- Provide broad community support for STEMM education.
- Collaborate with pK-12 schools to support STEMM careers.
- Provide professional development resources for teachers, aligning with state goals.
- Support and use the Ohio Resource Center for mathematics, science, and reading.
- Support pre-service mathematics and science teacher education.
iSPACE is a unique hands-on, minds-on educational initiative that provides innovative educational programs to serve public, private and home-schooled students and their educators and families, in a 28-county region in the Greater Cincinnati/Tri-State area. iSPACE uses space and aeronautics as a thematic approach to stimulate science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and career interest. The mission of iSPACE is to inspire, educate and empower educators, students and the community in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through an engaging environment and challenging interactive experiences. iSPACE is an exemplary model of standards-based non-formal education in STEM.