Mission: Astronaut provides a no-cost online educational experience centered on space missions, astronaut activities, lunar exploration, health sciences, astronomy, and the Webb Telescope. While anyone can participate, the game is tailored specifically for children in grades 3 to 6. This platform enables young learners to absorb knowledge while enjoying themselves, whether in classroom environments or at home!
For educators, Mission: Astronaut serves as a valuable classroom tool to delve into space-related topics with students, enhance curriculum objectives, or function as an engaging reward between educational activities! The game operates smoothly on computers and tablets alike.
After creating personalized avatars and selecting accessories, students can undertake missions to earn stars or participate in entertaining minigames.
The platform includes numerous concise, accessible activities organized into eight mission categories covering:
All missions connect to abundant video resources and Canadian educational content!
Learners can exchange earned stars for collectible cards from seven diverse space collections. They have the opportunity to construct the solar system while acquiring interesting facts about each planetary body!
Entertainment awaits with six space-themed interactive challenges! Students can explore the Lunar Rover activity, which introduces basic coding concepts by programming a rover to navigate lunar terrain using simple coding blocks.
Students require no email addresses to participate. Entire class registration can be completed in minutes!
When you establish an educator account, the system automatically generates 50 student access keys. Simply distribute individual codes to students for immediate game access!