Suggested are activities using a Polaroid camera to illustrate the capabilities of remote sensing. Reading materials from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are suggested. Methods for (1) finding a camera's focal length, (2) calculating ground dimension photograph simulation, and (3) limiting size using film resolution are…

Summarizes highlights of the 1976 National Congress on Aerospace Education held March 30th to April 2nd in Nashville, Tennessee. (SL)

Compares the aerodynamics involved in bird flight, movement of a tortoise, and a gliding plane. (ZWH)

Nearly a decade ago, the Montreal School of Aerospace Trades became part of a massive education reform that takes most career education in the province out of comprehensive high schools and invests millions of dollars in specialized vocational schools. Through education-industry partnerships, these schools helping to change the image of vocational…

This unit is designed to stimulate interest in math, engineering, aerospace, and physics through the exploration of rocketry science. It serves as a ready source of information dealing with the subject of rocketry and provides directions for completing a variety of hands-on rocketry science experiments, including the design, construction, and…

The results of an opinion questionnaire sent to the personnel directors of 28 domestic airlines indicate that the majority of the respondents feel that an aviation minor would be valuable to prospective airline employees. Includes comments on what subject areas the respondents feel would be important in an aviation minor. (MLH)

Emphasizes the beneficial application of tools developed as a result of the space program in communications and education. Explains the use of a communication satelite, the ATS-6, in telemedicine and individualized instruction. (GS)

Provides excerpts from a Teacher's Guide that accompanies an aviation coloring book for children. (MLH)

Provides lesson plans for activities involving a model aircraft laboratory and ground-based surveying. (MLH)

Presents a collection of humorous statements made by elementary school youngsters on reports and tests pertaining to the aerospace sciences. (MLH)

Advocates the utilization of aerospace activities in elementary school classrooms to increase motivation, to integrate learning in meaningful patterns, and to foster true inquiry. (CP)

Describes activities to demonstrate Bernoulli's Principle, the effect of vibration on reaction time, formation of craters on the moon and weather simulation. (CP)

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)

Describes the newly revised Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps (AFROTC) program which emphasizes selectivity, young women in the officer candidate program, and focuses on management techniques, psychology and leadership. The monetary advantages are detailed which include scholarships, free flight training and other benefits. (BR)