Challenger Learning Center at TSTC Harlingen

Thank you, teachers, for all you do! ❤️
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!

What's Up: May 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
https://youtu.be/ZxJdX9x6jyU?si=zxRSUL5c4gBSPQgS

What to look for: Morning Meteors and May Planets

See Mars, Saturn, and Mercury in the May morning sky. Antares slips behind the Moon for East Coast U.S. skywatchers. And the eta Aquariid meteors peak May 6th.

What's Up: May 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA What are some skywatching highlights in May 2024?Mars and Saturn tussle with the Moon, Mercury makes a brief a.m. appearance, East Coasters can see red giant...

We are out in the community today! We are promoting our TWC Governor Summer Merit Grant and summer missions. Check us out at the Harlingen Public Library for more info or just to say hi!

The Challenger team wants to thank the following:
-TSTC Upward Bound & Upward Bound Math & Science programs for the support and all of the student volunteers ❤️❤️
-Mechatronics, Cybersecurity, Workforce Training, and Enrollment for providing our community with awesome interactive and information🤜🏻🤛🏻
-Sea Turtle, Inc for the valuable information🐢
-Balloons And Faces for the amazing balloon animals and face painting🤘🏻
-Campus Police for keeping us all safe🚓👮
-OIT, custodial, groundskeeping, and facilities for helping us with our setup. You're the backbone of this great college! 💪🏻💪🏻
-Starbucks on Tyler for the donation.☕️🫶🏻

And a special shout out to Diana Valdez and Joe Martinez from the Challenger team in the planning and coordination of this event. Thanks to the team's hard work, we were able to have our most successful event to-date.👨🏻‍🚀👩🏻‍🚀🫰🏻

To the community, we look forward to our next event in Fall!!! Until then, we're open for our simulated space missions and hands-on activities.

Pictures coming soon!!

There's still time to pre-register for our FREE event tomorrow morning!

Join us in celebrating Earth Day with hands-on STEM activities, demonstrations, a planetarium and fun door prizes. All ages are welcome to this FREE event.

Thank you, Morningside Elementary ACE Program, for visiting us! The students prepared supplies for astronauts, made 3D printed stars, and blasted off to visit Mars and toured our Spacecraft! We look forward to your next visit!

TSTC in Harlingen's Leadership team visited us for a professional development mission! The team used their talents, communication skills, and exercised teamwork to avoid an asteroid, land on Mars, and deploy a ROV.

Congratulations on a successful mission!!

Join us in celebrating Earth Day with hands-on STEM activities, demonstrations, a planetarium and fun door prizes. All ages are welcome to this FREE event.

Today is launch day at SpaceX! Check out the live feed at Starbase Live.

Starbase Live: 24/7 Starship & Super Heavy Development From SpaceX's Boca Chica Facility Starship is SpaceX's fully reusable launch system which is being developed at Starbase in Cameron County, Texas. Starbase LIVE provides 24/7 coverage of the ...

Thank you for a day of fun, STEM, and space, Weslaco ISD! We had a blast with some of your 6th grade GT students, and we look forward to the next adventures we'll have with 7th, 8th, and the rest of 6th grade!

We're excited to host our upcoming Spring community engagement day! Please join us from 10:00a-12:00p on Saturday, April 20 at the TSTC Cultural Arts Center for TERRA: An Earth Day Celebration! 🌏🎉🎉

We will have different STEM activities with a focus on our planet and conservation efforts, our planetarium, and door prizes for lucky ticket holders.

We hope to see you there~!

We closed out the year with Jose Borrego Middle School from Monte Alto ISD. We had so much fun during our Challenger missions, campus tours, and hands-on STEM activities! Thank you for visiting us, and we hope you have a wonderful Winter Break!

It was another busy day for Challenger Learning Center! Sullivan Environmental Science Academy participated in our Atomnaut Academy and created 3D star ornaments!

Day 2 of fun with Airport Drive Elementary! Thank you for visiting us, and we'll see you next year!

Thank you, Airport Drive Elementary, for visiting us, and congratulations on being our final recipient of the Blue Origin Club for the Future Sponsorship! We had a blast with your students and look forward to seeing you on Monday for more adventures!

