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What if your classroom wasn't bound by four walls? What if you could step out the door and view a comet first hand, or interact with nine planets and discover how gravity affects our actions, or step into the Space Station and complete experiments that stretch the imagination - requiring team work and direction from students in Mission Control, all without leaving planet earth!

Our programs provide portals to the unknown, and tools for exploration. From interstellar travel to one-on-one encounters with science experts, it's all here at the Woodstock Challenger Learning Center.

T-minus 2:00 minutes...and all systems GO!

The Challenger Learning Center's current day program, consisting of 4.5 hours, is the Rendezvous with a Comet mission.  Students are divided into teams and rotate between the Space Station, and Mission Control. Experiments are completed that challenge students ability to reason, complete math problems, apply logic and deductive reasoning skills - designed for the appropriate age.  Next, students view the IMAX 2006 movie SPACE STATION, and see first hand what life is like on the International Space Station.  Students advance to our unique Interactive Ed-Venture Center where student learn about our planets and explore the solar system, and what it may be like to be on another planet.  In the not-too-distant future, scientists are on their way to take an up-close look at a comet as it streaks its way across the sky.    Constructing a probe and plotting an intercept course, participants take the helm in a specially equipped space station, and overcome the challenges of space travel in their brave attempt to Rendezvous with a Comet. Mission availability: Register Now! Fees: $650.00 per class                                                     16 - 34 Students a class                                                       50% Deposit due within 10 days of Registration                 Balance due day of arrival Start the Registration for your class here! Online Registration                PDF & Fax to Challenger Check the Mission Calendar for availability and indicate on form your desired date    2007/2008 Calendar

Teacher Training - first time teachers to the Challenger Center

You have now registered your class for a field trip - mission at the Challenger Center and you are cordially invited to attend the Challenger Teacher training program.  Take advantage of one of our four training sessions offered throughout the school year. 

This training enables you to earn CPDU credits and ensure that your class will experience the best mission possible!  2007/08 Teacher Training Schedule now posted!

Visit the Challenger Learning Center - teachers visiting for the first time.. 

If you are interested in learning about our exciting programs, and you are considering for the first time to bring your class to the Woodstock Challenger Learning Center, we encourage you to first visit the Challenger and see first hand what is exciting educators today.  First Time Teacher Tour Registration

Classroom Programs after the Mission

The class has successfully completed its mission and has returned to the classroom.  The Challenger Center provides you with materials to complete a NASA based Personal Debriefing for your entire class. Challenger Center's award-winning classroom kits take you and your students further than space and teach much more than science!

Interactive Education-Venture Center

Imagine that you could explore the Solar System as a giant, holding each planet in the palm of your hand like a brilliantly colored marble. Their moons become mere specks. You wander from planet to planet, swallowed by empty space, encountering comets and asteroids. Learn how gravity affects us here on earth - and other planets, or play an interactive board game going to Pluto and learn about all of the planets through our planet - concentration game can take you on this amazing journey.