Where Memories Are Created
Field Trips (STEM) at Launch Ann Arbor
Just For Fun or Fun + Education. Your Field Trip, Your Way!
Take your next school field trip to a whole new level at Launch Family Entertainment Ann Arbor! Whether you’re looking for an action-packed day of fun or an educational experience featuring our hands-on STEM challenges, we have something for every group.
Let’s Make Some Memories
Plan Your Field Trip
From school celebrations to educational adventures, our team will help you create an unforgettable experience for your students.
✓ Groups of 15+
✓ Flexible Food Options
✓ Free 50% Off Return Pass for All Attendees
✓ Free Chaperones Included (1 Per Every 15 Participants)
✓ Weekday Availability Outside Regular Hours
Ready to start planning? Connect with the Launch Ann Arbor team today!
Action-Packed Adventures
Just For Fun!
Sometimes, It’s All About the Fun!
Looking for the perfect place to let kids be kids? We’ve got you covered!
At Launch Ann Arbor, students can enjoy incredible attractions including dodgeball, rock climbing, dunk lanes, trampolines and more!
Looking for even more excitement? Our awesome arcade offers a variety of gaming options, including unlimited arcade play.
When it’s time to refuel, enjoy delicious made-to-order pizza combos with unlimited lemonade and water.
Plus, we take care of your teachers and chaperones with one complimentary chaperone for every 15 participants!
Make It a Challenge
The Launch Difference Challenge
Want to add some friendly competition to your field trip? Our Launch Difference Challenge Guide features fun activities designed to bring students together, encourage teamwork and create awesome memories.
Let us know you’re interested before your reservation, and we’ll provide prizes to celebrate your participants’ victories!
Taking Education to New Heights
Fun + Education (STEM)
Physics + Fun + Flight
Want to make your field trip educational, too? Our STEM Educational Challenge combines hands-on learning with the excitement of Launch. Students explore real-world physics concepts through movement, observation, experimentation and play.
Learning in Motion
Where Physics Comes to Life
Some concepts are easier to understand when students can experience them for themselves. The Launch STEM Educational Challenge introduces students to basic laws of physics through hands-on activities throughout the park.
Students explore concepts connected to Newton’s Laws of Motion, energy transfer, reaction time, jump height, balance, stability and leverage while having an awesome time with their classmates.
Explore. Experiment. Discover.
4 Hands-On STEM Challenges
The STEM Educational Challenge turns attractions throughout Launch into opportunities to observe physics in action.
Challenge 01
Energy Transfer
The Concept: Can energy move from one object to another?
Students use a lightweight foam ball and the trampoline surface to observe what happens when energy is transferred through movement.
Challenge 02
Reaction Time
The Concept: How does distance affect reaction time?
Students test different distances and compare how quickly they can react, then connect their observations to situations they encounter in everyday life.
Challenge 03
Jump Height
The Concept: How do trampolines impact jump height?
Students compare their reach from a solid platform with their reach while jumping on a trampoline and investigate the role trampoline springs play in the result.
Challenge 04
Battle Beam Stability
The Concept: How does repositioning your body affect stability?
Through controlled observations on the Battle Beam, students investigate center of mass, leverage, pivot points and counter-balancing.
More Than a Field Trip
The learning doesn’t have to begin or end at Launch. Teachers can introduce key physics concepts before their visit and continue the conversation back in the classroom afterward.
Before Your Visit
Get Ready to Launch
Prepare students for their experience by introducing key physics vocabulary and concepts before arriving at Launch.
- Force
- Motion
- Acceleration
- Velocity
- Gravity
- Inertia
- Potential Energy
- Kinetic Energy
After Your Visit
Bring the Learning Back
Keep students thinking about what they experienced with simple classroom follow-up activities.
- Discuss gravitational forces and energy transfer.
- Share and discuss student reflections.
- Identify everyday objects that demonstrate basic physics concepts.
- Have students present their observations and discoveries.
Teacher Resources
Everything You Need to Launch Into Learning
Use our STEM Educational Challenge Guide to prepare for your visit, guide students through the four hands-on challenges and continue the learning back in your classroom.
Ready for an Awesome Experience?
Plan Your Field Trip
From school celebrations to educational adventures, our team will help you create an unforgettable experience for your students.
✓ Groups of 15+
✓ Flexible Food Options
✓ Free 50% Off Return Pass for All Attendees
✓ Free Chaperones Included (1 Per Every 15 Participants)
✓ Weekday Availability Outside Regular Hours
Ready to start planning? Connect with the Launch Ann Arbor team today!
Ready to Make Some Awesome Memories?
Plan your visit to Launch Ann Arbor and turn your next field trip into an experience your students won’t forget.