School Programs

School Program Interest Form. At Museum or We Come to You. 

 

Bring your lessons to life! Our hands-on workshops and dynamic presentations provide an engaging introduction to a new unit, a deeper exploration of a current topic, or a fun and authentic reinforcement of previously taught concepts.

At The Museum

Enhance your field trip with an immersive activity! Add a workshop to your field trip for $5 more a student 

Workshops max 38 Presentation max 60

At Your Institution 

Our hands-on workshops can also be taught at your school, community center, library or other educational venue!

Workshops max 36 Presentation need a screen and large room max 75

Note: Workshops outside San Diego County will be charged a 75 cents per mile fee both ways.

Limited outreach scholarships are available each month to bring our programming to your San Diego County Title I school. For more information, please contact us education@sdasm.org

Mobile Classroom

Have our 42 foot school bus come to your location for programming in an onsite field trip. Please see this link for Mission Control information and activities

Need Additional Sessions?

The first session is listed below, book additional same-day sessions of the same program for $165 each 50 min program (max of 3 sessions per day). Have questions? Please email education@sdasm.org

Reserve your program today!

Fill out this form to start the reservation process.

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Programs at a Glance 

Type		Title			Grade	Time	Price	Bus
Storytime		3 Little Pigs in Space Storytime			3yr-K	50	$185	yes
		Up, Up and Away Storytime			3yr-K	50	$185	yes
Workshop		Things That Fly			K-2	50	$200	no
		Return to the Moon			K-2	50	$200	no
		Robots			1-12	50	$210	no
		Rocketry			1-12	50	$200	yes
		Moonquakes- Earthquake Mitigation			3-5	50	$200	yes
		Mars Rovers- Natural Resources			3-8	50	$200	no
		Aircraft Design- Forces and Motion			3-8	50	$200	no
		Safe Landing-Gravity			3-12	50	$200	yes
		Space Gloves- Thermal Transfer Device			6-8	50	$200	no
		Are we Alone? Aliens and Exoplanets			8-12	50	$200	yes
		Aviation Activity			9-12	50	$210	no
Presentation		ISS			3-8	50	$225	yes
		Fronteirs of Flight			3-8	50	$225	yes

Program Descriptions

3yrs - K

3 Little Pigs in Space Storytime

Description: Join the piglets as they set off into space. Can you construct a habitat/ house that will survive the wolf shaped meteor? Includes stories, directed activity and playtime.
Time: 50 min
Cost: 185
Literacy Standards: 2.2 Understand and use accepted words for categories of objects encountered and used frequently in everyday life. Science Standard 1.5 Make predictions and check them, with adult support, through concrete experiences.

Robots- Coding

Description: Explore beginning coding with an off screen intro activity and then progress to using a robot that will follow simple codes.
Time: 50 min
Cost: 210
K-2.NI.6 Create patterns to communicate a message.

Up, Up and Away Storytime

Description: Fly high as we take to the skies and learn about planes, airships, balloons, and other flying creations. Includes stories, activities, and playtime.
Time: 50 min
Cost: 185
Literacy Standards: 2.2 Understand and use accepted words for categories of objects encountered and used frequently in everyday life. Science Standards 1.5 Make predictions and check them, with adult support, through concrete experiences.

Grades 1-2

Return to the Moon

Description: Set off to the moon just like future Artemis astronauts as we discover how far the moon is, make landers for humans, and create our own communities
Time: 50 min
Cost: 200
K-2-ETS1-2. Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.

Robots- Coding

Description: Explore beginning coding with an off screen intro activity and then progress to using a robot that will follow simple codes.
Time: 50 min
Cost: 210
K-2.NI.6 Create patterns to communicate a message.

Rocketry- Gravity and Motion

Description: Ready to be a rocket scientist? Students will investigate the effects of mass on motion as they design, build, and test their own rockets. Younger students will launch stomp rockets using air, early to mid elementary can launch alka sletzer powered vehicles, and fourth graders and up can launch rockets using water.
Time: 50 min
Cost: $200
K-2-ETS1-2. PS2.A HS- Design, build, and refine a device that works within given constraints to convert one form of energy into another form of energy.

Things That Fly

Description: From animals to plants to machines discover why things fly as you create your own flying contraptions. 2-PS1-2. Analyze data obtained from testing different materials to determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose.
Time: 50 min
Cost: $200
NGSS standards supported: K-PS2-1, K-2-ETS1-1

Grades 3-5

Aircraft Design- Forces and Motion

Description: Students design, build, and test their own hand-launched gliders to safely carry a valuable payload for a minimum set distance without damage.
Time: 50 min
Cost: $200
6-8 PS 3-2The role of the mass of an object must be qualitatively accounted for in any change of motion due to the application of a force. 3-PS2-1 Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.

Mars Rovers- Natural Resources

Description: Discover alternative energy sources as we build rovers to use either wind or solar power (depending on weather). Brief discussion on renewable and non-renewable sources off planet.
Time: 50 min
Cost: 200
MS-ESS3-4 Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems Ess3.A Energy and fuels humans use are derived from natural sources and their use affects the environment. Some resources are renewable over time, others are not.

