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MISSIONS FOR K-12TH STUDENTS

The Challenger Learning Center at Heartland Community College provides educational and innovational science and space simulated missions for K-12 students. Each mission scenario provides opportunities for students to develop and implement team building, communication, and problem-solving skills. The CLC curriculum is aligned with Illinois Learning Standards and can be esily integrated with any curriculum.

NO PLACE LIKE EARTH

No Place Like Earth science and space mission for kindergarten-second grade students consists of three forty minute educational endeavors: the Discovery Lab, Engineering Venue Activity (EVA), and Transport Module. In the Discovery Lab, students work with partners to chart the number of sunny days in a month, order the planets, follow lab procedures, use a microscope, study magnets, learn about safety, and so much more. During the EVA activity students follow directions to make a paper airplane and experiment with the principles of flight. Our Minerva Transport Module launches us to space as we study the planets and learn why there is no place like Earth. No Place Like Earth mission accommodates 6-48 students and cost $450 per mission.

NEW HORIZONS: LOST SATELLITE

New Horizons: Lost Satellite science and space mission for third and fourth grade students consists of three forty minute educational endeavors: the Discovery Lab, Engineering Venue Activity (EVA), and Transport Module. In the Discovery Lab, students work with partners to give a weather forecast, make slime, play Predator-Prey Plinko, examine space food, and much more. During the EVA activity students build Mars habitat and test it for Marsquakes. Our Minerva Transport Module launches us to space as we search the Solar system looking for the lost satellite, New Horizaons. A New Horizons: Lost Satellite mission accommodates 6-48 students and cost $450 per mission.

RENDEZVOUS WITH A COMET

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VOYAGE TO MARS

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OPERATION: PLANET RESUCE

Operation

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