Exhibit Experiences
These interactive, hands-on experiences foster critical thinking, teamwork, and problem solving while targeting multi-disciplinary skills. Each experience relates to one of our new exhibits and goes more in depth providing hands-on experiences students are sure to enjoy! These experiences begin at 9:15 AM and 11:15 AM Monday-Friday. 100 students per experience max. Two week advance registration required.
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Expedition Mars: The Experience
Come be a part of humanity's continued exploration of space! Learn all about Mars: from early beliefs to current and future exploration. Students will work in teams to accomplish different aspects of planning a trip to Mars. (Grades 3-12)
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Planets and Moons: The Comparative Experience
What makes Earth unique? How do scientists find planets outside of our solar system? Experience what it is like to be a scientist who compares Earth to other objects in our solar system and beyond. (Grades 3-8)
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The Space Shuttle Experience
Learn all about the Space Shuttle "stack": from the intricate details of its launch configuration to the onboard systems that work to accomplish a mission. Learn how astronauts live and work on the space shuttle orbiter. (Grades 3-12)
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Imaging our Universe: The Experience
How do satellites and space probes help us understand what our universe is like? Depending on the grade level, this experience will help students understand to varying degrees, telescopes, basic optics, light, color, imaging devices, data transmission, and properties of the objects being imaged. (Grades 6-12)
Stellar Forensics
Stars are the only thing studied by science that can't be brought into the laboratory. How then do we know so much about stars? This experience will unlock the mystery of decoding the informative fingerprints of the photons sent across trillions of miles. Learn how we determine the temperature, size, luminosity, color, elemental make-up, and motion of the stars in this hands-on spectroscopy lab experience. (Grades 8-12)
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