Spirit of St. Louis Airport

Seventh grade students visited their engineering mentor at Spirit of St. Louis Airport on Thursday, November 24th. Mr. Ramos gave them a tour of the airport and we even drove on the runway. Students also had the opportunity to sit in helicopters and perform flight simulations.

Flight Simulator

Future Astronauts

We had a BLAST at the Challenger Learning Center!  All of the Challenge students had the opportunity to take this field trip.  Each group participated in a space simulation and a rocket building class.

Elementary students (1st-4th grades) mission was "Mystery in Space," and their goal was to discover the mystery object they spotted in space.  By using the visible spectrum, students were able to identify that the mystery object was a comet. 

Middle school students participated in a mission too.  Their mission was to build a probe to land on the moon.  Students had the opportunity to experience what it's like in Mission Control and on a space shuttle.  Jobs ranged from Communication Officer to Life Support.

Meramec Caverns Field Trip

The eighth grade Challenge students are creating a documentary about Meramec Caverns.  We toured the caverns to gather our initial research.  They will be conducting interviews with Meramec Caverns employees, and they will be filming more footage on site.  Mikaela was the photographer on the first trip, and she did a fabulous job!

7th and 8th Grade Challenge Students