About Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis
Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis
The
award-winning Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis provides space education
programs for schools, corporations, scouts, community groups and the general
public. At the core of the Center are state-of-the-art space simulators,
which include an orbiting space station, and a Mission Control center
modeled after NASA's Johnson Space Center.
The program is part of the Challenger
Center for Space Science Education, an international not-for-profit
education organization founded in April 1986 by the families of the astronauts
tragically lost during the Challenger space shuttle mission.
The St. Louis location is part of a growing network of more than 50 Challenger
Learning Centers located throughout the United States, Canada and the
United Kingdom and serves groups throughout the Greater St. Louis area.
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Staff Biographies
Tasmyn Scarl Front
Tasmyn Scarl Front is the director of the Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis. She has over nine years experience working in informal science education. Her skills and leadership of cross-departmental project teams has resulted in over 50 national and international traveling exhibitions as well as several permanent exhibitions. For two years, she was the Senior Manager of Exhibit Projects and acting director at The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, Calif. She also served as the Exhibit Projects Manager at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago for over six years. Tasmyn graduated from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana with a degree in Industrial Design.
Jennifer Bellinger
Jennifer (Jennie) Bellinger is the Education Coordinator for the Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis. Jennie's position includes running missions, teaching in the Discovery Classroom, updating and developing curriculum for school and scout programs, planning and running summer camps and teacher trainings. Jennie earned her Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Truman State University and holds a Missouri Teaching Certificate in Middle School Science. Before she came on board as Education Coordinator, Jennie ran missions and other Challenger Learning Center programs as a part-time Flight Director
Missy Shadburne
Missy Shadburne is the Lead Flight
Director for the Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis. Missy schedules
and runs simulated space missions, Discovery Classrooms, scout workshops,
and CLC birthday parties. In 2004, Missy graduated from Murray State University
in Murray, Kentucky with her Bachelor’s degree in Middle School
Education. Upon graduation, she taught middle school reading and American
history before relocating to St. Louis.
The Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis Partnership
The Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis is a partnership of the Ferguson-Florissant School District, the Saint Louis Science Center and the Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis.
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