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Sheila Widnall Secretary of Air Force Patty Wagstaff Aerobatic pilot Mary Feik Aviation mechanic Shannon Lucid Astronaut Jane Garvey Administrator of the FAA Eileen Collins Shuttle commander 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 What will your contributions be? Premiere American Women in Aerospace These women and others made significant contributions through their careers in aerospace. Nancy Roman NASA executive Jerry Mock Pilot Marjorie Townsend Space flight manager Gay Maher Helicopter pilot Emily Howell Warner Airline pilot Sally Murphy Army pilot Jackie Parker Flight controller Kathryn Sullivan, Shannon Lucid, Anna Fisher, Judy Resnik, Rhea Seddon, Sally Ride Astronauts Sally Ride Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan Astronaut Jeanna Yeager Pilot Dr. Peggy Baty President, WIAI Marta Bohn-Meyer Jet pilot Mae Jemison Astronaut Ellen Ochoa Astronaut 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 Phoebe Omlie Director of National Air Marking Program Laura Ingalls Pilot Louise Thaden Pilot Willa Brown Civil Air Patrol pilot Pearl Young NASA professional Helen Richey Aeronautics instructor Nancy Harkness Love Director of WAFS Ann Carl WASP and Jet pilot Cornelia Fort WAFS pilot Ann Carter Helicopter pilot Jackie Cochran Pilot and WASP director 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Mary Myers Balloon pilot Aida de Acosta Breckenridge Dirigible pilot Blanche Stuart Scott Pilot Harriet Quimby Pilot Georgia “Tiny” Broadwick Parachutist Katherine Stinson Barnstormer Laura Bromwell Pilot Bessie Coleman Pilot Ruth Nichols Hydroplane pilot Faye Gillis Wells Pilot Evelyn “Bobbi” Trout Pilot Mary Riddle Pilot Anne Morrow Lindbergh Glider and aircraft pilot Amelia Earhart Pilot Osa Johnson Aerial photographer and pilot 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ? T E C H N I C A L W R I T E R J E N N I F E R K W O N G S O F T W A R E D E S I G N E R N A N C Y D O R I G H I N E T W O R K E N G I N E E R D O R A L O P E Z M E C H A N I C A L E N G I N E E R A P R I L L E E R I C S S O N - J A C K S O N M I C R O B I O L O G I S T D E N E T I A B E L L R O B I N S O N A V I A T I O N A N T I Q U E R E S T O R A T I O N J A N J O H N S O N A E R O S P A C E E N G I N E E R N A N C Y R . H A L L I M A G E D E S I G N E R T A H A N I A M E R E L E C T R O N I C S / M I C R O W A V E T E C H N I C I A N T I L L I E B O S T O N Y o u n g W o m e n o f N A S A A d v i s o r y C o u n c il a n d W o m e n o f N A S A

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Sheila WidnallSecretary of Air Force

Patty WagstaffAerobatic pilot

Mary FeikAviation mechanic

Shannon LucidAstronaut

Jane GarveyAdministrator of the FAA

Eileen CollinsShuttle commander

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What will your contributions be?

PremiereAmericanWomen inAerospaceThese women and others madesignificant contributionsthrough theircareers in aerospace.

Nancy RomanNASA executive

Jerry MockPilot

Marjorie TownsendSpace flight manager

Gay MaherHelicopter pilot

Emily Howell WarnerAirline pilot

Sally MurphyArmy pilot

Jackie ParkerFlight controller

Kathryn Sullivan, Shannon Lucid, Anna Fisher, Judy Resnik,Rhea Seddon, Sally Ride Astronauts

Sally RideAstronaut

Kathryn SullivanAstronaut

Jeanna YeagerPilot

Dr. Peggy BatyPresident, WIAI

Marta Bohn-MeyerJet pilot

Mae JemisonAstronaut

Ellen OchoaAstronaut

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Phoebe OmlieDirector of National Air Marking Program

Laura IngallsPilot

Louise ThadenPilot

Willa BrownCivil Air Patrol pilot

Pearl YoungNASA professional

Helen RicheyAeronautics instructor

Nancy Harkness LoveDirector of WAFS

Ann CarlWASP and Jet pilot

Cornelia FortWAFS pilot

Ann CarterHelicopter pilot

Jackie CochranPilot and WASP director

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Mary Myers Balloon pilot

Aida de Acosta BreckenridgeDirigible pilot

Blanche Stuart ScottPilot

Harriet QuimbyPilot

Georgia “Tiny” BroadwickParachutist

Katherine StinsonBarnstormer

Laura BromwellPilot

Bessie ColemanPilot

Ruth NicholsHydroplane pilot

Faye Gillis WellsPilot

Evelyn “Bobbi” TroutPilot

Mary RiddlePilot

Anne Morrow LindberghGlider and aircraft pilot

Amelia EarhartPilot

Osa JohnsonAerial photographer and pilot

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About the poster “Consider a Career in Aerospace” . . .

