Take a Little Airplane Trip
Grades: PreK and K (Ages 2-5)
Description: Pack your suitcase, get your boarding pass and take a pretend trip on an airplane with Lisa’s Airplane Trip by Anne Gutman. Dress up and role play as a ticket agent, baggage handler, flight attendant or pilot in our America by Air gallery.
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Astronaut School
Grades: PreK and K (Ages 2-5)
Description: What does it take to prepare for space travel? Join our astronaut school and find out if you have the right stuff to become an astronaut. We will read Astronaut Handbook by Megan McCarthy and then visit the Space Race exhibit to see real astronaut suits, astronaut food, and other accommodations for living and working in space.
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Rocket Race
Grades: PreK and K (Ages 2-5)
Description: Join our junior rocket engineering team and explore rocket design. After reading Hare and Tortoise Race to the Moon by Oliver J. Corwin we will look at the design of different space vehicles in the National Air and Space Museum. What shapes can you see when you look at a rocket? Students will use their new understanding to design a space ship using pre-cut paper shapes.
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Up, Up and Away!
Grades: 1-3 (Ages 6-8)
Description: Heat rises and so do hot air balloons. After reading the story Hot Air Henry by Mary Calhoun, students learn about the balloons in the National Air and Space Museum’s collection. A demonstration of how hot air can make a Mylar or tissue balloon rise completes the program.
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The Moon Rocks!
Grades: 1-3 (Ages 6-8)
Description: Imagine taking a trip to the Moon! Ride along in Moonbear’s rocket and taste the Moon when we read Mooncake by Frank Asch. Learn about the real Apollo astronauts who visited the Moon. See real Moon rocks and the tools the astronauts used to collect them. Then take a pretend trip to the Moon to collect and sort “moon rock” samples.
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