Workshop Activities
At the Young Space Explorers event, students have the opportunity to dive into a wide range of activities, from crafting lunar tools to unravelling meteorite mysteries, assembling mini rovers, and embarking on virtual space journeys. Through immersive workshops and sessions, participants tackle tangible space scenarios while deepening their understanding of advanced STEM principles. Each workshop lasts 60 minutes, and students can choose up to four distinct sessions.
Workshop Activity 1
Lunar Innovators: Crafting Regolith Collection Tools
Presented by Lunar Outpost Oceania
Workshop Activity 4
Design a satellite in 3D and learn about 3D printing in space!
Presented by Makers Empire
Explore real-world space challenges, from growing food on Mars to recycling water in spaceships, and harness the power of design thinking to brainstorm innovative solutions. Collaborate with peers, share your ground-breaking ideas, and discover how design plays a pivotal role in space exploration. Join us for an interactive and thrilling journey bridging the gap between terrestrial challenges and celestial possibilities.
Workshop Activity 12
Mission to Mars
Presented by The University of Newcastle – Science and Engineering Challenge
Join the ‘Forces in Space Challenge’ at the Young Space Explorers 2023 event! Students dive into spinning object forces, uncover secrets of axial precession for spacecraft orientation, discover the crucial role of air pressure in spacesuit design and more. Ignite your cosmic curiosity in this hands-on workshop.
Workshop Activity 14
Cosmic Inflation, Gravitational Lensing & Extrasolar Planets
Presented by Fizzics Education
Communication with spacecraft is essential, since without it, we will not be able to know what it is doing or tell it what to do. Typically radio is used for these communications. In this workshop, students will design a radio to receive FM signals purely in software. This allows students to receive broadcast radio.
In this workshop students examine the SCRAMSPACE scramjet free-flying hypersonic scramjet rocket which can fly at 8600km/h.
Students will be able to navigate to a range of booths from top universities, TAFE NSW, and space companies at the Young Space Explorers Careers Expo. Students will uncover space industry pathways and opportunities. All students are expected to do at least one session in either in the space careers expo or the space passport.
In this special program students learn about Space careers and the pathways to enter them from companies and industries directly involved with the Australian Space Sector. All students are expected to do at least one session in either in the space careers expo or the space passport.
Young Space Explorers Agenda
Wednesday 6th December Sydney International Convention Centre. Note activities in red are for selected groups only. The main student cohort to arrive at 9:45am.
Time | Activity |
7.30am – 8.30am | Staff arrival, expo setup, briefing |
8.30am – 8.40am | Space Passport Group 1 assembly and briefing (30 Students) |
8.40am – 9.40am | Space Passport Session 1 (30 Students) |
9.40am – 9.45am | Space Passport group to move back to Level 3 |
9.45am – 10.15am | Arrival Main Group, Expo Session |
10.15am – 10.35am | Public Address – Speaker TBA |
10.10am – 10.25am | Guided Tour of YSE (Pick up at YSE Booth in ASF) |
10.35am – 10.40am | Move to hands on Session |
10.40am – 11.40am | Student hands-on Session 1, Space Passport Group 2, Expo |
11.40am – 11.45am | Move between hands on Sessions |
11.45am – 12.45pm | Student hands-on Session 2, Expo |
12.45pm – 1.45pm | Lunch |
1:45pm – 2:45pm | Student hands-on Session 3, Space Passport Group 3, Expo |
2.45pm – 2:50pm | Move between hands on Sessions |
2.50pm – 3.50pm | Student hands-on Session 4, Expo |
3:25pm – 3:40pm | Guided Tour of YSE (Pick up Booth in ASF) |
3:50pm – 4:00pm | End of hands-on Session, students leave |
4:00pm – 5:00pm | The Great Space Pitch |