MPASC Upcoming Events :: UPDATE !! .. Melaka Space Fair 2012

Hi guys.. This is is a part of our plan for the  GRAND event of the year :: 

Melaka Space Fair 2012

There are still more activities to come, so just keep update with Us !!

Mars Robotics

Learn how NASA uses robots to explore places that humans can still not go to with NASA JPL’s Robotics Engineer, Paulo Younse. 

Year of the Solar system

Learn how our understanding of planets and solar system has revolutionized during the last five decades with Randii Wessin, NASA JPL’s Planetary Scientist.

Earth Science in a GLOBE 

How far have we understood our Planet Earth and our Ocean? Want to know more than you already know? Come and meet NASA JPL’s GLOBE Instructor, Peter Falcon and Ocean Circulation Scientist, Margaret Sreenivasan.

Could life exist in extreme environment?

What makes a planet habitable? What makes an environment extreme? How has ‘life’ adapted to this type of environment? Who are the Extremophilles? How do they survive in extreme pressure, gravity, radiation, low/high temperature, acidity/alkalinity, salinity and dry environment? Get the answer at the Melaka Space Fair 2012!

NASA Spin Offs
How have NASA-derived technologies improved and saved lives? Find all about it with Jaya Bajpayee, from the Astrophysics Operating Missions & Physics of the Cosmos Program, NASA Headquarters.
















 

NASA Educator’s workshop (teachers only)

Learn all about the importance of incorporating interactive activities that explains science in a fun way and get students engaged with Deborah Scherrer of the Stanford Solar Centre and Phillip H. Scherrer, Proffesor of Physics at Center for Space Science& Astrophysics, Stanford University



Classroom Comet (students/public)

What do comets look like up close? If you want to know you can either take a spacecraft to space or you can prepare one yourself…here at MPASC this coming November! It’s messy but fun!!

Dry Ice Ice Cream (students/ public)

Can science be this picture-delicious? Try mixing your own ice cream with flavors of your choice. It’s a messy affair, but tasty!





Egg Drop Challenge (students / public)

Will a raw egg survive a 3 meter plunge over our MPASC overpass?

Crazy foam
Mix two solutions together and get an amazing eruption of oxygen-filled foam that appears like a giant stream of toothpaste!

Super Soap Bubbles

Bubbles could be blown with any mixture of soap and water, but do you know how to mix a superior bubble mixture to make super strong, long lasting bubbles?

Rainbow Milk Kids Colour Zone (Pre-school/under 12 years of age)

Learn all about colours and make your own cool rainbow on a plate of milk!

Other exciting activities are still being planned for, stay updated with us.

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Management Team

Melaka Planetarium Adventure Science Centre