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 or a tour for $3 student more.

Workshops min 15 max 38;   Tour Groups: min 10 max 35   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.

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.

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

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			PK-K		50 min		$185		yes
		Spark of Innovation			Pk-K		50 min		$185		yes
		Up, Up and Away Storytime			PK-K		50 min		$185		yes
Workshops		Return to the Moon			1-2		50 min		$5 or $200		no
		Things that Fly			1-2		50 min		$5 or $200		no
		Robots: Simple Coding			1-2		50 min		$5 or $210		yes
		Rocketry: Gravity			1-5		50 min		$5 or $200		yes
		Aircraft Design: Forces & Motion			3-8		50 min		$5 or $200		yes
		Stralight's Journey: Stellar Brightness			3-5		50 min		$5 or $200		no
		Moonquakes- Earthquake mitigation			3-5		50 min		$5 or $200		no
		Robots: Informational Processing			3-5		50 min		$5 or $210		yes
		Space Gloves: Thermal Transfer Device			6-8		50 min		$5 or $200		no
		Robots: Creating Programs			6-8		50 mins		$5 or $210		yes
		Rocketry: Motion			6-12		50 mins		$5 or $200		yes
		Are we Alone? Aliens and Exoplanets			9-12		60 min		$5 or $200		yes
		Wind Pigs Fly: Newton and Forces			9-12		50 min		$5 or $200		no
		Robots: Cyber Security Ciphers			9-12		60 min		$5 or $210		yes
Tours		World of Color			Pk-K		30 min		$3
		Wings of Wonder			K-2		30 min		$3
		Animals in Aviation			3-5		30 min		$3
		Careers and Heroes			6-8		30 min		$3
		Aviation Showstoppers			9-12		30 min		$3
Presentation		ISS			2-8		50 min		$225		yes
		Fronteirs of Flight			2-8		50 min		$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.

Spark of Innovation Storytime

Description: Read stories about making objects and the explore stations on cart making, literacy, and watercraft
Time: 50
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.

Tours

Description: Guided Tours last 30 min and visit approximately 10 stops *World of Colors (Pk-K)- Scavenger hunt for colors to learn unique stories *Winged Wonders (K-2)- Examine examples of human ingenuity in this interactive tour of flying objects *Animals in Aviation (3-5)- Discover how animals have aided humans in aviation and aerospace *Careers and Heroes (6-8)- Peer into the past as we look at famous aviators and then dream of the future of work *Aviation Showstoppers- Journey though time as we examine competitions and entertainment with planes and rockets.
Time:
Cost: $3/ student

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: $5/student in museum or $200/class outreach
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: Simple 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: $5/student in museum or $210/class outreach
K-2.NI.6 Create patterns to communicate a message.

Rocketry: Gravity

Description: Ready to be a rocket scientist? Construct a rocket and then watch it launch using the power of bubbles.
Time: 50 min
Cost: $5/ student in museum or $200/ class outreach
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.

Things That Fly

Description: From animals to plants to machines discover why things fly as you create planes, helicopters and kites.
Time: 50 min
Cost: $5/ student in museum or $200/ class outreach
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.

Tours

Description: Guided Tours last 30 min and visit approximately 10 stops *World of Colors (Pk-K)- Scavenger hunt for colors to learn unique stories *Winged Wonders (K-2)- Examine examples of human ingenuity in this interactive tour of flying objects *Animals in Aviation (3-5)- Discover how animals have aided humans in aviation and aerospace *Careers and Heroes (6-8)- Peer into the past as we look at famous aviators and then dream of the future of work *Aviation Showstoppers- Journey though time as we examine competitions and entertainment with planes and rockets.
Time:
Cost: $3/ student

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. See how balanced and unbalanced forces interact in the glider.
Time: 50 min
Cost: $5/ student in museum or $200/ class outreach
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

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: $5/student in museum or $200/class outreach
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: Information Processing

Description: Robots and humans share a love of sensors and central processing. Start with an off scree activity to design a robot and then use our Lego or Cubelets to create robots of your own.
Time: 50 min
Cost: $5/student in museum or $210/class outreach
LS1.D Different sense receptors are specialized for particular kinds of information; Animals use their perceptions and memories to guide their actions.

