Last week , sixth grade students participated in a field trip to the Christa McAuliffe center at Framingham State University. Students had the opportunity to participate in a “Mission to Mars”, in which students played the roles of astronauts and scientists in the Mars lander spaceship and in mission control. They learned the importance of teamwork as they finished the tasks necessary to land the spaceship on Mars, and to launch a new crew back to Earth. In addition, the students viewed “Oasis in Space”, a digital multimedia presentation in the planetarium. They followed the presentation with a lesson on constellations by the planetarium staff, and a viewing of a scale model of the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity.
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