Micronaut Program

Grades K-2
The Micronaut Mission takes place in the International Space Station training room. Scientists, engineers and mathematicians will be engaged in a variety of hands on experiments as they simulate traveling 230 miles above the Earth’s surface.
 
1 hour Micronaut Program - $400

• Includes Micronaut Mission and one Micronaut EVA of your choice.
• Maximum is 40 participants —Divided into 2 groups up to 20 students each.

2 hour Micronaut Program - $500

• Includes Micronaut Mission, and two Micronaut EVAs of your choice.
• Maximum is 60 participants —Divided into 3 groups up to 20 students each.

3 hour Micronaut Program - $600

• Includes Micronaut Mission, and three Micronaut EVAs of your choice.
• Maximum is 80 participants —Divided into 4 groups up to 20 students each.

Mission Packet including Activities

Micronaut EVAs

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.

Nanosatellite

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

Micronaut 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.
• Students 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.

Stars and Constellations

• Students will learn important facts and characteristics of stars.
• Students will learn important facts about constellations.
• Students will create their own constellation.

Telescope Tech

• Students will explore the concepts of reflection and refraction and discuss their differences.
• Students will learn the different parts of a telescope.
• Students will use a refracting telescope to observe distant objects.

Moon Phases

• Students will investigate the sun, earth, moon and their interactions with each other.
• Students will learn the four main moon phases and will model and discuss each phase.

MicroRockets

• Students will build and launch a MicroRocket.
• Students will organizer launch results using a bar graph.
• Students will read and interpret the results using a bar graph.