On-Site Programs: Space, the Next Frontier
Appropriate for Grades 6 - 8
Cost: $10/student
Future astronauts will learn about gravity and its affect on the planets. They’ll use Newton’s Laws of Motion to figure out how to launch a shuttle into space, send it into orbit and then catch up with the International Space Station.
The culminating activity will allow students to discover how NASA scientists launch a deep space probe and increase its speed to reach Jupiter using the principle of Conservation of Momentum.
Class time is approximately 45 minutes.
Standards and Benchmarks (PDF)
Reservations
As with all our on-site programs, classes are set up by calling (269) 382-6555 and making a reservation.
All On-Site Programs (Recommended Grade Level)
- Air Zoo Tours - All Grades
- Come Fly with Me - Preschool-2
- All About Astronauts - K-4*
- Why Airplanes Fly - 3-5
- Controlling Aircraft in Flight - 6-8
- Space, the Next Frontier - 6-8
- I Witnessed History - 7-12*
- Overnight at the Air Zoo - 3-8