Failure or success? Your students decide. Students practice making decisions during associated classroom lessons before journeying to the Cosmosphere where they put their decision-making skills to work to solve a problem, explore the history of the space program and visit the actual Apollo 13 command module, Odyssey. Includes teacher training as requested and standards-aligned curriculum with activity book.

Grades 6-12

Duration: 3-5 hours

Supplement astronomy classroom lessons with activities that create a deeper understanding of the solar system. Of course, no astronomy visit would be complete without a show in our Justice Planetarium, where students will get to see the solar system in vivid detail! Activities include the planetarium show, making Solar System bracelets, a scaling activity and a Seasons on Mars presentation.

Grades 4-7

Duration: 3 hours

After they have studied the life cycle of stars; the elements; or electricity, magnetism and light, bring your students to the Cosmosphere to discuss the intricacy and use of spectral analysis. Check out a fun show about how light travels, blends, reflects or changes color, and gaze at the sun with our solar telescopes or do a sunspot activity. Within the Justice Planetarium, almost any question can be answered live, and reinforced by epic visuals. Activities include a light show, spectral analysis and decoding, a planetarium show and solar gazing.

Grades 8-12

Duration: 3 1/2 hours

The future of the world is in your students’ hands. They’ll read Hiroshima by John Hersey and study The Manhattan Project while completing lessons across math, chemistry, biology, history, journalism and English. Then, they will journey to the Cosmosphere where they will prepare a National Security Briefing for the President, translate what they’ve learned to a real scenario, utilize primary source materials, and work as a team. Includes teacher training as requested, standards-aligned curriculum and one copy of the book Hiroshima.

Grades 9-12

Duration: 3-5 hours

The future of the world is in your students’ hands. They’ll read Hiroshima by John Hersey and study The Manhattan Project while completing lessons across math, chemistry, biology, history, journalism and English. Then, they will journey to the Cosmosphere where they will prepare a National Security Briefing for the President, translate what they’ve learned to a real scenario, utilize primary source materials, and work as a team. Includes teacher training as requested, standards-aligned curriculum and one copy of the book Hiroshima.

Grades 9-12

Duration: 3-5 hours

Activities include a show in the Justice Planetarium, a Dr. Goddard’s Lab presentation and admission to the Hall of Space Museum.

Grades K-12 (Also great for multi-age groups)

Duration: 3 hours

Enjoy hands-on STEM activities with a space-centric theme! Learn about living in space, rocketry, the Moon and so much more! Stay and experience the workshop together or drop off youngsters while you and the rest of the family enjoy another program. Adults must accompany 2-7 year olds (no additional cost) 8-12 year olds may be dropped off, but must be signed in and out by a responsible adult.

Students 2-12 years old

Duration: 1 hour

Experience is included with an All-Access Mission Pass.

We have a lost astronaut on Mars! Join the rescue team to locate the astronaut, repair the Mars buggy, send a rescue pod, and bring the astronaut back to safety. Includes a robotics class, guided tour of the Hall of Space Museum, Journey to Space documentary in our Carey Digital Dome Theater, teacher training as requested, standards-aligned curriculum and one copy of the book The Martian by Andy Weir.

Grades 6-12

Duration: 4-5 hours

We have a lost astronaut on Mars! Join the rescue team to locate the astronaut, repair the Mars buggy, send a rescue pod, and bring the astronaut back to safety. Includes teacher training as requested, standards-aligned curriculum and one copy of the book The Martian by Andy Weir.

Grades 6-8

Duration: 1-3 hours

Activities include a show in the Justice Planetarium, a “What is the Moon?” presentation, a guided tour of the Hall of Space Museum, a “Living in Space” presentation and activity and answers to the questions: What is the Moon made of? What does it do for us? What is it like to travel there? 

Grades K-3

Duration: 2 hours

Climb aboard our mini-Vostok space capsule and get ready to explore! Rotating age-appropriate topics such as: Five Sense Science (focused on our five senses with a space twist), flight, space history, properties of matter, Toys in Space, Meet our Moon, Night Sky Planetarium, Living in Space program with puppets and Hall of Space Museum tour with puppets. Program can be customized. 

