MISSION CONTROL

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Available: Term 1 - Term 4

Levels: 7 - 12

Sessions: Tuesday-Friday at 11am-2:15pm (with a 45min lunch break)

Duration: 3.25 hours

Capacity: 50 students (minimum 20 students)

Cost: A $50 education service fee applies to each booking plus a cost per student (subsidised cost for schools with an ICSEA rating <1050). All prices are inclusive of GST.

Cost per student: $20 Subsidised cost per student: $10

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.

Key Themes: space exploration, physics, earth sciences, biology, digital technologies, robotics, and innovation.

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.
Victorian Curriculum 7-10: Design and Technologies, Digital Technologies, Economics and Business, Science.
Capabilities 7-10: Critical and Creative Thinking.
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