Educational & Observing Opportunities
Opportunities for Scouts & Guides
Cubs;- Astronomer, Naturalist, Scientist.
Scouts;- Astronomer, Astronautics, Electronics,
Meteorologist, Naturalist, Survival Skills.
Explorer Scouts;- Science & Technology Badge.
Brownies;- Stargazer, Science, Water Safety, Wildlife
Explorer.
Guides;- Finding your way, Science, Water Safety.
Typical Details 20 kids at £8.00, Leaders Free, times
10.00am - 16.00pm.
"A night with the stars" £2.50 per kid minimum
numbers 20.
Currently I am District Scout Leader - Mid Cornwall
& hold the Guide Thanks Badge.
Opportunities for
Schools 
Paul is the photographer with the St
Austell Voice
For more information
see our entry in Teach
Out www.teachout.co.uk
Accommodation;- Groups
coming from a distance can camp with us between Easter and the end of
September . Out side those times we work with a nearby centre Woodland
Valley Farm. They have four star dormitories of different sizes, the
maximum number they can hold at any one time is 46. Their website is
www.woodlandvalley.co.uk
Key
Stage 2 The Earth and beyond. We include
scaling our neighbourhood using our inflatable solar
system. Handling meteorites and telescopes. Firing model rockets. Digital
projection on Broadband. (I, with others, have reviewed software for teachers
with the Royal Astronomical Society, the data base is now live and
appreciated by many. ) Cost £75.00 per half day, based on 20 students.
GCSE &
A LEVEL Practical support tailor
made for the student group by and for the school.
Observing Opportunities.
For Schools ,
we use a planetarium programme to
preview the evening, a green laser to point out the constellations and a
number of telescopes and binoculars to look at individual objects. Cost
£2.50 for 2 hours based on 20 + students.
Gifted and
Talented. Bespoke programmes worked up in
conjunction with Sally Griffin for primary schools.
Master Classes for Year 10 in conjunction
with Cornwall College, St Austell. "How astronomers get answers",
"Flying experiments" "What goes up must come down." - practical
experiments - for St Austell Cluster schools.
Work Experience Opportunities
for interested students to get a taste of life in an Observatory.
DISTANCE
LEARNING COURSES We
now are able to provide observing opportunities for students working on
the OU & other similar courses in Cornwall & Devon.
For
visiting interest groups
we describe the activities of the Observatory in addition to introducing
the night sky.
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