Educational Outreach
Inspiring the Next Generation
To inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers, we offer hands-on multidisciplinary sessions for students in grades K-12. All of our sessions cover learning outcomes from the Alberta Education curriculum, are completely free and are run by trained members of AlbertaSat. We cover a variety of topics including CubeSats, northern lights, coding and circuitry.
We can also come to your science events and run booth versions of most of our sessions.
If you’re interested in having us, please send us an email at [email protected].
Our reach has gone on to extend beyond our classroom and community sessions: students now learn about Ex-Alta 1 in Alberta Education’s sixth grade science curriculum!
Programming:
All of our programming is available for public use in both English and French.
Session Name | Lesson | Students will.... | Curriculum Aligned Grade | Available for: |
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Northern Lights | Learn about the causes of the northern lights (solar flares and their effect son Earth's magnetic fields), and about Ex-Alta 1, our satellite which studied these properties. | ... Draw the northern lights with watercolour pencils. | 0 | K, 1, 2, 3 |
Our Solar System | Learn about all the planets in our solar system and about the satellites we have built. | ... Construct a planetary mobile using modelling clay, string, and sticks. | 1 | K, 1, 2, 3 |
CubeSat Blueprint | Learn about all the essential components of a cube satellite. | ... Design their own satellite with a unique payload and draw it on Engineering paper. They will then be able to pitch their design to our members who will be role-playing as a Canadian Space Agency Funding committee. | 2 | K, 1, 2, 3, 4 |
Icarus | Learn about our cube satellite structure which was designed and built in-house and named Icarus after the Greek God who flew too close to the sun. | ... Work in small teams to build their own cube satellite structure using given materials and then stress test the frame, mimicking the process our own student team uses. | 3 | 3, 4, 5, 6 |
CubeSat Structure | Learn about all the essential components of a cube satellite. | ... Fold and glue a 2D shape into a rectangular prism, then use a variety of materials to construct their model. They will then be able to pitch their design to our members who will be role-playing as a Canadian Space Agency Funding committee. | 4 | 4, 5, 6 |
Satellite Electronics | Learn about the basics of an electrical circuit and get introduced to all the electronics inside our cube satellites. | ... Create a work of art using markers and pencil crayons which incorporates an LED. The backside of their page will have a working circuit deposited using glue and foil to act as a pseudo-PCB. | 5 | 4, 5, 6, 7 |
Wildfire Imaging | Learn about our second satellite, Ex-Alta 2, which will be taking images of the Earth to be used for wildfire sciences. Students will learn about many wildfire properties and how they affect society. | ... Perform an analysis as wildfire scientists on hypothetical compiled data from our second satellite, Ex-Alta 2. | 6 | 4, 5, 6, 7 |
Scratch Coding | Learn the basics of logic statements and coding as well as their applications within our satellite. | ... Create a playable asteroid game using the Scratch coding language. | 7 | 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Drafting a CubeSat | Learn about all the technical subsystems within our satellites. | ... Design a cube satellite to scale using drafting techniques with views of all the sides and the inside. | 8 | 7, 8, 9, 10 |
3D modelling with AlbertaSat | Learn about the applications that 3D modelling has for space scientists and engineers. | ... Create a model rocket design using the TinkerCAD program. | 9 | 8, 9, 10 |
Solar Energy | Learn how satellites create power, and how to prototype electronic circuits. | ... Using a breadboard, create several solar circuits with increasing complexity. | 9 | 7, 8, 9, 10 |
AlbertaSat | For grades 10-12 we are happy to work with you to cater sessions specifically for your needs. | In the past we have taught programming in C and Python; 3D modelling in SolidWorks; wildfire sciences and optics; and provided in-depth lessons about our satellites' subsystems. | 10-12 | 10, 11, 12 |
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