Hearne ISD 8th Grade Air Fair, 22 October 2008

Revised: 15-Oct-08

                                                  

 In-service, Pre and Post Air Fair (Field Experience) Activities

·        Agenda for Riverside In-service Program—Dr. Lauren Cifuentes, College of Education, TAMA

 

 

Plans and Documents for the Round Top Air Fair

·               People Attending Air Fair--all organizations

·               Layout & schematic of the Air Fair Activities

·               Student Groups

·               Curriculum Guide

·               Air Fair Schedules

·               Air Fair Staff, Instructors, Aircraft, & Discovery Stations

·               Map to Hearne Airport

·               AOPA Airport Diagram--not available

·               Weather Contingencies

·               Student Group Table (Word document version)

·               Time Table (Word document version)

·               Map of the TAMU Riverside Campus Click on upper right map…find USDA facilities

 

Attendance & Participation 

 

School/Organization

Contact Teacher

Students

Teachers

Chaperons

Staff

Visitors

Totals

Hearne Middle School

 

Robert Garcia--Principal

Robert Wilson

 

83

6

 

 1or 2

 

 

DJNF

John Happ, Mike not available

Michelle Simms,

Brian Heckman,

John Walter,

JR Stark—Safety

George

Patti

Eddie

Dianne

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

Texas A&M (academic)

--Aero

Celine Kluzak

Andrew

Matt Woodruff

Mike Belisle

 

AGGGS Fellows-Geog

Sandra Metoyer

Kelly Lemmons

Stevphen Berhane

Serena Aldrich  

 

 

 

4

 

4

 

 

 

UT—Geog Department

 

 Troy Kimmel

Geog. Grad student

 

 

 

2

 

 

Hearne HS Physics Club

 

 Mr. Greco

 6

 1

 

 

 

 

Hearne Airport

 

Kent Burnett

 

 

 

1

 

 

 TAMU Flying Club

 Brad

Kyle

 

 

 

 2 

 

 

BVFS

Bill Brady (fly-by only)

 

 

 

 

 

Fly by only

Pilots from Hearne Airport

 

 

 

 

 

 

None this event-but could likely have a few pilots in the futuer

Hearne Democrat Daily

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

Totals

 

91

7

 

21

 

 

 Total attending ~ 112

 

Student Groups

 

Approximate  83 students attending.Revise for current number ~85

 

 

Group A

Group B

Group C

S1

S2

S3

S4

S5

S6

S7

S8

S9

S10

S11

S12

S13

S14

S15

S16

S17

S18

S19

S20

S21

S22

S23

S24

S25

S26

S27

S28

S29

S30

S31

S32

S33

S34

S35

S36

S37

S38

S39

S40

S41

S42

S43

S44

S45

S46

S47

S48

S49

S50

S51

S52

S53

S54

S55

S56

S57

S58

S59

S60

S61

S62

S63

S64

S65

S66

S67

S68

S69

S70

S71

S72

S73

S74

S75

S76

S77

S78

S79

S80

S81

S82

S83

A-Red

A-Blue

B-Green

B-Yellow

C-Orange

C-Pink

S1

S2

S3

S4

S5

S6

S7

S8

S9

S10

S11

S12

S13

S14

S15

S16

S17

S18

S19

S20

S21

S22

S23

S24

S25

S26

S27

S28

S29

S30

S31

S32

S33

S34

S35

S36

S37

S38

S39

S40

S41

S42

S43

S44

S45

S46

S47

S48

S49

S50

S51

S52

S53

S54

S55

S56

S57

S58

S59

S60

S61

S62

S63

S64

S65

S66

S67

S68

S69

S70

S71

S72

S73

S74

S75

S76

S77

S78

S79

S80

S81

S82

S83

 

 

 

 

 

Layout of Discovery Stations (Academic & Aircraft).  A diagram of the airport and stations will be provided each teacher prior to the Air Fair, along with the student group lists.  The figure below shows the sequence and Discovery Stations that students will participate during the Air Fair. 

 

You can access the lesson plan for any Discovery Station by clicking on the icon for the Discovery Station or selecting the Curriculum Guide and finding the Subject and Grade level of interest (not complete).  Free choice segment N/A—see schedule below

 

 

 

 

Curriculum Guide

Discovery Station Subject/TEKS

Lesson plans by Grade

Pre-AirFair Lessons/Review—all Pre-Post taught by HISD teachers

Instructor (s)

Notes

Welcome, Fly-by, landing, taxi to ramp

 

All

·        Safety rules

TBD--

 

 White board—traffic pattern

Music ?

PA—provided by HISD

Undetermined who wills serve as MC-Fly-by announcer. Have discussed Bill Brady from BVFS owner and instructor.

Motivation & Goal-Setting—lesson plan basically the same for grades 5 and 8. To be discussed at Oct 2008 In-service

5

8

·         Teachers introduce concept of goal-setting.

·         Importance of goal-setting to life-planning.

·         Activities covered during In-service

GpA:  AGSSS 1UT Student

GpB: Andrew; AGSSS 2

GpC: Robert, Michelle

 

 

Mathematics

 

Use of fractions & whole numbers.

