Build Your Own Canadarm Model

A brief video will be shown showing the first Canadarm to the docking of Space X by Canadarm II. I will conduct a hands-on workshop for 30 educators on how to build a miniature, pneumatically controlled Canadarm. Educators will take home their assembled Canadarm and an instructional package to teach their students how to build one. A more detailed explanation is in my book, Taylor's Pneumatic Toys.

Curriculum Connections Earth and Space Science The Study of the Universe

Overall Expectation "assess some of the costs, hazards, and benefits of space exploration and the contributions of Canadians to space research and technology;"

Specific Expectations

Applied

D1.1 assess, on the basis of research, and report on the contributions of Canadian governments, organizations, businesses, and/or individuals to space technology, research, and/or exploration (e.g., as part of the International Space Station mission; in the fields of telecommunications and satellite technology) [IP, PR, AI, C]

Sample issue: The Canadarm was developed by a Canadian company with financial support from the federal government to offset its high costs. It is an important component of the International Space Station, a unique facility that provides many innovative opportunities for space exploration and research.

Stan Taylor is a freelance writer and science workshop presenter with Scientists in School. He loves to share his passion for the wonders of science to all who will listen. He has conducted workshops at the Science Exploration Educators Conference (SEEC) at John Space Center in Houston, the Science Teachers Association of Ontario (STAO) Annual Conference as well as at the Canadian Air and Space Museum at Downsview, the Oshawa Airport, the Pickering Nuclear plant, Port Hope Fall Fair, Barrie YMCA Summer Camp, and at the "Malls of Science" with Science Rendezvous. Stan has over 60 published articles and for two years, he wrote a monthly astronomy column for the Uxbridge COSMOS entitled: "Extra-Terrestrial Tidbits." His first book Taylor's Pneumatic Toys is available from Blue Heron Books in Uxbridge and online at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. He is a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, the Durham Region Astronomical Association, the Professional Writers Association of Canada, the Writers Community of Durham Region, and he sits on the editorial board of STAO for its two e-magazines, Elements and Crucible.