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Learning Lab Descriptions Grades: 5-12 Description: Students discover the four basic principles of flight: weight, lift, thrust and drag. Students will see the effects of gravity, air pressure, air resistance, and Newton's Third Law on aircraft through demonstrations and activities. Students work in groups to design, build and test a simple propeller using the scientific inquiry model.
Grades: Pre-K-K Availability: Tuesdays and Thursday Mornings Only Description: Imagine learning about the first trip to the moon, how the Wright Brothers came up with their idea to build the first powered controlled airplane, hearing the tale of Bessie Coleman, or learning about what planes can do and how different they can look. Our youngest visitors can learn these accomplishments by hearing a story and by participating in a hands-on activity. Class size is limited to 20 individuals. Please indicate the age of students attending and focus preferred in the special needs/notes section of the reservation form so that an age appropriate activity can be prepared for the group.
Grades: 6-12 Description: Students will gain insights into our quest for learning about Mars. Through hands-on demonstrations, students will discover the obstacles and challenges of unmanned exploration, and learn firsthand some of the many discoveries made thus far by using satellites as well as by using landers and rovers. Students will explore the latest discoveries from the surface of Mars with the twin rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. Students will work as mission design teams and create a fictitious spacecraft that could go to Mars. They are given budget and other parameters to help guide and challenge them.
Grades: 3-8 Duration: 60 minutes Description: Students gain an understanding of stability and aircraft design through hands-on activities and investigations. Students use experimental design, data collection, and graphing to create, manipulate and test paper airplanes. Students conduct flight trials of paper airplanes to explore the relationship between an airplane's center of gravity and flight stability.
Grades: 3-8 Description: Students explore the history of colonization and space travel which led to past Lunar Explorations. Through hands-on demonstrations and activities, students will discover the obstacles and challenges of living and working on the moon, what was learned from the Apollo missions, and what can still be learned by returning to the Moon. Students will work as mission design teams and create a fictitious habitat that could support human life on the Moon and support further planetary explorations.
Seeing the World Through Satellites’ Eyes Grades: 1-4 Description: Through demonstrations and simple experiments, students learn about the uniqueness, benefits and importance of satellites. With manipulatives and museum artifacts, students look at all key parts of a satellite and how they work. Students create a simulated satellite, highlighting key parts all satellites must have to operate.
Grades: K-3 Description: Through hands-on activities and stories, students experience the important steps of going on a commercial flight, and the basics of how an airplane flies by examining the 4 basic forces of flight. Students will create and learn to fly their own flying device based on these principles.
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