Science on Wheels

This is an assembly program recommended for up to 200 students per session in a large space. Each session is about 60 minutes long and up to 3 sessions can be booked in a visit. This assembly can be combined with a different assembly. See our assembly combination options for details.

A space large enough to fit all attending students either seated on the floor or in chairs plus their teachers.

Requirements:

1. Room for two 6’ long rectangular tables (or equivalent), set up at one side of the room with space behind and in front of the tables for the instructor to walk.
2. A screen (projector and screen or digital screen) that the instructor can connect a laptop computer to. If this is not available, we can set up a portable projection system.
3. A 3-pronged electrical outlet near the presentation space (if outlets are 2-pronged, let us know so we can plan for an adaptor)
4. Access to a sink during setup and breakdown and between programs. The sink does not need to be in the presentation room.

Gyms, Cafeterias and auditoriums work well. Large classrooms, such as Music rooms, can also be used depending on the size of the audience and the room. Due to the large amount of setup involved, this program cannot move from space to space once set up.

The first 60-minute session is $200, each additional session on the same day is $100. The maximum number of sessions in one day is 3.

1 Session	$200
2 Sessions	$300
3 Sessions	$400

Outside Greenville county a travel fee of $1.00 per mile applies.

This program can be combined with other assembly programs. Assembly Combination Options

This program can travel up to 2.5 hours from Roper Mountain for a single day trip. Sites farther from Roper Mountain (up to 5 hours) can request an overnight visit. A flat $200 per night fee is added for each night to cover hotel and meals for our instructor. There is a travel fee of $1.00 per mile for all sites outside of Greenville county. We use Google Maps to calculate drive times and distances. It can be beneficial for more distant locations to team up with other sites in your area to combine trips and split travel fees.

Maximum of 3 sessions in a day. 60 minutes is required for setup. 30 minutes is required for breakdown. 15 minutes is required to reset the program between sessions. If the programs extend through lunch time, a 30 minute or longer break between programs is requested so the instructor can eat lunch.

Greenville County schools: First session can start as early as 8:15 a.m.

Out of County Schools: Calculate the drive time from Roper Mountain Science Center to your school, then add that amount of time to 8:00 to determine your earliest assembly start time. If it is a one hour drive from Roper Mountain to your school, add one hour to 8 a.m. and the earliest start time is 9 a.m.

The portable planetarium is an inflatable dome that participants enter and can comfortably fit about 25 students at a time plus their teacher and our instructor. It must be set up in a large indoor space. If needed, we will accommodate a single class of up to 30 students, but for health safety reasons we will only allow combined class groups that are 25 students or fewer. At least one teacher or other school staff person is required to enter the planetarium dome with each class in order to assist our instructor with managing behavior. It is unsafe for students to exit and re-enter the dome during our presentation. For this reason, we recommend having all students use the rest room prior to their scheduled start time. Sessions are 50 minutes. Up to four 50-minute sessions may be scheduled in one school day. Schools with more than this many classes will need to schedule multiple visits. A multi-day visit discount is available.

The portable planetarium dome requires and indoor space with open floor space that is a least 20’x30’ in size and ceilings at least 11’ high. If your space is just a little bit smaller than these dimensions, it is worth asking as we may be able to make it work depending on the exact dimensions. All furniture must be cleared from this area and nothing can be suspended from the ceiling into this space. A working 3-pronged electrical outlet is needed to power our equipment. No other activities can take place in the room where the dome is set up during program times. Other activities may be okay during setup and breakdown times, and in between program time depending on the activity. If the room can be divided with a sound insulated barrier, then activities throughout the day may be okay if they are not too loud.

Gyms are usually ideal, but we have successfully set up in many other spaces including cafeteria’s, stages, music rooms, media centers and even some regular classrooms (with especially high ceilings)..

The first 50-minute session is $175, each additional session on the same day is $75. The maximum number of sessions in one day is 4.

1 Session	$175
2 Sessions	$250
3 Sessions	$325
4 Sessions	$400

Outside Greenville county a travel fee of $1.00 per mile applies.

1st and 5th grade portable planetarium programs can be combined into the same visit or multiple day visits

For multiple day visits a one session discount will be applied to the total for each additional day if we are permitted to store the equipment at the school in between visits.

This program can travel up to 2.5 hours from Roper Mountain for a single day trip. Sites farther from Roper Mountain (up to 5 hours) can request an overnight visit. A flat $200 per night fee is added for each night to cover hotel and meals for our instructor. There is a travel fee of $1.00 per mile for all sites outside of Greenville county. We use Google Maps to calculate drive times and distances. It can be beneficial for more distant locations to team up with other sites in your area to combine trips and split travel fees.

Sessions are 50 minutes long depending on booking site’s choice. Maximum of four sessions in a day. Multiple days can be scheduled if needed to accommodate all classes. 45 minutes is required for setup. 30 minutes is required for breakdown. 10 minutes is required to reset the program between sessions. If the programs extend through lunch time, a 30 minute or longer break between programs is requested so the instructor can eat lunch.

Greenville County schools: First session can start as early as 8:15 a.m.

Out of County Schools: Calculate the drive time from Roper Mountain Science Center to your school, then add that amount of time to 8:00 to determine your earliest assembly start time. If it is a one hour drive from Roper Mountain to your school, add one hour to 8 a.m. and the earliest start time is 9 a.m.

This is a single class program (up to 32 students) that must be setup in one location and have classes come at their scheduled times. Students will be working in small groups and will be required to design and build prototype rollercoasters. They will be using tape and scissors. The program is 60 minutes long and up to 4 sessions can be scheduled in a visit. Schools with more than 4 classes in a grade will need to book multiple days.

A space large enough to fit all attending students either seated on the floor or in chairs plus their teachers.

Requirements:

1. Room for one 6’ long rectangular table (or equivalent), set up against the wall at one side of the room with about 5’ between the table and the audience seating
2. A screen (projector and screen or digital screen) that the instructor can connect a laptop computer to. If this is not available, we can set up a portable projection system.
3. A 3-pronged electrical outlet near the presentation space (if outlets are 2-pronged, let us know so we can plan for an adaptor)

The first 60-minute session is $200, each additional session on the same day is $100. The maximum number of sessions in one day is 4.

1 Session	$200
2 Sessions	$300
3 Sessions	$400
4 Sessions	$500

Outside Greenville county a travel fee of $1.00 per mile applies.

For multiple day visits a one session discount will be applied to the total for each additional day if we are permitted to store the equipment at the school in between visits.

This program can travel up to 2.5 hours from Roper Mountain for a single day trip. Sites farther from Roper Mountain (up to 5 hours) can request an overnight visit. A flat $200 per night fee is added for each night to cover hotel and meals for our instructor. There is a travel fee of $1.00 per mile for all sites outside of Greenville county. We use Google Maps to calculate drive times and distances. It can be beneficial for more distant locations to team up with other sites in your area to combine trips and split travel fees.

Sessions are 60 minutes long. Maximum of 4 sessions in a day. Multiple days can be scheduled if needed to accommodate all classes. 60 minutes is required for setup. 30 minutes is required for breakdown. 15 minutes is required to reset the program between sessions. If the programs extend through lunch time, a 30 minute or longer break between programs is requested so the instructor can eat lunch.

Greenville County schools: First session can start as early as 8:15 a.m.

Out of County Schools: Calculate the drive time from Roper Mountain Science Center to your school, then add that amount of time to 8:00 to determine your earliest assembly start time. If it is a one hour drive from Roper Mountain to your school, add one hour to 8 a.m. and the earliest start time is 9 a.m.