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Journal of Aerospace Education | 13 |
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Downie, Don | 1 |
Kirman, Joseph M. | 1 |
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Piper, Martha | 1 |
Sherry, Martin W. | 1 |
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Christy, Raymond M. – Journal of Aerospace Education, 1975
Describes an unusual learning experience available to eighth-grade students in Louisiana through exposure to a World War II B-25 simulator. The flight simulator is used to motivate students in the science area, develop an awareness of flight problems and challenges and provide exposure to the electronics career field. (BR)
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Career Awareness, Career Education, Instruction
Barrowman, James S. – Journal of Aerospace Education, 1974
Describes how model rocketry can be a useful educational tool at the university level as a practical application of theoretical aerodynamic concepts and as a tool for students in experimental research. (BR)
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, College Science, Higher Education, Instruction
Owen, Ben – Journal of Aerospace Education, 1975
Describes "Project School Flight" which is an idea originated by the Experimental Aircraft Association to provide the opportunity for young people to construct a light aircraft in the schools as part of a normal class. Address included of Experimental Aircraft Association for interested persons. (BR)
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Aerospace Technology, Instruction, Science Activities
Journal of Aerospace Education, 1975
Describes activities to demonstrate Bernoulli's Principle, the effect of vibration on reaction time, formation of craters on the moon and weather simulation. (CP)
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Instruction, Meteorology, Physics
Journal of Aerospace Education, 1974
Describes a classroom organized as a self-contained closed spaceship which provides an opportunity for individualized learning based on student interests and a chance to wrestle with the problems that would arise on an interstellar journey in a spaceship. (BR)
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Elementary Education, Instruction, Planetariums
Journal of Aerospace Education, 1975
Describes the Alabama Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama as stimulating experience for students in aerospace education. The center has the largest collection of space-age hardware assembled under one roof, a Space Flight simulator, a Skylab space station mock-up and many more interesting exhibits. (BR)
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Field Trips, Instruction
Downie, Don – Journal of Aerospace Education, 1974
Describes an aviation course at Perris High School, (Perris, California) designed primarily for potential high school dropouts in which students rebuilt a wrecked airplane. (BR)
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Aerospace Technology, Course Descriptions, Dropout Programs
Sherry, Martin W. – Journal of Aerospace Education, 1974
Describes a one semester course on the study of aviation for sixth graders in Santa Monica, California involving student timelines, construction plates and field trips. (BR)
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Aerospace Technology, Course Descriptions, Curriculum
Journal of Aerospace Education, 1975
Presents a resource guide with a broad range of classroom activities and suggested materials for classroom use at the elementary level in the area of careers in airplane transportation. This career development unit seeks to introduce students to different career clusters found in the community and stimulates self evaluation by students. (BR)
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Career Development, Career Education, Elementary Education
Jones, Robert M.; Wiggins, Kenneth E. – Journal of Aerospace Education, 1974
Describes 17 activities which are aerospace oriented and yet provide an interdisciplinary approach to learning. Some of the activities described involve paper airplanes, parachutes, model rockets, etc. (BR)
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Elementary Education, Instruction, Instructional Materials
Jones, Robert M.; Piper, Martha – Journal of Aerospace Education, 1975
Describes how science activities can be used to stimulate language development in the elementary grades. Two aerospace activities are described involving liquid nitrogen and the launching of a weather balloon which integrate aerospace interests into the development of language skills. (BR)
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Bibliographies, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Kirman, Joseph M. – Journal of Aerospace Education, 1978
Reviews programs of introducing Landsat satellite imagery for use in the classroom. (SL)
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Aerospace Technology, Communications Satellites, Educational Innovation
Journal of Aerospace Education, 1977
Presents teaching ideas for topics in aerospace education including: commemorating Robert Goddard Day on March 16th, commemorating Wright Brothers Day on December 17, utilizing newspaper clippings, and aerospace displays. Ideas are presented in notebook form for removal from the journal. (SL)
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction