Starbase Indiana - Indianapolis

Starbase Indiana - Indianapolis A non-profit DoD program that provides STEAM hands-on education to students in the Indianapolis area.

VISION STATEMENT:
To be the premier Department of Defense youth outreach program for raising the interest in learning and improving the knowledge and skills of our nation’s youth so that we may develop a highly educated and skilled American workforce who can meet the advance technological requirements of the Department of Defense.

MISSON STATEMENT:
To expose our nation’s youth to the techno

logical environments and positive civilian and military role models found on Active, Guard, and Reserve military bases and installations, nurture a winning network of collaborators, and build mutual loyalty within our communities, by providing 25 hours of exemplary hands-on STEAM instruction and activities that meet or exceed the national standards.

Description
DoD STARBASE is a premier educational program, sponsored by the Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. At DoD STARBASE students participate in challenging “hands-on, minds-on” activities in Science, Technology, Engineering & Art/Design, and Mathematics (STEAM). They interact with military personnel to explore careers and observe STEAM applications in the “real world.” The program provides students with 25 hours of stimulating experiences at National Guard, Marine, Air Force Reserve, Army, Air Force, and Space Force bases across the nation.

DoD STARBASE’s primary focus is the program for fifth graders. The goal is to motivate them to explore STEAM opportunities as they continue their education. The program encourages students to set goals and achieve them.
The program engages students through the inquiry-based curriculum with its “hands-on, minds-on” experiential activities. Each academy chooses a customized curriculum from a large offering of peer-reviewed learning opportunities in each STEAM area, such as: Newton’s Laws and Bernoulli’s principle, robotics, and engineering as they use the computer to design space stations, all-terrain vehicles, and submersibles. Mathematics is embedded throughout the curriculum and students use metric measurement, estimation, calculation geometry, and data analysis to solve questions. Teamwork is stressed as they work together to explore, explain, elaborate, and evaluate concepts.

Military volunteers apply abstract principles to real-world situations by leading tours and giving lectures on the use of STEAM in different settings and careers. Since the academies are located in different branches of the military this experience is highly
varied. Students may discuss how chemical fires are extinguished, learn how injured are transported, or explore the cockpit of an F-18 or the interior of a submarine.

The academies work with school districts to support their standards of learning objectives.

08/25/2026

Today we welcomed Indiana Math and Science Academy North to STARBASE Indianapolis for their first day of our STEM program! 🚀😊💙🐝🌙✨

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Yesterday we welcomed Edgewood and Kitley Intermediate School to STARBASE Indianapolis for their first day of the STARBA...
08/21/2026

Yesterday we welcomed Edgewood and Kitley Intermediate School to STARBASE Indianapolis for their first day of the STARBASE Program! We're so excited to spend 5 days of STEM-filled fun with them.

🐻 Celebrating 10 Years of Bear! 🎉We have a BIG milestone to celebrate at STARBASE Indianapolis! Sara, aka “Bear,” has of...
08/21/2026

🐻 Celebrating 10 Years of Bear! 🎉

We have a BIG milestone to celebrate at STARBASE Indianapolis! Sara, aka “Bear,” has officially been part of the STARBASE family for 10 years!

As our Office Manager, Bear is one of the people who keeps STARBASE running behind the scenes — keeping us organized, keeping things moving, answering approximately 47,000 questions, and occasionally keeping the rest of us from wandering completely off the rails.

Over a decade at STARBASE, she has supported countless students, families, teachers, and staff and has been a constant presence through all the changes and adventures along the way.

Ten years is an incredible milestone, and we’re so grateful for everything Bear has done — and continues to do — for our program and our team.

Happy 10 years, Bear! 🐻💙🚀

STARBASE Indianapolis simply wouldn’t be the same without you.

Meet Luna! 🌙💖She may not technically be brand-new anymore, but we never gave Jessica, aka "Luna", the proper STARBASE we...
08/21/2026

Meet Luna! 🌙💖

She may not technically be brand-new anymore, but we never gave Jessica, aka "Luna", the proper STARBASE welcome she deserves!

Luna joined us as a STARBASE teacher a few months ago and quickly became one of those people who feels like she's been part of the team much longer. She brings creativity, humor, and a genuine connection with our students to the classroom- along with the willingness to jump into whatever strange adventure a day at STARBASE happens to bring. This includes creating a brand new Earth & Space science summer camp from scratch and doing a lot of the heaving lifting with our other camps this past summer.

In a short time, Luna has already helped make our program- and our team- better, and we're incredibly lucky to have her here.

So, slightly belated but very well deserved: Welcome to STARBASE, Luna! 🌙🚀

🐝Welcome back, Bumblebee!Some faces are new to STARBASE, and some are making a return trip!We're all buzzing with excite...
08/21/2026

🐝Welcome back, Bumblebee!

Some faces are new to STARBASE, and some are making a return trip!

We're all buzzing with excitement here at STARBASE, because we're welcoming back Sam, aka "Bumblebee" to STARBASE Indianapolis- this time in a new role as one of our teachers!

Sam already knows what makes STARBASE such a special place, and we're thrilled to have her back bringing her energy, experience, and enthusiasm for STEM to our students (and LOTS of buzzing).

Help us welcome Sam back to the STARBASE family! 🐝🚀

💙Meet Blue!Please help us welcome the newest member of the STARBASE Indianapolis crew, Sarah, aka Blue! Blue joins us as...
08/21/2026

💙Meet Blue!
Please help us welcome the newest member of the STARBASE Indianapolis crew, Sarah, aka Blue!

Blue joins us as an Assistant Instructor, helping our teachers turn STARBASE days into the hands-on, slightly chaotic, STEM-filled adventures our students love.

We're excited to have her on the team and can't wait for our students to get to know her!

Welcome aboard, Blue 💙🚀

We just wrapped up our first class of the new school year! Thanks so much Gray Road Christian School for being awesome a...
08/20/2026

We just wrapped up our first class of the new school year! Thanks so much Gray Road Christian School for being awesome and being our first school of 2026-27

That's a wrap on another great STEAM Summer Camp. We had a wonderful creative group of campers this week!
07/17/2026

That's a wrap on another great STEAM Summer Camp. We had a wonderful creative group of campers this week!

We had an awesome week at our Young Engineers camp where the kids got to take on various challenges while employing team...
06/19/2026

We had an awesome week at our Young Engineers camp where the kids got to take on various challenges while employing teamwork and problem solving skills, including building functioning catapults with the fine folks at Deeply Ingrained

Last week we finished up our first ever Earth and Space Science camp for younger kids. We had a rockin' good time and th...
06/19/2026

Last week we finished up our first ever Earth and Space Science camp for younger kids. We had a rockin' good time and the kids had a blast 🚀.

Address

2002 S Holt Road, Bldg 15
Indianapolis, IN
46241

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4pm
Tuesday 8am - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 4pm

Telephone

(317) 247-3502

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