Resources
Astronomy
Light Pollution
Educator Resources
Explore the Night
- Aurora alerts for your location
- Aurorasaurus – help scientists predict auroras
- Best places in Canada to see the northern lights.
- Find out when the ISS and satellites are visible
- Light Efficient Communities
- Space Weather Prediction Center
- Spot the International Space Station
- Watch the Northern Lights in Yellowknife
- Who was Hubble?
- Check for aurora and other space weather
Astronomy Activities (online)
- Rocket Maze
- Create Nuclear Fusion in the Sun
- Drive a Mars Rover
- Starry Night Jigsaw Puzzle
- Moon Phases (word search)
Astronomy Dictionaries
Space
Resources for Adults
- Nine Ways to Curb Light Pollution
- Canadian Scotobiology Group
- Globe at Night
- International Dark Sky Association
- Interactive Light Pollution Map
- Loss of the Night – view map of light on Earth
- Stars4All
- Canada Under the Stars
- Deep Sky Astrophotography in Light Pollution
Light Pollution for Educators
- Quality Lighting Teaching Kit
- Science Projects – Light Pollution Guide – for teaching grades 6-10
- Nocturnal Animals and Light Pollution – activities for middle grade students from the Growing with Science blog
- Paper plate light pollution demonstration activity
Light Pollution - for Young People
- AstroLab – fun activities
- Cool Facts and Tips on Light Pollution
- Dark Matters book trailer
- Light Pollution Activities For Kids
- Measuring Light Pollution – student engineering activities for elementary and high school
- Think Like a Citizen Scientist
Citizen Science
For Teachers and Librarians
Classroom Activities using the Dot to Dot in the Sky book series.
- Host a star gazing party!
- Debate whether horoscopes are a logical way to classify personality types.
- Practice storytelling using the myth that matches your sign.
- Make dot-to-dot activity pages.
- Compare ancient Greek to Roman gods.
- Explore the impact of light pollution and how you can help preserve the dark night sky.
- Discuss how ancient people created myths to explain things they did not understand.
- Write a myth to explain something you find puzzling.
- Write a paragraph about an astronaut you find interesting.
- Write a paragraph about the questions you would like to ask International Space Station astronauts
- Space Lessons for Kids
- Library program
- Teacher’s Guide – Dancing Lights, Exploring the Aurora Through Art and Writing
- Make a Pastel Aurora
- Make a Planet Mask
- Make a Cloud Mobile
- Make a Comet
- Make a Moon Habitat
- Posters and activity books
- Solar System printable worksheets and resources
- Explore the Night Sky with Kids
Tree Resources
Science Fun for Kids and Teens
You can write too!
- Write a zany space story by filling in the blanks.
- Stone Soup
- Teen Ink
- Young Writers of Canada
- 70+ Places to Publish Teen Writing and Art
- Opportunities for Young Writers
- Writing Contests for Kids
- Writing Fun for Kidz
- Scribblitt
- Storyboard That – Digital Storytelling publishes young authors
- Magazines that Publish Children and Teens
- YouthWrite Camps – camp for kids who love to write
Literacy Tips For Parents
- Tips for Parents – children of any age
- Early Literacy at Home
- Literacy Activities (for children up to age eight years)
- Book Ownership and its relation to reading enjoyment, attitudes, and attainment (Findings from the National Literacy Trust)
- Help Struggling Readers
- How to Encourage Reading
- Motivate Middle School Readers
- Build Language and Scientific Literacy in Young Children
- Teen Literacy Toolkit
- Ten Literacy Tips to Encourage Teens
- Supporting Struggling Readers
- KidsBookshelf