Biosphere Dome
Can you grow food on the Moon?
The colony's crops are dying. Pairs read plant-growth data to find the cause, design a greenhouse, hand-pollinate flowers because there are no bees on the Moon, choose the best seeds, plan food for fifty people and test what happens to the base ecosystem when one species is lost.
Years 5–6 + HPGE
Hands-on
Investigations
Inquiry Based
Primary School Workshops
Customise
Your
Experience
What's In Biosphere Dome?
A Moonbase Alpha mission dome for Years 5–6 and HPGE. Teams take on the dome's missions with challenge cards and report whether their dome is safe.
Every session opens with an alert from Moonbase Alpha, and ends with the crew reporting whether their dome is safe.
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Year Levels
Years 5–6 + HPGE
Duration
60 or 90 minutes
Group Size
Up to 32
Price (incl GST)
$690 (60 min)
$21.56 per student
$790 (90 min)
$24.69 per student
Differentiated challenge cards matched to your class
Choose experiences to match your class interests
Predict, test, observe and explain
THE CRAZY SCIENTIST DIFFERENCE
Multiple Investigations. Learning Matched to Every Stage
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
Explore the learning at your stage.
Stage 3 — Biosphere Dome
Stage 3 cards challenge teams to work out what a Moon base would need to grow its own food and keep an ecosystem in balance.
Relevant NSW Science & Technology outcomes (2024)
Every group works from a Stage 3 challenge card written for these outcomes.
✓ ST3-SCI-01 — Living things may change over millions of years, in response to their environments
Examine and explain how the characteristics of flowers, fruit and seeds are adaptations for reproduction in plants
✓ ST3-SCI-01 — Living things may change over millions of years, in response to their environments
Interpret a food web that describes the flow of matter and energy between plants and animals in an ecosystem
✓ ST3-DDT-01 — Design processes explore opportunities and develop solutions
Collect data about a user need to generate design criteria for sustainable solutions
✓ ST3-DAT-01 — Knowledge of our world and beyond inspires sustainable solutions (skills focus)
interprets data to support explanations and arguments
See the Science in Action
LEARNING BEYOND THE WOW
What Students learn & How We Support Teachers
What Your Students Will Learn
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
How we support teachers
Challenge cards for every stage, used by
students during the session.
Classroom follow-up experiments to keep the learning going
Risk assessment, Working With Children Check and public liability insurance details, sent before your visit
Thinking skills students practise
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Workshop Requirements & Bookings
Everything You Need to Know
Up to 32 students per session
Group Size
60 or 90 minutes
Session Time
A classroom with tables for 16 pairs. Everything runs inside.
Space & Setup
All materials, equipment, safety glasses and stage challenge cards.
What we Provide
“Want something to take home? Ask about our take-home extras when you enquire.”
Enquire About This Workshop
30+ Years Teaching Science
Experienced science teacher designing activities that keep children engaged, involved and learning.
We Bring Everything
Experiments, equipment and materials come with us — you just provide the space and the kids.
Tailored to Your School
Activities are adjusted to suit your class’s stage
Fast Availability Reply
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