SUMMARY: Students will set out on a mission to investigate life in space! Children will see the special adaptations needed to live in space, learn about mission training techniques and participate in the construction of a model space station. Students go home with a Cosmic Chronometer to keep track of Earth time!
EDUCATIONAL VALUE: This class puts students in the shoes of an astronaut. Children will explore the various demands and challenges facing astronauts, and the scientists who send them into space. Students then investigate astronaut training, mobility, and life support, and experience astronaut life for themselves as they participate in a space station building mission. Comparing their own schedules with those of astronauts, students will see how demanding a role it is!
NOTE: Mad Science Programs are fun explorations into science and technology, and they encourage informal learning through hands-on experience. All Mad Science workshops include a lot of fascinating equipment, supplies, and take-home materials which the children build themselves. The Mad Science mission is to spark the imagination and curiosity of children everywhere by providing them with fun, entertaining, and educational activities which instill a clear understanding of what science really is, and how it affects the world around them.
