Discover Space PK - 2nd Grade
Explore the solar system and meet our nearest planetary neighbors: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Students will tackle hands-on activities examining the distances between the planets and comparing the sizes of each planet to the others. Students will explore the Moon, learn why the Moon goes through phases, and find out how craters form on the Moon.
Duration: 50 minutes
Science PASS Objectives:
Grade 1- S1:1, S1:3, S2:1, S3:1, & S3:2
Grade 2 - Science S1:1 & S3:2
Up, Up and Away PK- 8th Grade
Build and launch a paper rocket while learning “why” things happen the way they do! The fuselage, fins, and nose cone incorporate mathematical shapes, fractions, and measurements with scientifically proven methods to defy gravity. Sir Isaac Newton’s three Laws of Motion (inertia, force, and action/reaction) are all experienced in one paper rocket.
Duration: 50 minutes
Science PASS Objectives:
Grade 1- PS1.1, 1.2, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2
Grade 2 - PS1.1, 1.2, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2
Grade 3 - PS1.2, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2
Grade 4 - PS1.1, S1.1
Grade 5 - S1.1, S1.3, S3.3
Grade 6 - PS 1.1, PS3.6, S1.1, S1.2
Grade 7 - PS 1.1, 3.6
Grade 8 - PS 1.1, 3.6, S2.2, S4.3
Voyage through Space 3rd - 5th Grade
Take a trip through the solar system and meet the Sun, planets, moons, comets and asteroids. Using hands-on activities, students will explore the distances between the planets and compare the size of each planet to the other. Students will discover what qualities enable the Earth to sustain life. Duration: 50 minutes
Science Pass Objectives:
Grade 3 - S1.3, S3.1
Grade 4 - S 1:1, S1:2, S3.1
Grade 5 - S1:1, S1:3, S3:3
Weather 4th - 12th Grade
The class studies cloud formations, precipitation and lightning using various activities that concentrate on the development of a storm. Duration: 50 minutes
Science Pass Objectives:
Grade 1 - PS: 1.1,1.2,2.1,2.2 S1.1,1.2,1.3, 3.1,3.2
Grade 2 - PS: 1.1,1.2,2.1,2.2
Grade 3 - PS: 1.1,1.2
Grade 4 - PS: 1.1, 1.2
Pilots, Prepare for Take Off 4th - 12th Grade
Weighing hundreds or thousands of pounds, an airplane is capable of soaring through the sky at ease. How is this possible? Explaining how an airplane flies, students will learn about lift, thrust, force and drag. Then, students take the pilot seat and use a computerized flight simulator program to read flight instruments and control an airplane on the ground and in the air. Space is limited.
Duration: 50 minutes
Science Pass Objectives:
Grade 4-PS: 1.1, 1.2 S 1.1, 1.2, S: 1.1, 1.2
Grade 5 - PS: 1.1, 1.2 S: 1.1, 1.2, 3.2
Grade 6 - PS: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 S: 1.1, 1.2
Grade 7 - PS: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 S: 1.1
Grade 8 - PS: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 S: 2.2
High School - PS: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 S: 2.1, 2.2
Astronaut 6th - 12th Grade
Students discover the importance of the space program and how to become one of the people that makes it work. They explore how a space suit actually functions in space and with the help of a potato, will conduct preliminary observations and form hypotheses about constructing a spacesuit.
Duration: 50 minutes
Science PASS Objectives:
Grade 6 - PS 1.1, 1.2, 3.2, 4.3, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4
Grade 7 - PS 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.3, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4
Grade 8 - PS 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.4, 4.5, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, S2.2
High School - PS 2.1, 2.2, S2
Space Shuttle Simulation (Opening to be announced!) 5th Grade - Adult
A simulation of the launch and landing of the Space Shuttle, with the help of mission control and ¾ scale of the Shuttle cockpit are used to teach communication, critical thinking, problem solving and decision-making.
Activity classes may not be available each day. Pass Objectives covered are subject to time limitations.
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