• Science Academy: “The Apollo Program”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Escaping Earth's gravity...buzzing the Moon...setting foot on the Moon...surviving a catastrophic failure of equipment...bringing back rocks and dust from another landscape. Cadets will relive history! [To register, go to www.brec.org, ...

  • Plus Night: “Pi in the Sky”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset 7:12pm CDT. Twilight Ends 8:32pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. There will also be physical science demonstrations, a marshmallow roast, a sky ...

  • Friday Night Lecture Series: “Wonders of the Spring Sky”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    BREC Education Program Specialist Amy Northrop takes the audience on a fascinating tour of Baton Rouge’s upcoming spring season. She’ll highlight the gems that will sparkle throughout those three months--gems ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 7:15pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 8:36pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will be at a maximum ...

  • Science Academy: “Astrobiology”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Under the surface of Mars...in the ocean of Europa...in the atmosphere of Titan. Cadets will gauge the probability of life elsewhere than Earth! [To register, go to www.brec.org, access the ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 7:16pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 8:37pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will be at a maximum ...

  • Friday Night Lecture Series: “Regional Milestones”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    This presentation serves as a turning point in the future of HRPO. As we look at the amazing marks that HRPO and its personnel and volunteers have made in STEM, ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 7:20pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 8:41pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will be at a maximum ...

  • Solar Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Weather permitting, viewing of the Sun’s image in four different manners (indirectly onto a white surface, directly with safely-filtered optical light, directly in calcium-K wavelength and directly hydrogen-alpha wavelength) will ...

  • STEM Expansion: “Energy”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    This program offers advanced topics, activity extensions and all-new games and demonstrations to older youth. Certificates are earned and archived as well as modern experiments take place. There are also giveaways ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 7:20pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 8:42pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will be at a maximum ...