Virtual Field Trips and programs are only available to non-profit

organizations, public or private schools, educational institutions,

homeschool groups, or civic groups.

Virtual Field Trips have a minimum of 15 school age participants. While

no maximum number of students is set, extremely large groups may

have limited ability/opportunity to interact with the Visitor Center

instructor leading the live program and activity.

Field Trips are available on select weekdays, 9 am-4 pm eastern,

pending Visitor Center staff availability and NASA mission operations.

Occasionally exceptions may be made based on staff availability.

Contact the Visitor Center for details.

Groups may not charge participants a fee to attend the program.

Field trip requests should be submitted at least 1 week in advance, and

can only be submitted up to 90 days in advance.

Due to program popularity and limited availability, the Visitor Center

staff may limit the number of programs a group/school may reserve in

an effort to provide opportunities to as many students as possible.

Smaller classes from the same school that are requesting the same

program topic may be asked to combine classes for a single program.

TO SCHEDULE A VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP

1. Look over the Virtual Field Trip Planning Guide and ensure that your

group is eligible.

2. Go to https://wallops-visitor-center.appointlet.com and complete and

submit the program request form

3. After program details are confirmed, you will be sent a confirmation,

usually within 2-3 business days.

4. If using a group provided virtual platform, the group will be required to

send a link to the Visitor Center staff, and may be asked to schedule a

test of the virtual platform prior to the program.

5. Distribute the activity material list to program participants and review all

confirmation e-mails.

ELIGIBILITY

Virtual Field Trip

Planning Guide

www.nasa.gov

Schedule a Virtual Field Trip

https://wallops-visitorcenter.appointlet.com

HOURS FOR FIELD TRIPS*

Select weekdays

9 am-4 pm- Eastern

*The Visitor Center staff may be able to

accommodate some requests outside this

time frame. Please e-mail to make a special

request.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

All virtual and in person Visitor Center

programs and activities, are subject to

cancellation or change at any time

due to NASA mission operations and

Visitor Center staff availability.

WALLOPS VISITOR CENTER

CONTACT INFORMATION

757.824.1404 - front desk

wff-nasa-visitor-center@mail.nasa.gov

NASA Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center Virtual Field Trip Planning Guide

NASA's Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center
ACTIVITY MATERIALS

The virtual field trip activities will require that students or teachers gather materials that are common in most

households and classrooms. Unfortunately, the Visitor Center does not have sufficient resources to

distribute materials to participants at this time. A list of materials will be distributed to the group contact prior

to the program date.

VIRTUAL PLATFORM

The Visitor Center can host the virtual program through Microsoft Teams (no download required) or can join

the virtual platform of your choice.

VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP OPTIONS

Virtual field trips are conducted live by a Visitor Center informal educator and are approximately 60 minutes

in length. Most virtual field trips include a presentation, question and answer session, and a hands-on

activity.

K- 2nd Grade, Our Neighbor the Moon: (30 minutes) What is something up in the sky visible during the

day and at night? Something that may be dim or shine bright? What might have a different shape when we

look at it on different days? It’s our neighbor, the Moon! Join us on a short 30-minute adventure about the

Moon and NASA’s plans to go back and visit.

3rd – 5th Grade, Moon to Mars,: Why is NASA going back to the Moon and what’s left to discover? How

will going to the Moon help astronauts get to Mars? Why do we want to land astronauts on Mars? We’ll

answer these questions and more as we explore from the Moon to Mars. Following the discussion, students

will create a pocket size scale model of the solar system to better understand some of the challenges we

face when exploring other parts of our solar system.

6th–8th Grade, Mission Explorers: Join the Visitor Center staff to explore how NASA uses robotic

spacecraft technology to uncover mysteries within the solar system! Participants will receive a solar system

exploration mission, then design their very own spacecraft prototype that will collect data about a target

destination!

9th-12th Grade, Explore Flight: NASA is charged with solving the problems of flight and developing new

technology to keep U.S. aviation first in safety, efficiency, and innovation. Join us as we uncover how NASA

explores the full range of Earth’s atmosphere and achieves flight on Mars! Participants can create and test

a paper helicopter along with our educator.

Program Information

www.nasa.gov

NASA Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center Virtual Field Trip Planning Guide