High School Programs
The HBOSC will offer virtual field trips for students during the fourth quarter.
The HBOSC will offer virtual field trips for students during the fourth quarter.
The classroom teacher must register in advance using the registration form as has traditionally been done with in-person programs.
The classroom teacher must register in advance using the registration form as has traditionally been done with in-person programs.
Please contact the program's instructor or creator with any program-specific questions. Contact information for Outreach Teachers can be found on our Staff Information page. Direct all other questions to howardb.owens@pgcps.org
Please contact the program's instructor or creator with any program-specific questions. Contact information for Outreach Teachers can be found on our Staff Information page. Direct all other questions to howardb.owens@pgcps.org
Registration is needed for live programs! Click here to go to the registration Form!
Available All Quarters
Destination Mars
Destination Mars
Instructors - Serena Gayles and John White
- Researchers are ready to explore Mars, but there’s one glaring problem - more than 40 million miles separate Earth from the Red Planet. This distance makes it impossible to travel back and forth between the two planets while completing our research. We need to build a base on one of the Red Planet’s moons, Deimos or Phobos, that will allow us to send a spacecraft to the surface of Mars and back in the fastest and safest way possible. Student teams will select which moon is best to build a base by analyzing three sets of data collected by rovers on Deimos and Phobos.
Post-visit activities will be shared via email after the program!
