Attendees receive a tote bag, poster, handouts, lesson plans, and field-trip transportation. Members of Civil Air Patrol's Aerospace Education enjoy many benefits, including access to classroom materials, lesson plans, teaching strategies and techniques, and newsletters. In all, Civil Air Patrol offers 30 educational products at no cost to educators. Civil Air Patrol Aerospace Education members also are eligible for military airlift, courtesy the U.S. Air Force, to the National Congress on Aviation and Space Education each year. Teachers, counselors, principals and superintendents are eligible for membership in Civil Air Patrol's Aerospace Education program.
Membership is also open to college students who major in education or aviation fields.
Civil Air Patrol's Aerospace Education program is designed to enhance classroom learning for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The aerospace education staff produces classroom materials for school teachers and supports 125 college-level workshops annually at major colleges and universities for about 5,000 education professionals. In all, CAP's Aerospace Education program touches nearly 500,000 youths each year.