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AIAA Educator Academy: Introduction to Capstone Events

Elana Slagleelana@starfisheducation.com

Webinar Overview

• Goals and Objectives• What is Educator Academy?• So How Does this Work?• Curriculum Modules Overview• Which one is for you?• Planning your Capstone

Goals and Objectives

Today’s Webinar will:• Encourage Sections to participate in the AIAA

Educator Academy by hosting a Curriculum Module and Capstone event

• Provide Professional Members, Students, Teachers and Community a meaningful opportunity to interact

• Help Sections to expand their current STEM programs

• A series of Curriculum Modules that will teach engineering-related concepts in fields such as aeronautics, astronautics and robotics (STEM) Mars Rover Celebration Electric Cargo Plane Space Weather Balloon

• Materials are promoted to Educator Associates through teacher training workshops for use in their classrooms

What is Educator Academy?

So How Does this Work?

Section decides to implement Educator

Academy

Schedules a Training for local Section

Council

Schedules a Teacher workshop to train

teachers

Support teachers as necessary as

mentors

Meanwhile… Plan the Capstone Event

Hold Capstone event for participating teachers and

students

Regions and Sections

So How Does this Work?

Educator Associates and Section Mentors impacting thousands of Students

Curriculum Modules Overview

• Three Different Curriculum Modules: Mars Rover Celebration Electric Cargo Planes Space Weather Balloons

Mars Rover Celebration

Students design and build a Mars Rover to carry out a specific science mission on the surface of Mars.• Grade Levels:

3-5 and 6-8• Contact:

Dr. Edgar BeringUniversity of HoustonEABering@uh.edu

Mars Rover Capstone• Mars Rover Celebration

Teams are responsible for constructing the rover, writing a presentation/skit and completing a Mars Rover manual

Teams are judged “science fair style” with judges circulating to each table

Mars Rover Capstone

• The Mars Rover Celebration Designed to be executed in

a single classroom, one grade level, a school-wide competition, or a citywide event.

Smaller school-level competitions help reduce the number of models in the city-wide competitions.

Electric Cargo Planes

Students design and build an electric cargo plane that carries the maximum amount of payload• Grade Levels:

6-8 and 9-12• Contact:

Tom MilnesJHU Applied Physics LabThomas.Milnes@jhuapl.edu

Electric Cargo Plane Capstone• Electric Cargo Plane

Design and construct and electric powered cargo airplane.

Teams are responsible for building wings, fuselage, landing gear, and cargo.

Airplane will be weighed after flying without cargo and then again after flying with cargo.

Goal is to carry as much cargo as possible.

Tethered Flight Concept

• Constrained Flight Path - Can be done Indoors- Expensive RC Equipment not needed

PowerPole

TetherPowerSupply

FlatSpeaker

Wire

Clear Packing Tape

Space Weather Balloon

Students design and build a space weather balloon to collect data• Grade Levels:

9-12• Contact:

Dr. Ben LongmierAssistant Professor, University of MichiganLongmier@umich.edu

Space Weather Balloon Capstone• Space Weather Balloon

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Which One is for You?

Curriculum Module Name

Targeted Grade Level

PurposeRelative Cost of

Materials

Classroom Materials Available

Planning Materials Available

Mars RoverCelebration 3-8

Students design and build a Mars Rover to carry out a specific science mission on the surface of Mars.

Low* Daily Lesson Plans Yes

Electric Cargo Plane

9-12; (6-8)

Students design and build an electric cargo plane that carries the maximum amount of payload

Medium*Weekly Lesson Plans

Yes

Space Weather Balloon

9-12Students design and build a space weather balloon to collect data

High* Weekly Overview Yes

Planning Your Capstone Event• Gather your Section Council to choose your module

Pick the one that:– fits your area or region–your team feels is most manageable–Pick the one that your team feels most

comfortable

Planning Your Capstone Event• Mini-workshop

Section Council plus enough others to make 20 Introduce one module in detail

• Full Academy Visit 6 hour Teacher Training Workshop Train the Trainers Workshop (leave a legacy behind) Train the Capstone Organizers Workshop This visit is mostly the Institute’s responsibility

Planning Your Capstone Event• Set the Dates

When will your Teacher Training Workshop and Capstone Organizer Training event be?–These are usually done over the same couple of

days to be efficient with instructor travel When will your capstone event be held?

–You must know this date before the teacher workshop

– It must be scheduled after teachers have had ample time to teach the curriculum

Planning Your Capstone Event• Promote Your Event

Advertise during the teacher workshop Share information with schools directly via email

–Find the right person to champion the project Send email to ALL section members Promote through sister societies like ASME, IEEE,

etc. Promote through other kids’ organizations like

YMCA, Boys and Girls Clubs, Scouts, etc.

Materials for your Capstone Event• Located on the Educator Academy Page:

https://www.aiaa.org/AIAAEducatorAcademy/• Find Resources such as:

Curriculum Guides Detailed Capstone Event Planning Timeline Capstone Specific Guide Sheet(s) Instructor Information (Bios and Contact Info)

Thank You for Attending Today!

Additional Questions and Information:• Elana Slagle, elana@starfisheducation.com • Gar Bering, STEM K-12 Chair, ebering@central.uh.edu• Lisa Bacon, AIAA Program Manager, LisaB@AIAA.org

Please join us for our next webinar:July 30, 2pm EDT, Educator Academy- Electric Cargo PlaneJuly 31, 2pm EDT, Educator Academy- Mars Rover CelebrationAug 1, 2pm EDT, Educator Academy- Space Weather Balloon