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Reservations: 206-764-1384
Contact Telephone:
206-768-7216
Audience
Grades 5 - 12
Group Size: 16 - 30 students
1 chaperone for every 10 students is required
Schedule
Seven days a week
Daily choice of mission
Morning, afternoon, and evening start times available
Length
Two hours
Fee: $500.00; $400.00 if the group leader / teacher attends a CLC Educator Workshop
Challenger Learning Center
The Challenger Learning Center creates a realistic experience in which students take control of a space mission, performing all of the activities, critically timed tasks, and real-time decision-making to keep the astronauts safe, the experiments on target, and the whole team in constant communication. One part of the team is in Mission Control, the other is in space - both groups work together to successfully accomplish the goals of the mission.
Video: Learn about the CLC program (4 min).*
Video: Watch a sample CLC mission (15 min).*
*Our Challenger Center runs 21st century programs, which differ from the presentations seen here.
To maximize learning the Museum supplies curriculum materials that include activities you can do with your group before and after your visit. Attendance of group leaders at a CLC Educator Workshop is strongly recommended.
If you have attended a CLC Educator Workshop in the last three years, please contact the CLC Coordinator for information about possible workshop discounts.
For the 2008 - 2009 school year, The Museum of Flight is proud to announce a significant upgrade to the Challenger Learning Center that includes a modified Mission Control, as well as updated mission equipment, including new computers and software featuring enhanced imagery and animation.
21st Century Rendezvous with a Comet
In order to gather clues that will expand our understanding of the evolution of the Universe, a team of scientists and engineers attempts to take an up-close look at a comet as it streaks across the solar system. Their goal is to successfully rendezvous with the comet and launch a data collection probe through the comet's tail. Recommended for grades 5 and up.
21st Century Voyage to Mars
In this mission, your group is traveling to Mars to replace the crew of astronauts who have been living on a manned base for the past two years. In addition to landing on the Martian surface, the team collects and analyzes geologic samples and launches exploratory probes to the two moons of Mars. Recommended for grades 5 and up.
21st Century Return to the Moon
A crew of astronauts is returning to the Moon for the first time since 1972. Their goal is to select a site for a permanent base and explore the feasibility of off-Earth settlements. If all goes well, the team navigates into lunar orbit, launches an exploratory probe and analyzes data gathered from the lunar surface before selecting the site for Moon Base #1. Recommended for grades 7 and up.