What a milestone! Congrats, Ashley 🚀

Congratulations to Flight Director Ashley Contreras for reaching 1,000 missions flown at Challenger Learning Center at TSTC Harlingen this year! 🎉

Ashley shared, "For 10 years, I've worked with our team to ensure the 26,900+ students who have entered our Center have the best experience possible. As flight directors, we present a world of opportunity to students that they might not foresee themselves, nor think they're capable of achieving. One of the best feelings ever is seeing that spark in their eyes after our space-simulations have ended."

You're invited to explore the ✨final frontier✨! Come learn more about our amazing solar system through our hands-on STEM activities and planetarium.

All ages are welcome for this FREE event. For more information, call 956-364-4517.

Registration: https://tstc.edu/stem2stars

We're baaaack!

The team is ready for a new school year, and we have a brand new mission we will be offering! Contact us at (956) 364-4517 to reserve your missions or for more information.

STEMonstrations: Space Art
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvsZRmKPIg0

For more than 50 years, art has helped capture and convey the excitement and wonder of human space exploration. But did you know that astronauts integrate artistic expression like music, painting, and photography into their own lives while on the International Space Station?

In the latest STEMonstration episode, NASA astronaut Nicole Mann explores how space exploration both inspires and affects art. Learn about the creative solutions astronauts employ to overcome the challenges of doing art in microgravity. Be inspired by a digital gallery of space-themed artwork created by astronauts on station and students on Earth. In the corresponding classroom connection, your students will tap into their own creativity to create personal masterpieces based on astronaut observations of Earth.

STEMonstrations: Space Art For more than 50 years, art has helped capture and convey the excitement and wonder of human space exploration. But did you know that astronauts integrate ar...

Don’t forget! Reserve your spot: https://bit.ly/42KsilU.

🚀🌟 Join us at The Challenger Summer Camp and blast off into a summer of STEM exploration!

The ultimate space adventure is happening on June 26-29 at TSTC's Challenger Learning Center at TSTC Harlingen. From robots to rockets, astronomy to adventure, this one-day camp is packed with hands-on fun for students ages 6-17. Reserve your spot today: https://bit.ly/42KsilU.

Congratulations, Episcopal Day School for successfully completing our Lunar Quest mission. Very few students are able to complete 1 launch of the ROV, but you were able to launch the ROV into the Moon's lava tube both times! 👏👏👏

We would also like to thank Sandra Morfitt for her dedication to furthering her students' education by bringing them to the Challenger Learning Center. She has brought her students to the Harlingen Challenger Learning Center every year since we first opened in Spring 2014. She also brought her students when the Center was in San Benito! After 41 years of service in education, she will be retiring. Today was her last field trip. 🙂💔

Thank for all of the years you have partnered with us and for making us a part of your students' education! We will miss you.

DISD A.M. Ochoa Elementary visited the Challenger Learning Center at TSTC Harlingen for a full day of fun in space with our team! Thank you for visiting us, and we look forward to next year!

Thank you, Lyford Elementary School for visiting the Challenger Learning Center at TSTC Harlingen! We had so much fun launching your students into an immersive world of space exploration and hands-on activities! We look forward to next year!

Hello, friends! We are hiring for a program that we offer during summer called the Migrant Academic Achievement Residential Summer (MAARS).

MAARS is a 6-week residential program that allows rising juniors and seniors with a current migrant status the opportunity to earn missing high school credit. We are looking to hire teachers certified in the following areas:
English 3/4
Spanish 2/3
Math Models/Algebra 2
Government/Economics
Physics/Chemistry

Program Dates: June 12-July 21
Start Date: June 5

Please contact Ashley Contreras at 364-4517 or [email protected] for more information.
Application:

MAARS Learning Specialist (Onsite) Are you someone who strives for excellence, values accountability, provides the best service, all while reflecting unwavering integrity? Our talented team members across the state follow the behaviors, beliefs and outcomes of these core values to ensure that our vision is met. If you're ready to joi...

Today, St. Alban's Episcopal Day School - Harlingen visited the Challenger Learning Center. They were our first group to successfully launch 2 rovers to explore the Moon's lava tubes in our Lunar Quest Mission and made Polaris glow during our STEM activity. Congratulations on a job well done!

Yesterday, Noemi Dominguez Elementary, visited ans successfully launched a rove to the Moon in our simulated mission and our planetarium!

On Wednesday, BRYSS Academy participated in our Challenger Mission and STEM activity. Thank you for visiting us and we look forward to the next time!