USA

Rockefeller Centre

Located in Midtown Manhattan, the Rockefeller Centre hosts a range of activities for groups including Top of the Rock viewing sky deck.

Empire State Building

A trip to the top of the Empire State building will provide your group with a panoramic view of the whole of NYC. The observatory on the 86th floor is more than 1,000 feet from the ground and can be reached by a high-speed lift. The art-deco architectural design of this sky scraper has made it an impressive monument to the modern American world and since 9/11, it is once again the tallest building in New York.

Radio City Music Hall Stage Door Tour

Explore the theatre, lounges and corridors of the most iconic theatre in New York! Go behind-the-scenes and get an insider’s view of New York’s iconic entertainment venue where the biggest names in show business perform!

Walking Tour Theatre District

you will hear stories of the men and women who have made this the centre of the world of theatre. Discover the history of Times Square, the Broadway Theatre District, and 42nd Street, an area synonymous with American entertainment from stage to screen.

Broadway show

With 39 theatres, each housing 500 seats or more, the Broadway district of New York has something for everyone. From musicals to comedies, plays to children’s matinees. you will find American theatre alive and well. This is a great way to spend an evening either as an educational excursion or simply for recreational enjoyment.

WASHINGTON DC

Smithsonian Museums

(NASM The National Air and Space Museum holds the largest collection of historic aircraft and spacecraft in the world.)

The White House tour

The Capitol Building

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

The National Mall (with Lincoln Memorial)

Library of Congress

US Supreme Court

Museum of African American History

ORLANDO, FLORIDA

Kennedy Space Centre, Florida:

• 3D Space Films (“Journey to Space” and “A Beautiful Planet”)  Astronaut Encounter, Rocket Garden, Journey To Mars: Explorers Wanted, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Shuttle Launch Experience
• Explore Tour – This tour will allow you to tour launch areas with an expert guide.  Stops include: a closest viewing of the space shuttle launch pads, Kennedy Space Center industrial area, a panoramic view of the launch pads from the NASA Causeway and a stop outside the Vehicle Assembly Building.
• Launch Control Center Tour – This tour will allow you to tour inside Firing Room 4, one of the LCC’s four firing rooms and the one from which all 21 shuttle launches since 2006 were controlled. Pass by the consoles at which engineers monitored the computerized launch control system’s thousands of system checks every minute leading up to launch. See the main launch countdown clock and enter the “Bubble Room,” with its wall of interior windows.
• Private Astronaut Training Experience (PATX): Allows you to hear first-hand from a veteran NASA astronaut!  Experience a space shuttle mission simulation and perform hands-on space exploration activities.
• Space Explorers Adventure (SEA): This adventure provides unique educational experiences such as working as a team on a mock space mission in a life-sized replica of a space shuttle and training on a shuttle landing simulator similar to the ones used by NASA astronauts. Students also experience authentic space training using the Multi-Axis Trainer simulating the disorientation felt in a tumble spin during reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere. Using the micro-gravity wall, students experience how the human body adapts and moves in the unique environment of space. The Trajectory Chair simulator combines concepts such as the Coriolis Effect. The ground-breaking National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Science on a Sphere presentation, along with thought-provoking science demonstrations, help students understand the most challenging science concepts.

SILICON VALLEY, SAN FRANCISCO

The Tech Museum of Innovation

Or simply The Tech, is a museum located in the heart of Silicon Valley and has many exhibits dealing with energy efficiency, customization, exploration, and genetics. It brings the love of science to life and allows students to learn hands-on what they can normally only read about.

NASA Ames Research Center

Commonly known as NASA Ames, is a major NASA research center at Moffett Federal Airfield in California’s Silicon Valley. It was founded as the second National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics laboratory

Fab Lab

A hub for innovation, providing workshops where the resources that entrepreneurs and inventors require to innovate are made accessible through training, and is an educational provider for youth in order to prepare the future leaders of our innovation economy

High Tech High

Visit this school where teachers collaborate to design curriculum and projects, lead professional development, and participate in hiring, while seeking student experience and voice in each of these areas. With students as design partners, staff function as reflective practitioners, conducting inquiry into equitable teaching and learning, school culture, project design, and authentic assessment.