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South Bay

Earth & Space

Exploration Center

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Exploration Center Mission:

Develop excitement for learning earth and

space sciences via the creation and

operation of a sustainable edutainment

facility in the South Bay of LA County.

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Proposed Site is The Roundhouse at Redondo Beach Pier

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Exploration Center Green Features:

Solar roof Wind turbines Skylights CFL, GU and LED lighting Seawater heat pump technology for

heating and cooling building Sea wave power generation Other “Green” technologies

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Exploration Center Objectives: Create a center for self-learning of subjects

beginning at the ocean’s bottom and extending to the outer limits of deep space

House the Center in a model Green Building

Develop age appropriate programs for k-12

Provide the casual visitor a captivating experience explaining the uniqueness and fragility of planet Earth

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Exploration Center Objectives: Build a learning center for advanced technologies

centered around an inquiry-based, investigative approach

Teach students, teachers, parents, and community STEM subjects via engaging hands-on, interactive activities, demonstrations and workshops

Host annual summer camps and year ‘round workshops in collaboration with area schools

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Space and Earth Science Resources:

Challenger Center for Space Science Education Programs :

– Challenger Learning Center Missions (5-12)– Micronauts (K-4)– SOAR Curriculum Sharing Project– E-Mission (6-8)– PACCT (5-8 + parents)– Space Day (K-12)– Space Camp

The Challenger Learning Center

Challenger Center for Space Science Education

www.challenger.org

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Challenger Center for Space Science Education

An international, not-for-profit education organization founded in 1986 by the families of the Challenger 51-L crew.

Educational programs use space as a theme and the power of simulations as a teaching tool.

Highly acclaimed programs motivate students to learn, while helping them develop critical life skills.

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Challenger Center Mission

To create a scientifically literate population that can thrive in a world increasingly driven by information, knowledge, and technology.

To create positive learning experiences that foster in students a long-term interest in math, science, and technology.

Inspiring.

Exploring

Learning.

It’s our Mission.

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The Learning Center Network

Over 50 Challenger Learning Centers in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom

Learning Centers may be developed by schools, universities, science centers, museums, cities or independent organizations.

Each year, almost 500,000 students and teachers experience the hands-on challenges and excitement of a Learning Center program

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Challenger Learning Centers

The centerpiece of Challenger Center’s educational programming

Staffed by master teachers, a Learning Center is a computerized simulator with a Mission Control Room and an orbiting Space Station

Each simulation was produced with guidance from NASA experts

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Pre-Visit Activities

Teachers attend a one-day in-service training workshop.

They receive extensive preparatory materials to use in their classrooms

For up to six weeks prior to flying their mission, students work on curriculum materials to help understand the thematic topic of their simulation

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Mission Scenarios

- Rendezvous with a Comet

- Return to the Moon

- Encounter Earth

- Voyage to Mars

- Journey to Jupiter

and Its Moons (2009)

- Sojourn to Saturn

and Its Satellites (2011)

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The Mission

Each student is assigned to a team:– Medical– Life Support– Isolation– Remote– Probe– Navigation– Communications– Data

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The Mission Half of the students work at

Mission Control. Others are transported to the

Space Station.

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Education Content

Mission content is structured to support the National Science Education Standards, as well as national standards in mathematics, geography, technology and language arts

Educational model emphasizes cooperative learning, problem-solving, and decision-making

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Challenger Center Programs:

School missions (grades 5-12) Public missions

– Individual/family Internet or on-site sign-ups– Parent/child– Clubs– Seniors– Corporations

Space camps Camp Whatchamacallit Corporate training

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MICRONAUTS:

A K-4 program using the Challenger Center Space Station in which young astronauts conduct up to ten different hands-on activities including classifying rocks, examining insects for radioactivity, investigating objects under a microscope, explore the solar system and build a nano-satellite with googleplex parts.

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E-Mission:

Classroom-based interactive earth science simulation via the Internet

One day of teacher preparation Internet-based simulation preparation Internet-based assessment Real-time reenactment of natural

catastrophe

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Phase II Earth and Space Science Resources: Guided Solar System Tours Space Exploration Exhibits: past, present and

future UNESCO World Heritage Sites exhibits Digital Starlab Robotics Lab Rocket Lab Red Rover Site (Planetary Society project) Eye-in-the-Sea (Monterey Aquarium project) NASA programs

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DIGITAL STARLAB:

An inflatable projection dome that augments the teaching of astronomy, earth science, biology and the mythology of the stars.

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STARLAB

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Blue Marble is one of the most detailed composite image of Planet Earth ever created. The Blue Marble was developed at NASA.

This physical model of the Blue Marble was designed by Thomas Grimm working with a team at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Learning from Blue Marble

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RED ROVER, RED ROVER:

Using LEGO’s Red Rover, Red Rover kits, teams of students design and build their own Mars Rovers guiding them from a computer across a simulated Mars terrain.

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Red Rover, Red Rover in Action

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Proposed Curricular Enhancement Goals:

Create space and earth science theme for the K-12 science and math program

Integrate hands-on, interactive space and earth science learning tools into curriculum

Increase student interest in science and math

Increase student problem-solving skills Expand students leadership, teamwork

and communication skills

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Support the Exploration Center

Send your donation today via check or money order to:South Bay Science Foundation

Earth and Space Exploration Center

3878 Carson Street, Suite 101

Torrance, CA 90503

The South Bay Science Foundation, Inc. is a 501c3 nonprofit corporation.

All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extend allowed by law.