Moonquakes- Earthquake Mitigation

Description: Just like Earth, the moon also has shaking. Build a moon safe habitat then test it on the shake table. Examine a map of the moon for the best community location
Time: 50 min
Cost: 200
E-SS2-B Earth’s physical features occur in patterns, as do earthquakes and volcanoes. Maps can be used to locate features and determine patterns in those events

Robots- Coding

Description: Explore beginning coding with an off screen intro activity and then progress to using a robot that will follow simple codes.
Time: 50 min
Cost: 210
K-2.NI.6 Create patterns to communicate a message.

Rocketry- Gravity and Motion

Description: Ready to be a rocket scientist? Students will investigate the effects of mass on motion as they design, build, and test their own rockets. Younger students will launch stomp rockets using air, early to mid elementary can launch alka sletzer powered vehicles, and fourth graders and up can launch rockets using water.
Time: 50 min
Cost: $200
K-2-ETS1-2. PS2.A HS- Design, build, and refine a device that works within given constraints to convert one form of energy into another form of energy.

Safe Landing- Gravity

Description: Investigate gravity as we build contraptions to safely deliver a cargo onto the lunar surface.
Time: 50 min
Cost: $200
5-P-S2-1 Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by earth on objects is directed down MS-PS-2 Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. HS-PS2-3. Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision

Grades 6-8

Aircraft Design- Forces and Motion

Description: Students design, build, and test their own hand-launched gliders to safely carry a valuable payload for a minimum set distance without damage.
Time: 50 min
Cost: $200
6-8 PS 3-2The role of the mass of an object must be qualitatively accounted for in any change of motion due to the application of a force. 3-PS2-1 Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.

Mars Rovers- Natural Resources

Description: Discover alternative energy sources as we build rovers to use either wind or solar power (depending on weather). Brief discussion on renewable and non-renewable sources off planet.
Time: 50 min
Cost: 200
MS-ESS3-4 Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems Ess3.A Energy and fuels humans use are derived from natural sources and their use affects the environment. Some resources are renewable over time, others are not.

Moonquakes- Earthquake Mitigation

Description: Just like Earth, the moon also has shaking. Build a moon safe habitat then test it on the shake table. Examine a map of the moon for the best community location
Time: 50 min
Cost: 200
E-SS2-B Earth’s physical features occur in patterns, as do earthquakes and volcanoes. Maps can be used to locate features and determine patterns in those events

Robots- Coding

Description: Explore beginning coding with an off screen intro activity and then progress to using a robot that will follow simple codes.
Time: 50 min
Cost: 210
K-2.NI.6 Create patterns to communicate a message.

Rocketry- Gravity and Motion

Description: Ready to be a rocket scientist? Students will investigate the effects of mass on motion as they design, build, and test their own rockets. Younger students will launch stomp rockets using air, early to mid elementary can launch alka sletzer powered vehicles, and fourth graders and up can launch rockets using water.
Time: 50 min
Cost: $200
K-2-ETS1-2. PS2.A HS- Design, build, and refine a device that works within given constraints to convert one form of energy into another form of energy.

Safe Landing- Gravity

Description: Investigate gravity as we build contraptions to safely deliver a cargo onto the lunar surface.
Time: 50 min
Cost: $200
5-P-S2-1 Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by earth on objects is directed down MS-PS-2 Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. HS-PS2-3. Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision

High School (Grades 9-12)

Are We Alone: Aliens and Exoplanets

Description: Examine a recently found exoplanet and design a being with specific traits for the ecosystem found there
Time: 50 min
Cost: 200
HS-LS4-4. Construct an explanation based on evidence for how natural selection leads to adaptation of populations.

Aviation Activity

Description: Discover the world of aviation
Time: 50 min
Cost: 200

Robots- Coding

Description: Explore beginning coding with an off screen intro activity and then progress to using a robot that will follow simple codes.
Time: 50 min
Cost: 210
K-2.NI.6 Create patterns to communicate a message.

Rocketry- Gravity and Motion

Description: Ready to be a rocket scientist? Students will investigate the effects of mass on motion as they design, build, and test their own rockets. Younger students will launch stomp rockets using air, early to mid elementary can launch alka sletzer powered vehicles, and fourth graders and up can launch rockets using water.
Time: 50 min
Cost: $200
K-2-ETS1-2. PS2.A HS- Design, build, and refine a device that works within given constraints to convert one form of energy into another form of energy.

Safe Landing- Gravity

Description: Investigate gravity as we build contraptions to safely deliver a cargo onto the lunar surface.
Time: 50 min
Cost: $200
5-P-S2-1 Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by earth on objects is directed down MS-PS-2 Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. HS-PS2-3. Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision

Presentations

Frontiers of Flight

Description: What's new in aviation? Discover super fast and super quiet airplanes, personal drones, and other new explorations in the world of flight. This is a bigger group presentation that is interactive.
Time: 50 min
Cost: $200
NGSS standards met: K-PS2-1, K-PS2-2, K-2.Engineering Design, 3-PS2-1, 4-PS3-1, 5-PS2-1, 3-5.Engineering Design, MS-PS2-2

International Space Station

Description: Humans have been living and working on the International Space Station (ISS) since 2000, conducting experiments that have advanced our understanding of biology, physics, and so much more! Learn the history and purpose of the ISS from our engaging presenters, as well as the day-to-day life of an astronaut in microgravity and some of the most significant contributions the ISS has made to science and engineering today. This dynamic presentation includes demonstrations, touchable artifacts, and audience challenges to illustrate relevant concepts.
Time: 1 hour
Cost: $225