Starbase Alpena

05/29/2026

Just catching up on a busy session 6 with St. John Lutheran Church and School kiddos. We had a blast with 3 more days of hands-on, minds-on, STEM learning. Have a fabulous summer!
🚒🧑‍🚒Visit to the CRTC Fire Station
⚛️❓What’s the Matter…Molecular models
🧑‍🔬🧪Chemical/Physical Changes
🌉⚙️Bridge Quest Engineering Design
🚀🫧Metric Measurement & Experimental Procedure with POP Goes the Fizz
🌌🤖Moon Mission Robotic Challenge
✈️🏗️Air Traffic Contol Tower Design Challenge
💡🔌Electrical Circuits with little Bits
⚡🪫Energy Explorations
🛣️⚪Sphero Bolt+ Programming Challenges
⛳Exploring Angles with Robo Putt Putt 🏈

05/29/2026

Mr. McLean's class had lots of fun STEM challenges in their last two days at STARBASE! Have a fabulous summer Fairview Area Schools.
🛟🎳 Buoyancy experiments
🚣 Clay boat buoyancy challenge
🖥️📐CAD-Computer Aided Design Creative Design 🏷️
💡🔌Electrical circuits with little Bits
🧑‍🚀🌕Moon Mission Robotic Challenge
🔎🖊️ Chromatography See less

05/28/2026

We managed to squeeze Fairview in for one last day before the end of the school year! Here are the highlights with Mrs. Rickard's class:

💥🚀Pop! Goes the Fizz...
🕹️🖥️Introduction to Simulation
📡✈️Flight Simulator
⚡️☄️littleBits of Energy
☀️🌟Energy Explorations
👨‍🎓🎉Graduation!

05/28/2026

05/28/2026

Final day shenanigans with Mrs. Gajewski's class from St. Ignatius Catholic School! Here are the highlights:

🕹️🖥️Introduction to Simulation
✈️🛰️Flight Simulator
☄️💥littleBits of Energy
☀️🌊Energy Explorations
🫧🚀Pop! Goes the Fizz.....
👨‍🎓🎉Graduation!

05/28/2026

Here are the highlights from Day four with Mrs. Rickard's class from Fairview Area Schools:

👽👾Mystery Alien Teamwork Challenge
🫗📏Measuring Length & Volume
⚙️🌊Metric Measurement- Underwater Tails
💻🖱️Creative Design in Onshape by PTC
🏑⛳️Robo Putt-Putt
🔬🧬Intro to Nanotechnology

05/22/2026

Last Tuesday, Mrs. Gajewski's class from St. Ignatius Catholic School came for their fourth day! Here are the highlights:

🫗🥤Cup Stacking Teamwork Challenge
💧🌊Introduction to Fluids
🚢🛟Clay Boats
💻🖱️Creative Design in Onshape by PTC
🌈💧What's the Solution?
📊📈Find the Percentage
✈️🛩️Bernoulli's Principles

05/20/2026

On Monday, Mrs. Woods' class from All Saints Catholic School came for their second to last day! Here are the highlights:

👽👾Mystery Alien Teamwork Challenge
💧🫗Introduction to Fluids
🚣‍♀️⚓️Marble Float
🚢🛟My Ratio Is Sinking
💻🖱️Creative Design in Onshape by PTC
💥🫧Pop! Goes the Fizz...
📊📈Basic Graphing

05/15/2026

Another exciting day with Mrs. Rickard's class from Fairview Area Schools! Here are the highlights:

🫗🥤Cup Stacking Teamwork Challenge
☀️💥SMSgt Przysiecki talks Radiation
🔬🧬Happy Atoms
🪚⚙️Introduction to EDP
🚀🥚Eggbert
💻🖱️Gyrosphere Vehicle in Onshape by PTC