Launch to Mars: CS Lewis Program

In Term One, students in the CS Lewis Program completed a Mission to Mars challenge, where they could choose to work individually, in pairs or in groups on a variety of interdisciplinary tasks to successfully colonise the Red Planet.

The students were presented with a variety of challenges to complete and were given the freedom to choose based on their strengths and interests as learners. The students worked on one or more of the following challenges:

Design funding pitches to acquire funding for the mission
Create a new space governance framework for the new colony
Develop a mindfulness app that can be used by the members of the team on Mars
Calculate how to launch and land a ship on Mars
Design a space habitat for surviving on Mars
Investigate and propose ways to develop a self-sustaining habitat
Design and code a robot to explore Mars.

All students in the program thoroughly enjoyed stretching their brains, problem solving as a team and developing their creative skills. In Term 2, they will be investigating the future of food!

The CS Lewis Program is for advanced learners in High School to develop critical thinking, future and problem solving skills.

For more information about our Advanced Learning Program, go to:

All students in the program thoroughly enjoyed stretching their brains, problem solving as a team and developing their creative skills. In Term 2, they will be investigating the future of food!

The CS Lewis Program is for advanced learners in High School to develop critical thinking, future and problem solving skills.

For more information about our Advanced Learning Programs, go to:

May 20, 2022
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