We are heading to Cape Canaveral Kennedy Space Centre on June 27th to watch the SpaceX Dragon containing our experiment head to the ISS.
we are proud to host Lt. Col. Jeremy R. Hansen, one of two Canadian astronauts who will fly to the International Space Station by 2024.
The Aerospace Showcase – was the official unveiling event and awards ceremony featuring UTAT’s latest fleet of aircraft and spacecraft.
Ontario High School Students have successfully completed competition for Microgravity Experiment – expected launch date April 2016
All groups worked extremely hard using the Google platform to work collaboratively.
Congratulations to everyone the Four Final four teams whom involved in this project on doing truly impressive work!!!
Further Congratulations are truly deserved by the extraordinary efforts put forward by the 9 experiments being put forward
The SSEP deadline was on Apr. 24th, and the review of the experiments is now complete...
We are indebted to the following outside and local talent for helping to be part of our decision board on Monday.
A message from the students as they currently work on their ongoing projects.
On April 25th, they will present at the Ontario Science Centre
Opportunities in education are out there, and sometimes they are just outrageously amazing. While attending the International Astronautical conference in this school year September 2014 (Where our school met Billy Nye and Col. Hadfield), we met some other people involved in education initiatives.
An article about UTS acceptance into the SSEP program is published on the front page of the Canadian Space Society web site! The Canadian Space Society supports and promotes STEM initiatives that promotes design and research skills.
UTS is excited to let you know that we have been accepted into the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) which is run in collaboration with National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE). UTS is only the third school in Canada and the first in Ontario to participate.
In the central component of the project, our grade 9 students – working in small groups along with senior students who will mentor and collaborate – will design micro-gravity experiments. Three experiments will be selected as finalists within the school, and then SSEP will choose the UTS winner. The winning experiment will be launched from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station to be performed simultaneously in space and on earth. It’s important to note that, because of the special UTS-centric structure of this project, one of our experiments is guaranteed to end up on the ISS! The winning UTS team will also fly to Cape Canaveral for the launch.
In addition to the class work carried out as part of the regular F2 science curriculum, this project promises to generate many interesting cross-grade, inter-disciplinary activities in school. For example, students will work on their research proposals during English class; and the UTS visual arts department will get involved in the creation of videos and, later, a “patch (an embroidery patch commemorating the mission)” contest.
UTS attends IAC conference where connections were made with Canadian Space Society
Research on site continues and contact with SSEP program directors
Realization that short timeline and funding may hinder UTS participation
UTS decides the program is invaluable to students and the entire education community in Canada and works on proposal and methods for raising funds. proposal to SSEP for UTS ideas of mentorship and community are approved by SSEP
Crowdfunding and organization of mentors begins
Begin crowdfunding to raise money on kickstarter for required fund to participate in the program. UTS community work together to make this happen.
We raised enough money to participate in the SSEP Mission 8 to the International Space Station (ISS) this coming Fall 2015. Also there are 35 student research groups formed.
Physics Teacher
Education Coordinator
Education Coordinator
PR Coordinator
Science Mentor
Art teacher for Patch Contest