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Challenger Center has a genuine commitment to education. We know that in order to make change happen, we must reach all parts of the education system: students, teachers, schools, and communities. We have developed a full array of programs to accomplish this.
I have devoted a good deal of attention these past couple of years to the subject of K-12 math and science education and much of what [Challenger Center is] doing is exactly what I concluded was needed [in the report "Rising Above The Gathering Storm"].
Our programs are based on a very simple philosophy—that students, teachers, and families will always be happily surprised by what they can accomplish. Regardless of a person’s cultural background, economic situation, gender, learning style, or academic level, every Challenger Center program provides both children and adults with an opportunity to succeed.
Challenger Learning Centers
Challenger Learning Centers are the centerpiece of Challenger Center and its educational programming. Embodying our philosophy of learning through simulation, the international network of Challenger Learning Centers transforms over 300,000 students into astronauts and engineers each years, and impacts over 40,000 teachers through professional development programs.
Challenger Lessons
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Lesson Plan Database
Our units and lessons give you everything you need to make connections between science and the everyday. Use our searchable database to find the right lesson for your grade and subject. -
Christa McAuliffe's Lessons
Using these activities, teachers can replicate that which Christa was not able to share from orbit.
WebCasts
Challenger Center multimedia educational resources include events and interactive chats with astronauts, scientists and engineers.
Podcasts/Vodcasts
Challenger Center multimedia educational resources include weekly space and science podcasts and videos on our YouTube channel.
Science Challenges
Check out these super cool space science, Earth science and engineering design challenges. Send in your predictions, videos and designs!
Games
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Sports in Space
Challenger Center held a 20-minute live question-and-answer downlink session with Mission Specialists Barbara Morgan and Benjamin Drew during the flight of STS-118 space shuttle. The interactive Q&A with students from across the USA was broadcast live and is archived on-line.
ARCHIVED PROGRAMS
STS-118
Challenger Center held a 20-minute live question-and-answer downlink session with Mission Specialists Barbara Morgan and Benjamin Drew during the flight of STS-118 space shuttle. The interactive Q&A with students from across the USA was broadcast live and is archived on-line.
Zero-G
Challenger Center for Space Science Education worked with Northrop-Grumman and local Challenger Learning Centers to fly science teachers on the Northrop-Grummann Foundations' Weightless Flights of Discovery program.