This poster was developed as a tool to be used to encourage young women to pursuecareers in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology. It also provides informationand activities for educators to use with their students relating to past, present, and futurecareers in aerospace. The front of the poster contains three primary elements:

■ The center of the poster features four members of the Young Women of NASA’sAdvisory Council (YWAC) and three Women of NASA mentors: Commander EileenCollins, Dr. Ellen Ochoa, and Mission Specialist Yvonne Cagle. The council wasformed to bring together the ideas, enthusiasm, and the experiences of youngwomen. As a result of this project, unique mentoring alliances and collaborationshave been formed to encourage young women to pursue their dreams and establishcareer goals. Biographies and images of the members of the YWAC are featured onthe web site at http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/YWAC.

■ Surrounding the center photograph are examples of outstanding contemporarywomen who are enjoying successful careers in aerospace. Because these women repre-sent a wide range of professions at NASA, many of them are featured on the Womenof NASA web site at http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women. Through on-line “chats,” theyshare their career experiences and advice with young people and help them gaininsight into identifying and selecting future careers.

■ The perimeter of the poster, “Premiere American Women in Aerospace,” recognizes afew of the many women who were the first to succeed in one or more facets of theiraerospace-related careers. These women are listed in chronological order based uponthe date of one of their significant accomplishments. In the course of researching thewomen pictured, students will learn about additional women who have made valu-able contributions throughout the history of aerospace.

Integrating “Consider a Career in Aerospace”Into Your Curriculum

To the Educator

As students venture into the 21st century, they must be adept at working with technologyand communicating on-line. They should be informed about career choices and haveaccess to people who are working in areas of interest to them. This poster is designed tohelp you emphasize the importance of these skills and to provide you and your studentswith sources of information about careers in aerospace.

The activities on this poster suggest numerous ways to integrate “Consider a Career inAerospace” into your classroom. They span multiple disciplines and grades 5–12. Theactivities are meant to be a springboard to launch your own imaginative lessons based onyour personal teaching style, methods of facilitation, and unique students.

A number of NASA resources are provided for you throughout the text of this poster,including a section titled “Resources for Educators.” NASA’s Education Home Page athttp://education.nasa.gov is a good place to begin. Additional sites have been listed thatmay be helpful as your students work through the activities on this poster. The on-lineinteractive project sites offer learners the opportunity to communicate with NASA scien-tists and researchers. To learn more about interacting with women working in aerospaceat NASA, visit NASA’s Learning Technologies Project Quest athttp://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/intro.html.

Things to Do On-Line

Real-time Web Chats athttp://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/won-chat.html

For information on “Chat etiquette” see http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/recruiting/chatdirections.html

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Things to Do On-Line . . . continued

■ Before participating in chats, ask your students to make three lists of what they enjoy doing(1) at school (e.g., mathematics, art, science), (2) at work, and (3) during their leisure time.These lists will reflect each student’s talents and interests and should be helpful to them asthey develop a plan to meet their educational and career goals and objectives. The biogra-phies at http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/WON.html may help your students identify careersthat interest them. They can then select an upcoming chat with a woman of NASA who isworking in mathematics, science, engineering, or another exciting aerospace career field.Students could also identify additional potential career fields in which their special skills andtalents could be utilized. Your students should develop thoughtful questions related to edu-cation and career planning to ask during the chat. Following the chat, ask your students todiscuss what they have learned and how it will effect their career planning.

■ Another way you might use a chat is to have each student or a group of students researchthe background of a profiled woman before a scheduled chat. Again, they would prepareappropriate questions to ask and then pose their questions during the chat. The studentswill also have an opportunity to interact with other students on-line in addition to the fea-tured woman. After participating in the chat, have your students reconvene and summarizethe answers they were given by the profiled woman. Were they satisfied with the answers? Ifnot, how could your students have rephrased their questions? Was the chat forum the bestmeans of having their questions answered?

