What Does MOSI Offer?
MOSI features hands-on, inquiry based STEAM exhibits, including engineering, robotics, physics, optics, health and wellness, weather and space science. Students can lie on a bed of nails, build a robot, explore optical illusions, challenge themselves with hands-on brain puzzles, visit a lunar colony, and learn about planets and our solar system in the Saunders Planetarium. MOSI will have vending machines, but there will be no café on campus, so please bring your own lunches in coolers. We have a place for cooler storage and for our guests to eat lunch, but we are not equipped to store individual lunches.
What Does The Field Include?
1- A hands-on Interactive Lab, hosted by MOSI educators, & tailored to specific age groups and science learning goals:
Up, Up, & Away
(K-2nd Grade)
Explore the world oof space travel through the eyes of an astronaut. Learn the parts of a rocket and then blast rockets up in the air! Finish your journey with a taste of astronaut ice cream. yummm
**Aligns with the State of Florida's education standards MA.A.1, SC.E.5, SC.K.N, SC.2.N
Kinetic Art
(3rd-5th Grade)
Experience the action of art in motion as students master he mechanics of movement by building a Rube Goldberg-style machine. Teams work together to build a complex machine using pulleys, gears, marbles, and other engineering contraptions. Combining fundamental forces with creative invention, students will experience the pride of building a wild, moving chain reaction.
Aligns with the State of Florida's education standards SC.E.5.4, SC.N>1.1, SC. P.10.2, SC.P.12.2, SC.P.13.1
Investigative Health (6th Grade & up)
Expose students to important health topics concerning cardiovascular health. Dissect a sheep's pluck which is the trachea, lungs and heart of the animal. Students will be able to observe not only the above-mentioned organs, but also tissues, valves and muscles that are vital to proper organ functions. Students will also related methods of dissecting this specimen to a prerecorded segment of an actual open-heart surgery. At the end of the program, students may ask questions about the latest information regarding heart and lung health.
Aligns with the State of Florida's education standards SC.L.14, SC.L.15, HE.C, HE.B, HE.P
2- Planetarium Programs -
Guests will enjoy a 15-minute live star show led by MOSI staff, followed by a 30-minute immersive film. We are currently scheduled to enjoy Expedition Reef (Grades K & Up), however film selections are subject to change according to MOSI's offerings.
3- Exhibits!
Following the educational lab and planetarium experiences, field trip attendees are free to roam and explore all of MOSI's exhibits.
Traveling Exhibit: Da Vinci: The Exhibition
In addition to MOSI's permanent exhibits, prepare to step into the mind of a genius with Da Vinci: The Exhibition. This exhibit, features hands-on models and discoveries inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s inventions, art, and engineering.
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