REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN.

Download and print our online registration form, or contact the planetarium (920-832-2868, barlowplanetarium@uwc.edu) to request a brochure or additional enrollment forms.  Space is limited; early registration is advised.  We make every effort to give Cadets their first choice of sessions, which are filled on first-come, first served basis.

In Wisconsin Space Academy Level One, activities include:

Hands-On Activities

Build and launch a model rocket

Practice using star maps

Construct and use an astrolabe (a device that measures altitude)

 

Planetarium Activities

Learn to identify planets, bright stars and constellations

Understand apparent motion of the Sun, planets and stars

Cadets create their own show to be presented on Family Night (Topic: Exploring the Night Sky)

 

Classroom Activities

Basic rocketry, including safe launch and recovery procedures

Learn the basic principles of physics related to model rockets 

Measure rocket altitudes 

 

Telescope Observing

Conduct safe daytime observations of sunspots

           

Family Night

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Thursday night of each Wisconsin Space Academy session

Cadets present their own show in the Barlow Planetarium

Cadets fly their rockets (weather permitting)

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