Archived Chats

■ There may be times when a real-time chat is inconvenient for you to use with your stu-dents. Archived chats are available for your use after they have occurred and have the addedbenefit of being in a text format. Archived chats allow you to review the topics covered andthe questions asked before you discuss them with your students. For example, studentscould research the woman featured in a chat and prepare a list of appropriate questions.After seeing the archived chat, students could discuss the chat and compare their questionsto the actual questions posed.

Site Visits

■ Encourage your students to visit the NASA mission patch site athttp://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/mission_patches.html

to view some mission patches. Students can then research NASA missions—past, current,and future—by reading through “Women of NASA” profiles (http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/intro.html) and other NASA on-line resources such as http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/humansp.html to generate ideas about the key elements that are represented oneach patch. Ask small groups of students to choose a mission that is of special interest tothem and define its objectives. They then should identify a mission team and design a mis-sion patch. Who are the other “behind the scenes” integral team members not shown onthe patch? For example, the women shown in the photograph below each worked behindthe scenes in Mission Control at Johnson Space Center. How could you engage teachersand students in other classes (e.g., art, mathematics, technology) to develop a finishedpatch that could be displayed or worn?

■ Encourage students to read the biographies of Tina Herrera, Jennifer Kwong, and Patricia S. Cowings, Ph.D., at http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/bios (indexed by the women’s initials). Have your students list five life skills each woman uses in her career and/or personal life. Ask your students to identify the life skills these women have in common with one another. Discuss why these life skills are important. Help your students identify their own life skills. Ask them to choose one or twoadditional life skills that would be important for them to attain. Have them formulate a plan to meet this objective.

■ Have your students explore the on-line resources listed for the “Premiere AmericanWomen in Aerospace” who are pictured on the perimeter of this poster. They can also findother sources, such as interviews with Eileen Collins, at http://www.rego.gov/interviews/collins.htm. Assign, or let each student choose, one or more women to research. See the “20Questions” activity on page 3.

■ Students will probably be interested in reading some of the “Young Women of NASA”biographical profiles at http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/YWAC/. See the “Future Career”writing activity on page 3.

“Consider a Career in Aerospace”

Linda Hamm (Flight Director), Eileen Hawley(Ascent Commentator), and Susan Still (Capcom)

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Things to Do Off-Line

20 Questions

■ After your students have researched several of the “Premiere American Women inAerospace,” using the web sites listed on this poster and/or library resources, haveyour students play a game of “20 Questions.” One student begins with the state-ment, “Who am I?” Other students may ask yes/no questions about when thiswoman’s notable “first” event took place, what it was, whether there were other“firsts” in her career, and so on, until the woman is identified.

Future Career

■ Have students read a selection of “Women of NASA” or “Young Women of NASA”biographies to generate ideas for their own future career. Ask students to identify alist of career priorities. Questions they may want to consider are:

• What is your job title?• With whom do you work?• What is an average day like in your field?• What is the most exciting and/or most enjoyable thing about your job?• Where is your job located?• What are your work hours?• Is travel required?• What is the starting salary?

After they have completed their lists, tell your students: “You have been selected to befeatured on a poster similar to this one. Write a biographical profile outlining yourlife, your education, and your professional and personal goals and accomplishments.”Have your students design their own poster featuring one another.

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Poster Credits

• This poster was produced at NASA Headquarters by Sonja Godeken, Anne Holbrook,and Debbie Gallaway. Shelley Canright, Deborah Hale, and others too numerous tolist provided suggestions that were invaluable.

• The NASA Headquarters Printing and Design Office did the layout and design of theposter. Special thanks to Les Lien for his work on the poster and the design of the“100th Anniversary of Flight” logo. Look for this logo on upcoming NASA materialsthat will be designed to commemorate this special event.

• Tom Hathorn at Bellarmine Preparatory School in Tacoma,Washington, edited thehigh school statistics activity.

The following people and organizations provided photographs and information that wereused on the “Consider a Career in Aerospace” poster:

• National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution (photos #1–11, 13–19,21–23, 25, 26, 28, 30–33, 35). Special thanks to Dorothy Cochrane, Kate Igoe, andChristine Kaske for their wealth of knowledge and help.

