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Rocket Science: (recommended for Years 5-9)
Students investigate how to make the most successful rocket. By changing different parts of the rocket such as the nose cone, weight, fins etc. Working in teams of 3 to 6, children work together to find out what variables influence the speed and the distance the rocket will fly.
Students complete the workshop by competing to see which rocket goes the farthest and then share their results with the other groups.
Curriculum links: Forces and Motion, Scientific Investigation.
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Space Food (recommended for years 5 - 8)
Have you ever wanted to know what an astronaut eats in space or what happens to human waste in space? Here is your chance to find out more, by taking part in this interactive space cookery workshop. You will find out what astronauts eat, how their food is prepared in our amazing flash freezing experiment, and even try some of our space food.
Curriculum links: Food and Nutrition
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Racing Rovers (recommended for Years 5-9)
Investigate how to make the best balloon powered rover in this competitive workshop. Students will get the opportunity to design and build their own Racing Rover which they can modify to be the fastest and move the farthest in the final race, whilst learning about different forces that will affect the rover’s movement.
Curriculum links: Forces and Motion, Scientific Enquiry. |
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NXT Mars Rover Challenge (recommended for Years 5-9)
Have your class always wanted to be robotics engineers, programming a rover to complete challenges across the surface of Mars? Well now you have the chance to bring your class here to the National Space Centre to do just that, by taking part in the National Space Centre’s interactive Mars workshop. Working in small groups your children will find out more about Mars rover missions, how to programme one of our Lego NXT robots and then compete in some Mars challenges
Curriculum links: ICT. |
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Are You Suited For Space? (recommended for Years 4-9) This is an interactive workshop in which students find out what it is like to be an Astronaut in a Space suit. They also investigate the various layers and materials that make up a Space suit and the function of each of these materials. They explore how, and why, the human body must be protected from the environment in space. As part of this fun packed workshop students will get the chance to experiment with the different materials to find out more about their properties
Curriculum links: Materials and Their Properties.
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Our Earth under Threat (recommended for Years 7-10)
A team building workshop in which groups need to work in separate teams to deal with a possible Earth impact from a Near Earth Object. After receiving information about Near Earth Objects the students will then take on the role of a crisis team formed to help avert disaster on Earth. The workshop is concluded when the presenter amazes the audience by creating a replica of a comet.
Curriculum links: The Solar System and Beyond. |
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Mission: Space Station: (recommended for Years 8-10)
Space stations have not only pushed the boundaries of technology for the last 30 years, but they have provided a platform for exciting new developments in science. This team building, competitive workshop is centred around the International Space Station, the most sophisticated machine ever built. Students learn what it does and how it does it. They then put those ideas into action by designing their own space station. They must decide what parts, equipment and crew they need whilst calculating their requirements and keeping to their budget. It involves decision making, mathematics and team work. During the course of the workshop, they also learn what it is like to live aboard a space station and the effects it has on the human body.
Curriculum links: Maths, Communication, Team Building. |
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NXT – Martian Rover Explorer (recommended for Years 6-9)
This is an interactive workshop using Maths, ICT and problem solving skills to program the LEGO NXT rovers to complete challenges on our Martian terrain mats. Using coordinates, angles and measurements your students must programme their rovers to destroy the alien, remove boulders from the transportation area, return the NASA rover to its charging point and then make it to the digging site. However there is a dust storm approaching so the rovers will need to be quick to complete their mission.
Curriculum Links: ICT, Maths, Angles, Co ordinates, Measures. |
