Inspire your students through Cosmosphere STEAM Camps!
Cosmosphere STEAM Camps give students a deeper understanding of everything related to science, technology, engineering, art, and math—from training like an astronaut to running simulated missions to space (and Mars!), launching model rockets, and more! This experience is the best the Cosmosphere has to offer.
Not seeing an option that works for you? No worries; the Cosmosphere Education Team will work with you to create the best experience for your group. Please have a look at the contact information below.
STEAM Camps
Two exciting options to choose from: Mars Academy or Cosmosphere STEAM Camp. Minimum two nights.
Choose your experience below!
Mars Academy
In Mars Academy, teams of campers will find out if they have what it takes to survive on Mars! Throughout the week, campers will learn what they would need to consider when building a colony on Mars, and on the final day, compete to see who can build the most successful Martian colony.
- Simulated Space Mission: Complete a training mission to low-Earth orbit using the Cosmosphere’s Mission Control Center and Astralis spacecraft simulator, modeled after NASA’s Orion capsule.
- Museum Tour/Scavenger Hunt
- Dr. Goddard’s Lab
- 3-PS2-1; 3-PS2-2
- MS-PS2-1; MS-PS2-2
- HS-PS2-1
- Justice Planetarium Show
- Apollo 11 Learn about the Space Race and the heart of NASA’s most celebrated mission, Apollo 11, which put men on the Moon.
- Night Sky Live Journey through the night sky of each season during this engaging live production. You’ll discover why we have seasons and how the sky changes throughout the year. At each stop, you’ll learn about bright constellations and dazzling deep-sky objects. To wrap up, you’ll receive a preview of tonight’s sky so you can go out and stargaze yourself! (5-ESS1-1; MS-ESS1-1; MS-ESS1-3; HS-ESS1-4)
- Oasis in Space transports the audience on a beautiful voyage through our universe, galaxy, and solar system in search of liquid water, a key ingredient for life on Earth. (5-ESS1-1)
- Destination Mars Explore the work being done around the globe to help make the dream of getting humans to Mars a reality. Fly through the International Space Station, where astronauts are already living and working in space, and follow the rockets and vehicles that will take humans beyond the Moon and, one day, all the way to Mars! Travel along as we imagine this remarkable journey. (3-5-ETS1-1; 3-5 ETS1-2; 3-5-ETS1-3; MS-ESS1-3; MS-ETS1-4; HS-ETS1-1; HS-ETS1-2)
- Soundscapes Through giant screen images, surround sound, and live presentation, Global Soundscapes takes you on an ear-opening journey into the science of sound and the emerging field of soundscape ecology. (4-PS3-2; MS-PS4-2)
- Secret Lives of Stars: Narrated by Patrick Stewart, viewers witness an amazing variety of stars and peer into their secret lives. Some stars are massive. Others are tiny, nearly insignificant. The specific characteristics of a star will determine what type of life it will lead, how long it might live, and even the type of death it will die. (MS-ESS1-3)
- Documentary
- Mission team announcements: Create a mission team poster, patch, and handshake.
- Virtual Reality: Use the SAFER pack to safely return to the ISS after becoming untethered.
- Challenge Course: Complete various challenges using teamwork, collaboration, and communication skills
- Astronaut Training Sims: Train like an astronaut in the 4-G Centrifuge, the Multi-Axis Trainer (MAT), and a Russian Soyuz Spacecraft Simulator!
- Radiation Challenge: Test various materials against a radiation source to see which is the best at blocking harmful radiation (MS-PS4-2; HS-PS4-4)
- First Aid Training: Learn the basics of first aid and be able to treat people during the simulated settlement mission successfully.
- Law & Ethics: Discuss how a government and laws would differ in a Martian colony.
- Documentary 101: Learn the steps for creating a documentary, and create one to document the settlement in the Settlement Mission.
- Settlement Mission: Compete against other settlements for resources using what was learned throughout camp to build a thriving settlement.
- Per Person: $199/night*
- Minimum Two Nights
- Airport Transportation: An additional $60 (one-way) for each van used in the pickup.
- 14 people or less = $60
- 15-28 = $120
- 29-42 = $180
Other options
- Salt mine tour could be added at no additional cost
- Glider flights could be added at an additional $70/person
- SCUBA could be added for an additional $100/person
- For wetsuit fitting, we will need shirt size and male or female for each camper.
Pricing includes all meals and programming from 8:30 AM – 8:30 PM (could be longer or shorter depending on what the school wants.)
(30 day advance registration required)
STEAM Camp
In STEAM camp, campers will experience the best that the Cosmosphere has to offer.
