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Our 20th Y
Our 20th Year of Missions!ear of Missions!
The STEM field trip that comes right to your school!
The STEM field trip that comes right to your school!
Combining space, STEM, and hands-on Bring this unique hands-on STEM
learning opportunity to your students.
workstations, this unique learning
➤ Developed for grades 4–8.
opportunity is designed to ➤ Up to 60 students a day, 12 students
motivate students to learn. per session, are challenged by the “The activities were very engaging and could be completed “From an engineer’s point of view, the designed tasks the kids take
with little direction. This allowed students the opportunity to apply
hands-on workstations on this scientific thinking by testing, observing, collaborating and retesting. part in are very thought provoking and exciting to watch.”
unique mobile classroom. The STEM shuttle crew members were helpful and informative. Their —Jon Kukuk, Engineer and School Board Member.
conversations with students supported deeper, contextual learning.
➤ Two veteran shuttle teachers guide — Dr. Jo-Ellen Fairbanks Ph.D.
students through a series of “This experience landed home with our students to help them
hands-on STEM workstations. better understand the “why” behind the core knowledge they are
obtaining each day in class. Our students left their shuttle mission
“In a day and age where it is difficult to motivate kids with a great understanding of the science and daily principles
Fall 2025 Missions we had no trouble with the STEM Shuttle .” guiding our daily actions (locally and globally).
The first STEM Shuttle mission of the fall took — Mike E., Elementary/Junior High Principal — Principal Corey Peterson, Melrose (WI) Elementary School
place at the Fennimore Elementary School on
Thursday, October 2.
This was followed by the shuttle docking at the “My daughter couldn’t stop talking for three days Thanks! What an awesome experience.
Loyal Elementary School on Thursday, October 9. about her time on the shuttle!”
— Karen, 4th Grade Teacher
During the third mission, the shuttle landed at — Parent, Merrill, Wisconsin
Central Elementary School in Rhinelander on
Tuesday, October 28.
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To arrange a STEM Shuttle mission to your school or event, please contact us at: o arrange a STEM Shuttle mission to your school or event, please contact us at:
stemshuttle@gmail.com or text/phone 715-845-6392. or text/phone 715-845-6392.
stemshuttle@gmail.com