• NASA history and photo archive offices at Ames Research Center, Dryden FlightResearch Center, Goddard Space Flight Center, Headquarters, Johnson Space Center,and Langley Research Center (photos #20, 27, 29, 34, 36, 39–41). Special thanks toTed Huetter at Dryden Flight Research Center for his ideas and suggestions.

• Carolyn Russo, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution (photos#43, 45, 47) from her book, Women and Flight, Bullfinch Press, 1997.

• Henry M. Holden for information about and from his books, in particular, Women inAviation Milestones & Achievements 1854–1998, Black Hawk Publishing Co., 1999.

• Federal Aviation Administration (photo #46).• U.S. Air Force (photo #42).• Civil Air Patrol for information from their “Chronology of Aerospace Events” posters.• Oregon Historical Society (photo #12, negative #CN013401).• The Woman’s Collection, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas (photo #24).• Mary Feik (photo #44).• Mark Greenberg, Visions Photo (photo #37).• Ty Greenlees (photo #38).

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Timeline of Interdisciplinary Activities:1. Select one or more of the “Premiere American Women in Aerospace” (border pic-

tures). Research their backgrounds and record their names and accomplishmentsabove the timeline in the proper location. The research sites listed on this posterand the historical events on the timeline will help you.

2. Research historical time periods, for example, by decade. What were the significantevents that affected the role of women?

3. Research the leaders in government during the time period you selected.4. Research the clothing, art, literature, music, and dance for the “time.”5. Research the state-of-the-art technology in transportation, commerce,

communication.

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Activities

Instructional Activity—Grades 5–8

Wing It!

Materials A ruler, a strip of paper (28 cm by 8 cm), tape

Procedure Fold the strip of paper in half and tape the top edge about 3 cm from the bottom. This will make the top surface curved and gives the paper the shape of an airplane wing. Slide the ruler into the fold of the paper. Blow on the front of the wing.

Extension Vary this activity by increasing the size of the curve in the wing by taping the paper farther away from the bottom. Does this make a difference in the lift?

Explanation Because the top surface of the wing is curved, the air has to go faster over the top than under the bottom. This causes a pressure difference. There is more pressure on the bottom than on the top of the wing, which results in lift.

Statistics Activities—Grades 9–12

Year Total Women Pilots Total—All Pilots1940 902 31,2641942 3,206 100,7871944 4,829 132,4351945 5,112 141,2801960 9,966 348,0621962 10,512 365,9711964 14,627 431,0411966 20,265 548,7571968 28,401 691,6951970 29,472 732,7291972 33,001 750,8691974 36,943 733,7281976 41,643 744,2461980 52,902 827,071

Using graphing calculators and the data above, studentswill perform the activities below and answer the bulletedquestions:

1. Create a scatter plot for “Year vs. Total Women Pilots” and a separate scatter plot for “Year vs.Total—All Pilots.”

2. Find the models (also known as functions or regression equations) that best fit the data for eachscatter plot. Notice the equations of your models.Draw all “best fit” lines or curves going through yourscatter plots.

• What kind of correlation, if any, do you noticebetween the scatter plots and the lines/curves? Note: The correlation coefficient will not be applicable to all models, most notably the quadrat-ic. It is a good indicator of fitness for linear andexponential models.

3. Predict the number of “Total Women Pilots” and“Total—All Pilots” for the years 1952, 1997, and2003, based upon your regression equations.

• Assuming that your data are valid and that all computations are correct, how confident are you in your predictions? Why? (Hints: Consider thestrength of your model and whether you are extrapolating/interpolating to make your predic-tions. Are you equally confident in all predictions?)Note: Students will often respond that they haveconfidence because they “used a calculator” or theyare not confident because “the data could bewrong.” These are not appropriate responses forverifying confidence.

4. Do some research and find the numbers of pilots inthose years you predicted.

• Try to explain any similarities and/or differencesthat you see between the predictions and the real data.

• Compare the regression equations/graphs for the“Total Women Pilots” to the “Total—All Pilots”and try to explain any similarities and/or differ-ences between the equations.

• Create a third column for the percentage of women pilots, and see how that model compares to your others.

