MISSION CONTROL + TOUR
Details
Available: Term 1 - Term 4 (February 2025 - May 2025 SCI-FI Tour / August - December 2025 DISTRACTION Tour)
Levels: 7 - 12
Sessions: Tuesday to Friday 9:30am-2:15pm
Duration: 5 hours (three modules)
Capacity: 50 students (minimum 20 students)
Cost: $30 per student plus an Education Service Fee for each booking. For groups of 1-15 it’s $50, for 16-30 it’s $75 and for 31-60 it’s $100.
We have limited Schools Access Program funding available for low-SES (ICSEA <1050) and regional schools to access a discounted rate of $15 per student (plus the Education Service Fee above). Access funding is limited, so please note in your booking request form and our team will confirm if remaining funding is available for your school to access this discounted rate.
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 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 the SCI-FI/DISTRACTION 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.
Key Themes: space, earth sciences, biology, digital technologies, robotics, innovation, civics and citizenship.
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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.
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Design and Technologies
Digital Technologies
Economics and Business
Science
Civics and Citizenship
Critical and Creative Thinking
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