Grade Pre K - 1

Duration: 1 hour

Based on the Mousetronaut book series by astronaut Mark Kelly, students prepare a mouse for a trip to Mars by designing a spacesuit and spaceship. They’ll learn about Mars in the Justice Planetarium, spaceships in the Hall of Space Museum and see the journey come to life in the Carey Digital Dome Theater! Includes teacher training as requested, standards-aligned curriculum and one Mousetronaut book. 

Download the Mini Mars Mission Overview Here

Grades 1-2

Duration: 3-5 hours

Experience the Cosmosphere! Activities include your choice of shows in the Justice Planetarium and Carey Digital Dome Theater, a Dr. Goddard’s Lab presentation and admission to the Hall of Space Museum.

Grades K-12 (Also great for multi-age groups)

Duration: 4 hours

Come fly with us! Students study the forces of flight (thrust, drag, lift, weight) in their classrooms before journeying to the Cosmosphere to put their knowledge to the test. Using the CosCar, CosCopter or FPG-9, they will create and test their own designs. Includes a special Dr. Goddard’s Lab, guided tour of the Hall of Space Museum, choice of Carey Digital Dome Theater movies Air Racers or Living in the Age of Airplanes, teacher training as requested and standards-aligned curriculum.

Grades 6-8

Duration: 3-5 hours

Are your students up to a challenge? Students engineer and program their robots to tackle a variety of tasks.

Grades 2-5

Duration: 1-2 hours

Are your students up to a challenge? Students engineer and program their robots to tackle a variety of tasks.

Grades 2-5

Duration: 1-2 hours

Participants will use elementary coding to program robots, tackling a variety of tasks. They'll also view our Robots movie in our Carey Digital Dome Theater and have a guided tour of our Hall of Space Museum. Click here to see the trailer for Robots movie.

Grades 5-12

Duration: 3 hours (add extra time for lunch and/or gift store.)

Experience the explosive history of rockets and discover the different machines that have carried humans to space. Build and launch paper air rockets, see a Dr. Goddard’s Lab presentation and take a guided tour of the Hall of Space Museum.

Grades K-8 (Also great for multi-age groups)

Duration: 3 hours

Experience the explosive history of rockets in Dr. Goddard’s Lab and discover the different machines we’ve flown to space on a guided tour of the Hall of Space Museum. Build and launch model rocket with engines. Watch as the education team launches a trash can 150 feet in the air! (Launches are weather permitting). 

Grades 6-12

Duration: 4 hours

Space needs a cleanup crew! From the standards-aligned curriculum provided, students will study the history of satellites and orbits before journeying to the Cosmosphere for a special Dr. Goddard’s Lab show, Space Junk movie in the Carey Digital Dome Theater and a tour of the Hall of Space Museum with emphasis on the space junk we created. Then they’ll apply what they’ve learned to engineer a space junk collector.

Grade 5

Duration: 3-5 hours

Is humanity’s hunger for information new? Is this something that’s happened with the birth of the personal computer, or is it something that’s been around much longer?

As it turns out, humans have desired information for a long time. Often, it was because groups of people didn’t get along. They wanted to know what the “bad guys” were up to, so they would send one of their own to spy on the other group. Since early history, spying has been the subject of many stories. With this program students will learn about the history of spying and the Cold War, learn spying techniques and decode encrypted messages. Includes teacher training as requested, standards-aligned curriculum and one copy of the book The Spycatchers of Maple Hill by Megan Frazer.

Grades 4-5

Duration: 3-5 hours

From the standards-aligned curriculum provided, students explore their local weather, weather around the world, and learn about shapes, perimeter and area before coming to the Cosmosphere to see weather in action. Includes special Justice Planetarium and Dr. Goddard’s Lab shows, teacher training as requested and standards-aligned curriculum.

Grade 3

Duration: 3-5 hours