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The National Air and Space MuseumOne Museum, two locations
Dorothy Cochrane, Curator, General Aviation
National Mall BuildingWashington, DC
Margy Natalie, Docent Program Manager, Former FCPS Aerospace Educator in Residence,
Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly [email protected]
General Aviation Aircraft are really interesting to students.
They are more to scale and students can picture
themselves in the plane! This Aeronca C-2 even smiles at
them!
The Crosley “Flea” is so tiny even the pre-k crowd looks and says “I can fly that”! Pictured here with one of our
volunteer student interns!
We can talk about the planes, what they did and who did it.
The Pepsi Sky Writer was flown bySuzanne Oliver, pictured here with her
husband Steve and Pax, the dog.
“Little Stinker” was flown by Betty Skelton who was famous for her inverted ribbon cut! She was the
first woman to perform that manuver. It hangs in the entry of
the Udvar-Hazy Center
Quick and Easy ways to add
aerospace to your classroom from the National Air
and Space Museum!
Quick and Easy ways to add aerospace to your classroom from
the National Air and Space Museum!
Use aerospace examples in your current curricula!Some examples
• Experimental Design with paper airplanes or helicopters
• Elementary Math using aspect ratio (yes, this works with 2nd grade!)
• Time/distance problems on the web• Newton’s laws• Convection and conduction
Paper Airplane Experimental Design
Real Math
Fly by Math and Line up with Math!
• According to Newton's third law... For every action there is an equal and opposite re-action.
What does this mean?
This means that for every force there is a reaction force that is equal in size, but opposite in direction. That is to say that whenever an object pushes another object it gets pushed back in the opposite direction
equally hard.
Let's study how a rocket works to understandNewton's Third Law.
The rocket's action is to push down on the ground with the force of its powerful engines, and the reaction is that the ground pushes the rocket
upwards with an equal force.
“Borrowed from” http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/louviere/Newton/law3.html
Authentic Assessment!
Teachers can be just as competitive as the kids!
Use Online Resources!Online Activities
Learn by doing! A variety of online activities test your knowledge and demonstrate the principles of aviation and spaceflight. Geography From Space Test your geography knowledge with this online quiz. Airplane Anatomy Activities focused on the Wright brothers and the first airplane. America by Air Activities focused on the development of commercial aviation. CyberCenter Try your hand as a planetary researcher.Please NOTE: do not use "save your work" feature. It is not functioning. Black Wings Stories of famous African American aviation pioneers.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/education/onlinelearning.cfm
NASA Design Challenges!
• Thermal Protection Systems Design Challenge (Heat and Conduction) • Spacecraft Design Structures Challenge (Newton's Law) • Electrodynamic Propulsion Systems (Electromagnetism) • Centennial of Flight: Propeller Design Challenge (Forces and Motion) • Personal Satellite Assistant (Forces and Motion) • Living Off the Land: Water Filtration Challenge (Properties and changes of
properties in matter) • Lunar Plant Growth Chamber (Life Science, Technology)
NASA design challenges can be easily adapted to your classroom use, even if you don’t have the time in your curriculum to do the entire challenge. Two of our 90 minutes lessons are based on these design challenges!
Isn’t this stuff expensive?!?
• There are grants available to teachers to help pay for these supplies and materials!– CAP– AIAA– Check your state department of aviation – Check your local resources