MISSION CONTROL

Mission Control is also a digital resource you can deliver in your own classroom, click here to access resources.

Details

Available: 8 August - 2 December, 2023

Levels: 7 - 12

Sessions: 9:30am - 2:30pm, Tuesday to Friday. The start time can be adjusted up to +/- 0.5 hours. Please note when booking.

Duration: 5 hours

Capacity: 30 students (minimum 20 students)

Cost: A $50 education service fee applies to each booking plus a cost per student (subsidised cost for low-SES and regional schools). All prices are inclusive of GST and include the cost of the tour.

Cost per student: $28 Low-SES/regional cost per student: $14

Where will you work in the future? Down the road? Across the sea? Up in space? The space sector is set to triple in size by the year 2028 and will have a role in many diverse industries including agriculture, meteorology, precision mapping and health. What industries would it take to make Mars our home?

In this program, students will think critically about the skills and knowledge needed for a successful mission to Mars. After debating and voting on industries to send on the mission, in a way that mirrors Victoria’s parliamentary process, they will work collaboratively to complete a hands-on design challenge as they consider how to sustainably power operations, feed the population, and communicate across the far reaches of space.

Students will start the day exploring and participating in thought-provoking discussions and activities during a facilitator-led tour of DARK MATTERS. In collaboration with Arts at CERN and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics, DARK MATTERS explores the fundamental essence of life and the universe, and how so much of it remains a mystery to us.

Key Themes: space exploration; physics; earth sciences; biology; digital technologies; robotics; innovation; additional themes explored as part the exhibition tour.

Identify and connect the key themes and concepts explored in the DARK MATTERS exhibition through the facilitator-led tour.
Participate in facilitator-led group activities and discussions that prompt critical thinking and provoke curiosity.
Explore the space industry, including career pathways, current research and technology applications.
Debate and vote on industries to help them better understand the Victorian parliamentary process
Investigate and discuss the properties and conditions of extra-terrestrial bodies, and the constraints and limitations for future habitation.
Work in teams to form an interplanetary base of operations, such as establishing communications, data collection, environmental conditions, and transportation.
Informally engage with university students – who make up our facilitator team - and learn about diverse post-school pathways.
Gallery Tour
Victorian Curriculum 7-10: Design and Technologies, Digital Technologies, Science, Visual Arts & Civic and Citizenship.
Capabilities 7-10: Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical, Personal and Social Capability.
Workshop
Victorian Curriculum 7-10: Design and Technologies, Digital Technologies, Economics and Business, Science.
Capabilities 7-10: Critical and Creative Thinking.
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