Grants and Contributions

The main objective of this initiative is to provide undergraduate students with a learning opportunity to apply knowledge learned in physics courses to a real-life, hands-on experience.

The purpose of this initiative is to develop 10 original hands-on, tangible and tool-rich workshops that will allow students who are blind or have visual deficiencies to learn about space. This initiative is undertaken in response to a glaring need since resources of this nature are currently nonexistent in Canada and extremely limited worldwide.

This is a bridging program between the secondary and postsecondary levels of education. The main objectives of this initiative are to increase interest, knowledge and skills in space engineering (with a focus on nanosatellites) among secondary level students through the development and delivery of hands-on activities related to satellite engineering.
The initiative targets 10-16 year old Canadian students who will participate in hands-on workshops that will focus on concepts such as satellite mass properties, nanosatellite antenna design, on-board computer development, software design and microrover design. Graduate students will host the workshops and teach participants about the fundamental principles of space engineering and apply physics and engineering skills in order to derive potential solutions.

Specifically, this project will result in the development of learning modules designed for the First Nations high school students.

The Awareness and Learning component of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Class Grant and Contributions Program to support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology provides financial support to individuals and organizations involved in initiatives targeting Canadian youthy, student,physicians and educators focusing on increasing their awareness, knowledge, development and participation in space-related disciplines/activities, and advanced educational programs. The project has the objectives: -to provide learning opportunities to Canadian students in various space-rel;ated disciplines; and - to support the operations of organisations dedicated to space education.

The Awareness and Learning component of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Class Grant and Contributions Program to support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology provides financial support to individuals and organizations involved in initiatives targeting Canadian youthy, student,physicians and educators focusing on increasing their awareness, knowledge, development and participation in space-related disciplines/activities, and advanced educational programs. The project has the objectives: -to provide learning opportunities to Canadian students in various space-rel;ated disciplines; and - to support the operations of organisations dedicated to space education.

This project will increase the scientific-literacy of the school's students through their research, writing and production of both an initial hard cover book as well as a subsequent audio book based on the adventure of a manned mission to Mars. The high school students engaged in this project will not only increase their awareness of Canadian space science and technology but will also be involved in problem solving some of the challenges related to sending humans to Mars. In addition to the students developing the material with the support of faculty members from a variety of disciplines, the target audience for the books will ultimately be elementary school students. The project's expected reach is approximately 10,800 students in the Calgary area.

The comic book adventures will engage Canadian students from grades 4-6 in curriculum-focused, space-rich science learning. The project will also provide content housed on an interactive website, developed in collaboration with the faculty of education and with members of the education community, to provide educators with hands-on activities related to space science and that will fully engage the student in mission-based experimentation while allowing the educator to monitor the progress of each individual student.

13SSTABCAN: This project entitled «The Ninth Canada/Norway Student Sounding Rocket (CaNoRock-9)» has the objective(s) :

CaNoRock is a collaboration between the Andoya Rocket Range and seven Canadian and Norwegian Universities to use hands-on rocket activities to train students and attract them to graduate study or the aerospace industry. The successfull three-year pilot program trained 65 Canadian undergraduate students through 7 student rocket courses. Alumni of the program show unprecedented high interest in the aerospace industry (40%), graduate study (77%) and have been employed by companies such as Magellan Aerospace and Boeing. This project will fund one additional CaNoRock campaign to maintain program continuity and the excellent partnership with Norway.

This project entitled ""The Tenth Canada/Norway Student Sounding Rocket (CaNoRock-10)"" is a collaboration between the Andoya Rocket Range and seven Canadian and Norwegian Universities. The objectives of this project are to provide hands-on experience related to the use of sounding-rocket, train undergraduate students and increase their interest toward graduate studies or the space industry. To date, nine student sounding rocket campaigns have trained 85 Canadian undergraduate students. Alumni of the CaNoRock program have shown a high interest in graduate study (77%) or the aerospace industry (40%), several of them have already been employed by companies such as Magellan Aerospace and Boeing. The CSA financial support will facilitate the participation of Canadian students to two additional CaNoRock campaigns contributing to the excellent partnership with Norwegian organizations.