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                                         Micronaut Mini Discovery Program

                                                                             Grades K-2

Mini Discovery Mission

The Mini Discovery Mission takes place aboard the International Space Station. Scientists, engineers and mathematicians are engaged in a variety of hands on experiments as they travel 230 miles above the Earth’s surface.

1 hour Micronaut Program - $300

  • Includes Mini Discovery Mission and one Micronaut EVA of your choice.
  • Maximum is 36 participants —Divided into 2 groups up to 18 students each. Groups with more than 36 students MUST do the 2 hour program.

2 hour Micronaut Program - $400

  • Includes Mini Discovery Mission, and two Micronaut EVAs of your choice.
  • Maximum is 54 participants —Divided into 3 groups up to 18 students each.

 

         Please Note: Contact Ellie Wallis at (423) 425-2191 for pricing & availability for larger groups.

                                                        Micronaut  EVAs

                                                                              Grades K-2

 

Micronaut in Orbit

  • Students learn about a space shuttle launch - from liftoff, to docking with the International Space Station, to landing.
  • Students work in pairs to put shuttle launch sequence cards in order based on what they learned.
  • Students will create a paper model of a shuttle.
  • If time allows, students will learn about an astronaut's daily routine in space.

Micronaut Technology

  • Students will learn about the uses of NanoSatellites in space.
  • Students will work in pairs to build a NanoSatellite (NanoSat) with Geofix pieces.
  • If time allows, students will investigate different components of the day and night sky.

Space Fishing

  • Students will use numbered "fish" to create and solve number sentences.
  • Students will use manipulatives to observe, solve, and create number patterns and formulas.

Micronauts to the Moon

  • Students will learn how rockets take astronauts to the Moon and back - from liftoff to landing.
  • Students will work in pairs to put sequence cards in order based on what they learned.
  • Studenst will count and identify different shapes and use those tangram shapes to construct a paper rocket.

Planet Walk

  • Students will learn important facts and characteristics of the planets in our Solar System.
  • Students will learn the relative size and distance of the planets.
  • Students will learn and practice putting the planets in order from the Sun.

                                               Micronaut Program Forms

                                                           K-4 Micronaut Program Checklist