Challenger Center

Project Information

STEM teams will help the Challenger Center and their special program for younger students.  Our local Challenger Center at UTC is one of 45 centers around the world.  However, they led the way for all the centers in developing a version of the Mars simulation for elementary-aged kids, affectionately called the Micronaut program.  For this project, STEM student teams will design and fabricate space-station-themed problem-based-learning activities. For the school partner, the focus is on the creation of a STEM-based space station-themed activities for the Micronaut program and deployable to Challenger Centers around the world.  For the STEM School, the focus is on the collaboration and innovation skills demonstrated by the student teams. 

Sponsor Info

Thaddeus Taylor - Flight Director, Challenger Center, Thaddeus-Taylor@utc.edu

Unit Plan

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