What

Museum Staff-led

When

Terms 1 to 4, Monday to Friday

Duration

30 minutes in the Energy Lab

---

Curriculum links & Accessibility & Access Fund

Year level

Years 1 to 4

Minmum student numbers

Minimum 15 students

Maximum student numbers

Maximum 100 students

Cost

$9 per student + education service fee

Booking information

Bookings 13 11 02

School visit information

In this curriculum aligned science show, primary school students will learn about space exploration and getting to Mars. As well as learning about forces, students will also have the opportunity to volunteer to help with some of the hands-on demonstrations.

Students will experience

• A show themed around a journey to Mars, exploring push, pull and gravity forces along the way
• Live demonstrations of how rockets work
• What it might be like to be in space
• Discussion and demonstrations about landing on Mars

Students will learn

• The main principles of rocket propulsion
• The early concepts of Newtonian physics, including push and pull, and a very simple introduction to opposite forces
• That gravity can act on objects from afar
• About life in space in the International Space Station
• To think of themselves as scientists and problem solvers who might one day be involved in space exploration

Victorian Curriculum links

Science: Foundation to Level 2

Physical sciences

Pushes and pulls are forces that can change an object’s movement or shape and can be represented in terms of strength and direction
VC2S2U11

Earth and space sciences

Earth is one of 8 planets in our solar system; observing the sky reveals patterns in the changing positions of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars
VC2S2U08

Science: Levels 3 and 4

Physical sciences

Forces, including frictional, gravitational, electrostatic and magnetic, can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance and affect the motion (speed and direction) of objects
VC2S4U10