Education
For school and special groups, download the booking form, or contact the Booking Officer on 03 53327526 to arrange your visit. Visits may be day or evening, Monday to Sunday by prior appointment.
We are normally on open Friday and Saturday evenings, half an hour before sunset, for single or up to 10 visitors. The full range of options and prices are listed on the booking form. If you wish payment can be made by direct credit to our account. Follow the link for details.
The relationship of the 3D movies to the current Victorian Science Curriculum is shown in the link to the left.
The following activities are suitable for introducing children to Astronomy, the movement of the sky over time and understanding where to find the Southern Cross, Planets etc.
Making Bush Clock (skills required: writing the months and the time am to pm) which will show the movement of the Southern Cross over a year, tell the time from it, and find N,S,E and W. Using the Bush Clock outside with a structure called Pipehenge, we will look at the sky and use the Bush Clock. This to be followed by exciting 3D Movies about the Solar System, Asteroids, Comets, Milky Way, Stars and the nearby Universe, then viewing at the telescopes.
Pipehenge