- Simulated Space Mission: Complete a training mission to low-Earth orbit using both the Cosmosphere’s Mission Control Center and Astralis capsule-based simulator, which is modeled after NASA’s Orion capsule.
- Museum tour/scavenger hunt
- Dr. Goddard’s Lab
- 3-PS2-1; 3-PS2-2
- MS-PS2-1; MS-PS2-2
- HS-PS2-1
- Justice Planetarium
- Apollo 11 Learn about the Space Race and the heart of NASA’s most celebrated mission, Apollo 11, which put men on the Moon.
- Night Sky Live Journey through the night sky of each season during this engaging live production. You’ll discover why we have seasons and how the sky changes throughout the year. At each stop, you’ll learn about bright constellations and dazzling deep-sky objects. To wrap up, you’ll receive a preview of tonight’s sky so you can go out and stargaze yourself! (5-ESS1-1; MS-ESS1-1; MS-ESS1-3; HS-ESS1-4)
- Oasis in Space transports the audience on a beautiful voyage through our universe, galaxy, and solar system in search of liquid water, a key ingredient for life on Earth. (5-ESS1-1)
- Destination Mars Explore the work being done around the globe to help make the dream of getting humans to Mars a reality. Fly through the International Space Station, where astronauts are already living and working in space, and follow the rockets and vehicles that will take humans beyond the Moon and, one day, all the way to Mars! Travel along as we imagine this remarkable journey. (3-5-ETS1-1; 3-5 ETS1-2; 3-5-ETS1-3; MS-ESS1-3; MS-ETS1-4; HS-ETS1-1; HS-ETS1-2)
- Soundscapes Through giant screen images, surround sound, and live presentation, Global Soundscapes takes you on an ear-opening journey into the science of sound and the emerging field of soundscape ecology. (4-PS3-2; MS-PS4-2)
- Secret Lives of Stars: Narrated by Patrick Stewart, viewers witness an amazing variety of stars and peer into their secret lives. Some stars are massive. Others are tiny, nearly insignificant. The specific characteristics of a star will determine what type of life it will lead, how long it might live, and even the type of death it will die. (MS-ESS1-3)
- Documentary
- Mission Team Announcements: Create a mission team poster, patch, and handshake.
- Virtual Reality: Use the SAFER pack to safely return to the ISS after becoming untethered.
- Challenge Course: Complete various challenges using teamwork, collaboration, and communication skills
- Astronaut Training Sims: Train like an astronaut in the 4-G Centrifuge, the Multi-Axis Trainer (MAT), and a Russian Soyuz Spacecraft Simulator!
- Rocketry: Design, build, and launch model rockets. (3-5-ETS1-3; MS-ETS1-2)
- Robotics: Program a Sphero robot to make its way through a maze
- 3D Printing: Design and print a pulley that will be used during the Rube Goldberg Challenge.
- Drones: Learn the basics of flying a drone and compete against other campers in drone racing.
- Rube Goldberg Challenge: Design a Rube Goldberg Machine design to plant a flag into the lunar surface using a pulley designed during the 3D Pringting activity. (3-5-ETS1-1; MS-ETS1-1).
- Living in Space: Presentation on how astronauts live and work in space (K-LS1-1; K-ESS2-2; KESS3-1; 3-LS4-3; LS3-2; MS-LS2-3)
- Apollo 13 Challenge: Students recreate building the carbon dioxide filter on Apollo 13.
- Leak Challenge
- Battery Build: Build a replica of one of the earliest batteries using pennies and zinc washers (4-PS3-2; 4-PS3-4; MS-PS2-3; HS-PS3-3; MS-ETS1-1; MS-ETS1-2; MS-ETS1-4)
- LOXIC: Presentation where an educator makes ice cream using liquid nitrogen
- Build a Better Lander: Engineering design challenge for students to build a model lunar lander and land 6 astronauts to the ground safely (K-2-ETS1-1; K-2-ETS1-2; 3-5-ETS1-1; 3-5-ETS1-2; 3-5-ETS1-3MS-PS2-1; HS-PS2-3; HS-ETS1-2; HS-ETS1-3)
- Per Person: $199/night*
- Minimum Two Nights
- Airport Transportation: An additional $60 (one-way) for each van used in the pickup.
- 14 people or less = $60
- 15-28 = $120
- 29-42 = $180
Other options
- Salt mine tour could be added at no additional cost
- Glider flights could be added at an additional $70/person
- SCUBA could be added for an additional $100/person
- For wetsuit fitting, we will need shirt size and male or female for each camper.
Pricing includes all meals and programming from 8:30 AM – 8:30 PM (could be longer or shorter depending on what the school wants.)
(30 day advance registration required)
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