The Sky Is Your Classroom

Abstract

An overview of NASA's 11th annual Aerospace Education Workshop Program is presented. A portion of activities that are performed during the workshop sessions, which are used to familiarize teachers with up-to-date information are shown. An overview of aerospace concepts and terms is provided. Activities shown include: how model rockets are used to teach about the principles of rocketry; how eggs are packaged to represent an astronaut landing on another planet; a trip to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History was used to introduce a telescope and planetarium; and a visit to LeRC. How lectures and discussion material are presented on such topics as the history of aircraft and the space shuttle is demonstrated.