# Presentation: 835755

## CIVIL AIR PATROLAEROSPACE EDUCATION OUTREACH

**CIVIL AIR PATROL****AEROSPACE EDUCATION OUTREACH**

## Aerospace Education

**Overview**
**AE Mission**
**AE Membership (AEM)**
**AE Membership Benefits**
**AE Curricula**
**AE Programs**

## Aerospace Education

**Mission**
**To educate both CAP members and the general public on the important role aviation and space has played and will continue to play in America’s future.**
**To encourage our nation’s youth to consider aerospace careers and to promote civil aviation to local communities.**

## Aerospace Education

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** ****Civil Air Patrol aerospace curriculum and programs support science, math, language arts, reading, history, and technology education, while providing teachers with the tools to teach in  extraordinary ways.**
**Our curriculum meets national content standards and addresses S.T.E.M. (Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Mathematics) initiatives.**

- IN CAP

## Aerospace Education Membership                                                (AEM)

**A special category of Civil Air Patrol membership**
**Open to any individual or organization that has an interest in Aerospace Education **
**Membership $35 a year**

## Membership Benefits 

**CAP membership card**
**AEM certificate**
**CAP bimonthly *****Volunteer***** magazine**
**AEM  bimonthly Newsletters**
**Educational products developed especially for**
**    ****AEMs, as well as other curriculum products**

## Membership Benefits

**Opportunities to apply for up to $250 in grant money**
**Eligible to participate in the Aerospace **
**    ****Education Excellence Program (AEX)**
**Opportunities for CAP Fly A Teacher orientation flights**
**Opportunities for CEU/College credit**
**CAP partner benefits**

## AE Curricula Materials

**Materials meet national teaching standards**
**Support team and thematic teaching**
**Support teamwork and problem solving**
**Provide hands-on activities that enforce curriculum objectives**
**Provide “real-world” applications of concepts currently being taught**
**Available for grades K-12**

## Curricula Materials  

**PRESCHOOL – EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNERS**** ****          **
**Four-in-One Activity Books**
**ELEMENTARY GRADES**** **
**Activity Booklets**
**Fun In Flight **
**Drawing Lessons From Aerospace History (Dot-to-Dot)**
**Aerospace Education for the Very Young**
**MIDDLE GRADES / JUNIOR HIGH**** **
**Thematic Unit Resource Packets     **
**GENERAL CURRICULUM AIDS**** **
**Poster Sets**
**Bibliography and Resource Listing**
**Index of Related Topics**

## Modules:  Aerospace Dimensions

**Appropriate for grades 6-8**
**Ideal for use as a science elective or  curriculum enrichment**
**Cost is $13.30**
**     ****(for **_**all **_**six)**
**Orders placed through Vanguard Industries**
**    ****1-800-221-1264**
**  ****http://vanguardmil.com/store/**

## Textbook: Aerospace: The Journey of Flight – 2nd Edition

**Comprehensive **
**Nationally Recognized**
**Costs $18.50 **
**Order through Vanguard Industries **
**   ****http://vanguardmil.com/store/**

## Civil Air Patrol’s Rocketry Program

**Download from CAP Aerospace Website**
**Consists of 3 levels**
**Online certificates of completion for each level**
**Excellent enrichment activity**

## Aerospace Education Excellence Program  (AEX)

**Free program available to current AEMs **
** ****Age-appropriate curriculum**
**Sign up anytime during the school year**
**1 hour of college credit thru Adams State College for an additional fee**
**Brochures with application and completion report  may be downloaded from AE website**

##       Fly a Teacher Program

**For AEMs:**
**To participate, contact **_**[jstone@cap.gov](mailto:jstone@cap.gov)**_**. **
**Your name and contact information will be given to the Point of Contact (POC) for the Fly A Teacher Program in your area.**
**The state POC will contact you concerning a time and date that will work for all involved.**
**The Fly A Teacher orientation flight may or may not be accompanied by a workshop.**

##     Fly a Teacher Program

**Participants receive orientation flight (some may include workshops)**
**CAP wings and units conduct the flights**
**Flights are funded thru NHQ AE; first come, first served**
**Funding cycle begins Oct 1 **

##                Educator Grants

**Sponsored by the Air Force Association (AFA)**
**Two grant cycles per year:  March 31**
**	****	****	****	****	****	****     ****September 30**
** ****Applications may be downloaded at **_**[www.cap.gov/ae](http://www.cap.gov/ae)**__** or requested by mail**_

##                Educator Grants

**Grants – up to $250**
**Grants applied toward AE related items/activities **
**Grant recipients complete a short follow-up form**

## National Conference on Aviation and Space Education (NCASE) 

**Premier aerospace education conference in the nation. **
**Noted aviation heroes and astronauts**
**To be held in Washington DC, October 2008.**
**    ****www.ncase.info**

## National Conference Highlights

**Encourage the learning of science, math, reading/language arts, history, technology and careers through Aerospace Education. **
**Earn Continuing Education Units (CEU).**
**Attend National standards-based, hands-on sessions by leading aerospace educators.**

## Awards

**NATIONAL CONFERENCE CROWN CIRCLE FOR AEROSPACE EDUCATION LEADERSHIP**
**The highest award of the National Conference**
**One of the most prestigious honors bestowed worldwide in the field of aerospace education**
**Nomination packages are sent to:**
**	**** ****National Conference on Aviation and Space Education**
**	****	****Crown Circle Award**
**	****	****C/O M.A. Thompson**
**	****	****3146 Valentino Court**
**	****	****Oakton, VA  22124**
**Applications must be postmarked by May 15.**
**    ****www.ncase.info**

## Awards

**A. SCOTT CROSSFIELD AEROSPACE EDUCATION TEACHER OF THE YEAR**
**Recognizes and honors classroom teachers for their outstanding accomplishments in aerospace education **
**Application deadline May 25**
**    ****Sent to:**
**                ****National Aviation Hall of Fame**
**                ****Crossfield Award**
**                ****1100 Spaatz Street**
**                ****Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433**

##             AEROSPACE EDUCATION WORKSHOPS

-   **Provide training for educators**
**  ****Provide support for teacher education programs **
**  ****Provide networking opportunities**
**  ****Held throughout the country**
**  ****Participants earn professional development credit **
**       ****and/or graduate credit**
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##    AEROSPACE EDUCATION WEBSITE

**Go to**** **_**[www.cap.gov/ae](http://www.cap.gov/ae)**_** to find information on: **
- Programs, products and resources
- Aerospace Education classroom materials
- Newsletters
- Grant and Award information
- Links

## Aerospace Education Program                 Summary 

**CAP’s Aerospace Education:**
**. . . . National Standards-based and S.T.E.M. related**
**. . . . Assists teachers in preparing students to take their**
**        ****place in the technological, global aerospace society**
**        ****in which we live**
**. . . . Supported with textbooks, thematic units, visual aids**
**. . . . Supports existing curriculum requirements**
**. . . . Supports real world learning**
**. . . . Supports programs involving peer coaching,                       **
**        ****peer tutoring, group learning, mentoring   **
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