California STARBASE has reached over 38,000 students since our inception in 1993. We have grown from one classroom to eight classrooms at five different locations, and we are projected to have over 4,000 students participate in 2010. California STARBASE promotes the learning process beyond the school year through summer camps, mentor programs, and other exciting activities such as our "Spring Lift Off" event, which introduces students directly to  NASA through their "Ames Exploration Encounter" facility located in Northern California.

STARBASE is an educational program which responds to the needs of today's youth through hands-on activities focusing on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), as well as personal development and drug awareness/prevention. STARBASE’s curriculum covers over forty-one California State Standards and are often the only hands-on STEM activities students receive during the school year.

In addition, teachers report back to us that their students have positive shifts in attitudes about themselves, the educational process, and their futures. Teachers also express to us that their students are more attentive in class after their STARBASE experience.