Holiday School Options
Feb 16-18, Apr 8-10, July 28-31, Aug 5-7, Aug 12-14, Aug 19-21
TARGET: MARS SPACE SCIENCE WORKSHOP
Include up to 36 pupils for 1-3 days
Target:Mars is our flagship space adventure workshop. This highly specialised STEM experience is game-like in style, pitting teams of students against one another in a race to have the technology, skills and knowledge to colonise Mars.
A single-day version teaches players to use techniques and equipment used in research laboratories around the world as they learn to analyse Mars soil samples, engineer prototype vehicles and arrange emergency blood transfusions! Multi-day versions include robotics, rockets, ELISA testing and much more.
Imagine competing nations, life and death situations (simulated!), money management, engineering, science, mathematics, team building and functional skill development – and you are starting to picture the Target:Mars space science workshop. It can be delivered as highly specialised activity days for Able, Gifted and Talented programmes or curriculum enhancement days for a wider range of abilities - and runs during term or holidays for students in Year 5 to Year 13.
KEY INFORMATION
• Type: 1-3 Day A,G&T / STEM / Spectacular Saturday / Holiday School
• Versions: Yr 5&6 / Yr 7-8 / Yr 9-11 / Yr 11-13
• Difficulty: Adaptable from Moderate to Very Hard
• Subject Focus: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
• No. Pupils: 8-30 / Session
• Additional Pupils: Add 1-6 for £20/Pupil/Session
• Duration: 5 Hours/Session (Fit to school day)
• Cost: From £750 - £825 +VAT Per Day
1-Day Story:
£ 825+VAT
2-Day Story:
£1550+VAT
3-Day Story:
£2250+VAT
1-DAY WORKSHOP CONTENT
Delivered in addition to ice-breakers & team-building activities
• MicroChemistry REDOX (Y8+)
• Lander Electronics (Y5-Y7)
• Designing a Mars Buggy
• Mars Explorers
• Blood Transfusions
• Mission Quizzes
A complete skills map & workshop ebrochure can be downloaded from our response email when you check available dates.
Additional Activities In 2-3 Day Events
Our longest running Summer School event
Alarming Electronics • Disease Outbreak (ELISA) • Mars Sand Investigation • Rocket Technology • Robot Rovers • Designing a Mars Lander • Investigating Solar Power • Designing a Wind Turbine • Fuel Cell Technology • Bridging the Chasm • Exploring Nanotechnology • Mars Base Design • Mars Explorers • Beat The Blast • SETI Decoders
Please Note: Events of 2 & 3 day duration will include a selection of the above following a discussion of your objectives.
"We were so impressed. The skilfully planned and delivered challenges were enormously successful in motivating and enthusing our students. The students were encouraged to apply their scientific knowledge; develop their learning aptitudes and employ their higher order thinking skills. Wow! I would have the TiE team back in a heartbeat. I also love the comprehensive information they offer which enables us to have an impact on our students’ learning beyond the days of the challenge."
A Hawthorne, G&T Coordinator, Tanglin Trust School
