Space Station Alpha
The astronauts aboard the International Space Station are trying to protect themselves from the worst solar flare ever recorded!
e-Missions.net: Distance Learning Programs Reimagined
e-Missions™ are simulated, problem-based, learning adventures delivered right into the classroom via distance learning technology. With the use of the Internet and videoconferencing equipment, these “live” scenarios are conducted in your classroom by a Flight Director at Mission Control from the Challenger Learning Center at Wheeling University.
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Moon, Mars, and Beyond
The class is organized into 5 planet teams to help NASA locate and rescue a lost space ship that is orbiting one of the outer planets.
Operation Montserrat
The Soufriere Hills volcano located on the small island of Montserrat is ready to erupt at the same time a Category 3 hurricane is approaching the island from the east.
Hurricane Alert
Cyber Surgeons
Students become a rapid response trauma team aboard a Mercy ship traveling up the Amazon.
Storm-e (Dayton version)
Storm-E is an engaging, culminating event to any weather unit.
Storm-e (New York City version)
Storm-E is an engaging, culminating event to any weather unit.
Target Moon
The goal of this mission is to conduct aerial reconnaissance missions to find the ideal location to build the first Martian base.
M.A.R.S (Martian Aerial Reconnaissance Simulation)
The goal of this mission is to conduct aerial reconnaissance missions to find the ideal location to build the first Martian base.
F.S.I. (Fire Scene Investigation)
The year is 2037 and NASA has established a lunar outpost to enable lunar and Martian exploration, mining and astronomical observations of deep space.
Natural Disasters and Health
The Human Body & Floods, Hurricanes, Eruptions, Earthquakes And Tornadoes!
Challenger Learning Center at Wheeilng University
The Challenger Learning Center in Wheeling opened in 1994 and is one of 48 centers worldwide. Since our founding we have reached more than 350,000 students and adult learners. Each year more than 30,000 students fly missions either here on site in Wheeling or via videoconferencing through our e-Missions™ program. Our Challenger Learning Center has been honored repeatedly at the annual awards conference in three categories: Most Students Served, Most Missions Flown, and Most Teachers Trained.
Challenger’s e-Missions™ are distance learning videoconference simulations in which students connect with a flight director at the center and use their problem solving, math, and science abilities to work their way through a scenario fraught with crises. Each year more than 750 video connections are made to classrooms around the world. In fact, e-Missions have now been delivered to 20 countries in addition to all 50 of the United States. President George W. Bush even took part in an e-Mission in 2004 while visiting a school in Pennsylvania.