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World Space Week 2001 Report
This was the first year that Trinidad and Tobago was involved in World Space Week activities and I must say it was a pleasure to be associated with this
global project. We employed a small-scale project exposing World Space Week to a Teachers' College (Primary Level) and a primary school with a "space art" activity. An example appears
below. The artwork produced was presented on an Internet community site, http://communities.msn.com/ttwsw. This site will be kept operational and you are
invited to visit.
Mr. Cyril Harripaul, Teacher Educator (Art) at Corinth Teachers' College, was local coordinator of the space art project. Mr. Dexter Raghunanan, science elective graduate of
Corinth Teachers' College 2001, also got students of the Debe Hindu School interested. The results of their performances can be seen on the site referred to above, under < Photos>.
The principals of both institutions were supportive of the activity and both Ms. Lynette Simmons of the Corinth Teachers' College and Ms. Linda Maharaj were pleased with the
products. World Space Week posters and Certificates of Participation were distributed to student participants. Participants were very excited by being on the internet and both student-teachers and primary
students are now more eager to use the internet.
Next year the project will be expanded. I will inform officials like our new Minister of Education ,Mrs. Hazel Manning of the work done thus far and invite volunteers and sponsors.
As national coordinator, I felt that Trinidad and Tobago has made a significant step in the right direction in our involvement in this global activity and since space science was recently introduced to the Primary
School Science Syllabus, their would be much interest in the project as a means of popularizing space science in the years to come.
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