MISSION CONTROL + TOUR

Details

Available:

Mission Control + NOT NATURAL Tour: 27 February-28 June 2024.

Mission Control + SCI-FI Tour: August 2024-May 2025.

Levels: 7-12

Sessions: Tuesday to Friday at 9:30am-2:15pm

Duration: 4.75 hours (with 15min recess and 45min lunch breaks)

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: $30 Subsidised cost per student: $15

In MISSION CONTROL, 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.

In NOT NATURAL/SCI-FI Tour, Learning Experience Facilitators will introduce students to the key concepts and ideas, facilitate group discussions and activities, and prompt students to think critically about the works. Students will have the opportunity to independently explore the exhibition with a scavenger hunt quiz containing thought-provoking questions and reflective activities before sharing their experience with the group.

Identify and connect the key themes and concepts explored in the exhibition through the facilitator-led tour of the transdisciplinary works.
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.
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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