Preschool, Kindergarten to year 2

Three teenage girls looking at a model of a spacesuit while another girl stands next to a model of the space shuttle on the wall
Come and make your own space discoveries at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex

Preschool-Year 2

Please note that we do not provide education programs for Preschool-Year 2 students.

Booking Contact Details

If you have any further questions about the Centre please feel free to contact us.

Office Hours: Monday - Friday between 7:45am and 4:30pm AEST or AEDT (depending on the time of year).
Phone: 02 6201 7807 or 02 6201 7806
Email: pr@cdscc.nasa.gov

Please Note

The CDSCC is not an Observatory with optical telescopes. We do not offer night-time programs. Our work is in two-way robotic spacecraft communication and radio astronomy.

Education Links

Resources

NASA Space Place

Brightly coloured picture of NASA Space Place website

NASA Space Place allows you to explore Earth and space with games, crafts, and activities as well as information.

Citizen Science

Zooniverse Real Science Online.

Suitable for Year 4-12
Certain projects may be suitable for younger students
As a volunteer on these websites, both you and your students can become citizen scientists and citizen researchers, participating in real science and other research.

Zooniverse Real Science Online

Zooteach. Where educators can share high quality lesson plans and resources that complement the Zoonivers citizen science projects. Find out more...

Zooteach is a repository of lessons and resources for teachers, including: guides to projects for students and teachers, teacher-created presentations designed to introduce students to a particular project, and lessons developed to connect your students to projects and research within the context of things they already know.