STEAM: Missions & Applications Tour
The STEAM: Missions & Applications program is an all-inclusive travel and immersive experience. The standard duration of this program is eleven days, eight nights. The package is all inclusive, with:
- Return international airfares
- Comprehensive travel insurance
- Charted Bus Transfers, exclusive to your school group
- Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner each day
- An action-packed 10 day itinerary
Six day immersion at the Marshall Space Centre. Each of the six days has a set itinerary with tailored programs, each contributing to enhance student enjoyment and STEM engagement. As part of these six days, students will:
- Participate in a mission simulation that includes launching and landing a Space Shuttle and simulating a spacewalk on the International Space Station
- Participate in a mission simulation that includes launching, landing and walking on Mars
- Experience the effect of zero gravity in the multiaxial trainer
- Experience one-sixth gravity of the Moon, by performing a Moon walk
- Work through challenges of Mission Control during live space missions
- Build model rockets and complete analysis of their launch and flight trajectories
- Build a heat shield use to protect Space Shuttles during re-entry
- Complete leadership development and team work activities
- Partake in a guided tour of the operational side of the Marshall Space Centre and Davidson Centre.
- Participate in a simulated shuttle launch - with simulated G-force
- View retired NASA rockets and the Pathfinder shuttle
- Participate in various IMAX and Space Camp-staff led presentations
Two Day Immersion at Disneyland. This day provides students with the unique opportunity to experience the iconic Disneyland, including a STEAM Youth Educational Experience. Through this, students are guided through the technical side of a range of attractions, and will use this information to analyse a range of Disneyland's top attractions. The program is designed to assist students to deepen their understanding of how Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics are integrated into the rides of Disneyland. Time is also built in this day for students to have a "free-exploration" of Disneyland allowing them to take in the full Disney experience.
Optional Add On Experiences
- This tour can be extended with a host of optional add on experiences. Optional experiences include, but are not limited to:
- Visiting Universal Studios, Griffth Observatory or the California Science Centre in Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Combining activities and experiences from the STEAM: Frontiers & Applications tour in Orlando, FL, USA
- Combining activities and experiences from the STEM Innovation: Silicon Valley tour in San Francisco, CA, USA
- Visiting and participating in a variety of programs at the Johnson Space Centre in Houston, TX, USA
- Visiting the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C, USA
- Tour of the Boeing Factory and participation in various STEM workshops in Seattle, WA, USA