Rocketry: Gravity

Description: Ready to be a rocket scientist? Students construct a rocket and then watch it launch with high pressure water. See forces in motion.
Time: 1 hour
Cost: $5/student in museum or $210/class outreach
PS2.A The effect of unbalanced forces on an object results in a change of motion. Patterns of motion can be used to predict future motion. Some forces act through contact, some forces act even when the objects are not in contact. The gravitational force of Earth acting on an object near Earth’s surface pulls that object toward the planet’s center.

Starlight’s Journey: Stellar Brightness

Description: Using sensors examine how distance impacts star brightness, create a star life cycle bookmark, and end with a demo about black holes
Time: 50 min
Cost: $5/student in museum or $200/class outreach
Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from the Earth. (Scale, Proportion, and Quantity)

Tours

Description: Guided Tours last 30 min and visit approximately 10 stops *World of Colors (Pk-K)- Scavenger hunt for colors to learn unique stories *Winged Wonders (K-2)- Examine examples of human ingenuity in this interactive tour of flying objects *Animals in Aviation (3-5)- Discover how animals have aided humans in aviation and aerospace *Careers and Heroes (6-8)- Peer into the past as we look at famous aviators and then dream of the future of work *Aviation Showstoppers- Journey though time as we examine competitions and entertainment with planes and rockets.
Time:
Cost: $3/ student

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. See how balanced and unbalanced forces interact in the glider.
Time: 50 min
Cost: $5/student in museum or $200/class outreach
6-8-PS2-1 The role of the mass of an object must be qualitatively accounted for in any change of motion due to the application of a force.

Robots: Creating Programs

Description: Use our robots to design and debug programming in this hands-on activity.
Time: 1 hour
Cost: 210
6-8.AP.19 Document programs in order to make them easier to use, read, test, and debug.

Rocketry: Motion

Description: Ready to be a rocket scientist? Students construct a rocket and then watch it launch with high pressure water. See forces in motion.
Time: 50 min
Cost: $5/student in museum or $210/class outreach
PS2.A The effect of unbalanced forces on an object results in a change of motion. Patterns of motion can be used to predict future motion. Some forces act through contact, some forces act even when the objects are not in contact. The gravitational force of Earth acting on an object near Earth’s surface pulls that object toward the planet’s center.

Space Gloves: Thermal Transfer Device

Description: Help design and test a glove that is both moveable and stands up to the cold.
Time: 50 min
Cost: $5/ student in museum or $200/ class outreach
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

Tours

Description: Guided Tours last 30 min and visit approximately 10 stops *World of Colors (Pk-K)- Scavenger hunt for colors to learn unique stories *Winged Wonders (K-2)- Examine examples of human ingenuity in this interactive tour of flying objects *Animals in Aviation (3-5)- Discover how animals have aided humans in aviation and aerospace *Careers and Heroes (6-8)- Peer into the past as we look at famous aviators and then dream of the future of work *Aviation Showstoppers- Journey though time as we examine competitions and entertainment with planes and rockets.
Time:
Cost: $3/ student

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.

Robots: Cyber Security Ciphers

Description: Use our robot collection to decipher and send secure messages across the classroom
Time: 50 min
Cost: $210
6-8.NI.4 Model the role of protocols in transmitting data across networks and the internet.

Rocketry: Energy Transfer

Description: Design and construct a rocket that will convert potential pressure energy into kinetic energy
Time: 50 min
Cost: $200
Design, build, and refine a device that works within given constraints to convert one form of energy into another form of energy.

Tours

Description: Guided Tours last 30 min and visit approximately 10 stops *World of Colors (Pk-K)- Scavenger hunt for colors to learn unique stories *Winged Wonders (K-2)- Examine examples of human ingenuity in this interactive tour of flying objects *Animals in Aviation (3-5)- Discover how animals have aided humans in aviation and aerospace *Careers and Heroes (6-8)- Peer into the past as we look at famous aviators and then dream of the future of work *Aviation Showstoppers- Journey though time as we examine competitions and entertainment with planes and rockets.
Time:
Cost: $3/ student

When Pigs Fly: Newton and Forces

Description: Discover the world of aviation as you design a hover device for a pig to test our wind tunnel
Time: 50 min
Cost: 200
Hs- PS2-1 Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration. (Cause and Effect)

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: 50 min
Cost: $225