conducts these planetarium visits to elementary schools across the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. During the 2000-2001 school year, Spacesim visited sixteen schools, presenting this program to over five thousand elementary-school students.

The planetarium program is available to all grades, and will take approximately 20 minutes per class. During each planetarium visit, the inflatable planetarium is set up and each class attends a twenty-minute session inside the planetarium; the students are taught basic astronomy, the Greek myths behind some of the constellations, and the effects of light pollution.

A form for requesting a planetarium visit will be sent to all OCDSB schools in mid-November. Please ask your principal if you are interested but have not yet had the opportunity to see our information package. A small fee of $125 will be required per school to take care of transportation and set-up costs.

The Planetarium Commander for the 2007-08 school year is Jen Li, who is in her first commander-level position.

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