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“Premiere AmericanWomen in Aerospace”

The following web sites will be helpful in researching thewomen featured on the perimeter of the poster:

Aviation Organization Siteshttp://www.avdigest.com/99s/ProfHist.htmlhttp://www.nasm.edu/http://www.wiai.org/

Special Interest/Profiles Siteshttp://quest.arc.nasa.gov/space/frontiers/profiles.htmlhttp://www.af.mil/lib/bio/index.htmlhttp://www.aircruise.com/wia/http://www.kshs.org/people/AMELIA.HTMhttp://www.lihistory.com/specpio/air2.htmhttp://www.makeithappen.com/wis/skydive/early.htmhttp://www.mtn.org/lindfdtn/http://www.nasa.gov/hqpao/women_ac.htmhttp://www.women-in-aviation.com/

Individual Topics Siteshttp://images.jsc.nasa.gov/iams/html/pao/pao.htmhttp://twu.edu/library/wasp.htmlhttp://www.faa.gov/apa/BIOS/garvey.htmhttp://www.harrietquimby.org/html/bio.htmlhttp://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/http://www.netsrq.com:80/~dbois/cochran.htmlhttp://www.pattywagstaff.com/http://www.wasp-wwii.org/wasp/38/38.htmlhttp://www.wic.org/bio/

Ask your students to make a list of additional sources ofinformation they found to be helpful. Students can com-pare and exchange their sources with one another.

Additional Sites for Educators

National Standards

National Research Council Science Contenthttp://bob.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/html#content

NCTM Mathematics Content Standards http://standardse.nctm.org/1.0/89ces/Table_of_Contents.html

National Geographyhttp://www.tapr.org/~ird/Nordick/Standards.html

National Standards for Arts Education http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/cs/design/standards

Additional NASA-Related Sites

NASA CONNECT Series http://edu.larc.nasa.gov/connect/

NASA Jobs http://www.nasajobs.nasa.gov

NASA Headquarters News Releases http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1999/

NASA Shuttle Missionshttp://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/missions.html

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mission Status Reports http://www.jpl.nasa.gov

NASA Technology Success Stories http://nctn.hq.nasa.gov/success/index.html

NASA QUEST “WEBCASTS,” Interactive Events for Students http://quest.arc.nasa.gov

NASA Field Center Precollege Contacts http://education.nasa.gov/precoll.html

NASA Educational Workshops for Teachers http://education.nasa.gov/new

NASA Student Involvement Program http://education.nasa.gov/nsip

National Coalition for Aviation Education (NCAE) http://www.aviationeducation.org

Take Our Daughters to Work http://iita.ivv.nasa.gov/happenings/event_2.html

NASA Field Center Education Home Pages

Ames Research Centerhttp://www.arc.nasa.gov/kids.html

Dryden Flight Research Centerhttp://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/trc/

Glenn Research Center http://www.grc.nasa.gov/Doc/educatn.htm

Goddard Space Flight Center http://education.gsfc.nasa.gov

Jet Propulsion Laboratory http://eis.jpl.nasa.gov/eao/

Johnson Space Flight Centerhttp://spaceflight.nasa.gov/outreach/index.html

Kennedy Space Centerhttp://www.pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/educate/educate.htm

Langley Research Center http://edu.larc.nasa.gov

Marshall Space Flight Centerhttp://www1.msfc.nasa.gov/EDUCATION/index.html

Stennis Space Center http://wwwedu.ssc.nasa.gov/

Research Sites

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Educator Resource Center Network (ERCN)To make additional information available to the educationcommunity, the NASA Education Division has created theNASA Educator Resource Center (ERC) network. Educatorsmay preview, copy, or receive NASA materials at these sites.Because each NASA Field Center has its own areas of expertise,no two ERCs are exactly alike. Phone calls are welcome if youare unable to visit the ERC that serves your geographic area.The following is a list of the centers and the regions they serve:

Regional Educator Resource Centers (RERCs) offer moreeducators access to NASA educational materials. NASA hasformed partnerships with universities, museums, and other edu-cational institutions to serve as RERCs in many states. A com-plete list of RERCs is available through CORE, or electronicallyvia NASA Spacelink at http://spacelink.nasa.gov/ercn/

NASA’s Education Home Page serves as a cyber-gateway toinformation regarding educational programs and servicesoffered by NASA for the American education community. Thishigh-level directory of information provides specific details andpoints of contact for all of NASA’s educational efforts, FieldCenter offices, and points of presence within each state. Visitthis resource at the following address: http://education.nasa.gov

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