Estimates to determine reasonable results.

Adds, subtracts, multiplies, & divides to solve meaningful problem

5

8

 TBD from In-service, expect at least 1 pre and post Air Fair lessons in classroom

 

Topic covered in in-service. See Discovery Station Lesson plan below—draft version.

 

Activities covered during In-service

 Clint et al.

 

 

Current Air Fair--not included as separate Discovery Station. Plans are to either revise station or combine with sciences-engineering stations

 

 See the Air Tractor activities below. This activity will be covered in detail during the In-service session on 13 October..

Science-Meteorology—Lesson plan for grade 5 remains unchanged. Troy will make adjustments as needed.

 

Collect information by observing & measuring.

Observations are a key step in applying the scientific method.

Use a variety of tools & methods to conduct science inquiry

Identify patterns of change…

Classify matter based on its physical properties…

Energy occurs in many forms

5

8

None planned at this time.

Troy

 

UT student

 Troy Kimmel will conduct the Meteorology Discovery Station using the Automated Weather Observing Station (AWSO) located on the Hearne airport. For an overview, click on the Grade 5 lesson plan to the left.

 

Lesson plan unchanged by grade. Will need to update Troy on TEKS 8. We have no specific lesson plan for his material—see grade 5 link for basic lesson plan.

 

Grade 5 Lesson plan needs revising

Science-Engineering: Aeronautics: Force, Motion & How an Airplane is Controlled

 

A system is described as a collection of cycles, structures, & processes that interact.

Energy occurs in many forms.

Predict and draw conclusions what happens when part of a system is removed.

Use a variety of tools & methods to conduct science inquiry

Identify patterns of change…

5

8

TBD—likely at least 1 each. More if White Wing glider is constructed.

 

EM and IR sensing.

 

Activities covered during In-service

TBD--

 

 Discovery station lesson plan developed for Force & Motion, flying paper airplanes as student teams simulate a field testing of flights with modifications to control devices.

 

Pre A/F lessons could be building White Wing airplane for test testing at A/F.

 

Another option is EM spectrum with IR imaging from camera used on O2 flight test aircraft.

Geography-Spatial Thinking

 

 

5

8

·         How to use a hand-held compass.

·         Nomenclature of directions: 4 and 8 points of a compass using letters and degrees (N=000 degs or 360 degrees; S=180 degs, etc.

·         Activities covered during In-service

 

AGSSS Fellow 1

AGSSS Fellow 2

 

 Grade 5 Lesson plan needs revising for Grade 8.

 

Topics listed in pre and post suggested from 2006 Air Fairs

Aircraft: C-172   (Meteorology)

 

5

8

N/A--

Brad—Flying Club

 

IP—Flying Club

 

O2: TAMU   (Aerodynamics)

 

5

8

N/A

Celine

 

Andrew

 

Air Tractor   (Geography)

 

5

8

See Pre and Post for Math TEKS

Clint et al.

 

Aircraft: Air Tractor H20 Fly-by & Droplet Size Collection

5

8

Pre and Post lessons needed for the Math project.

 

Activity covered in In-service

Clint et al.

 The lesson plan for Grade 5 is general and will have to be revised to meet the needs of Math TEKS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Schedule for the Day—needs revision for arrival time !0830.  

Schedule of Activities

Symbols used

Explanation

A, B, C

Student groups in thirds of the total student attendance.  These groups will attend the Welcome and Fly and the Goal-Setting stations. Following these activities, each group will be divided into two smaller groups, identified by colors.

R

Red student group

G

Green stuent group

B

Blue student group

Y

Yellow student group

O

Orange student group

P

Pink student group

Table showing the schedule of activities by small student group (color coded).  Will be adjusted by ~ 30 min.

0900

0915

Busses Arrive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Discovery Stations 

 

 

Event duration

Welcome & Fly-by

Goal-setting

Aero

O2

Geog

Air Tractor

Met

C172

0915

0930

15

A

B

C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0930

0931

1

Walk to Goal-setting Station

0931

0954

23

 

A

B

C

 

 

 

 

 

 

0954

0956

2

Divide into small student groups and walk to designated Discovery Stations

0956

1018

23

 

 

Red (R)

Green G)

Blue (B)

Yellow (Y)

Orange (O)

Pink (P)

1018

1020

2

Switch Stations

1020

1047

23

 

 

G

R

Y

B

P

O

1047

1049

2

Walk to next set of stations

1049

1116

23

 

 

P

O

G

R

Y

B

1116

1118

2

Switch Stations

1118

1141

23

 

 

O

P

R

G

B

Y

1141

1143

2

Walk to next set of stations

1143

1206

23

 

 

B

Y

O

P

R

G

1206

1208

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1208

1231

23

 

 

Y

B

O

P

G

R

1231

1300

30

Lunch

1300

1345

45

Ag Tractor Demo and Droplet Size Data Collection

1345

 

 

Load buses and depart for school

 

Estimates of total time of Air Fair—needs revision:

Event

Time

Cumulative time (h + min)

Fly-by

15

0+15

Goal-setting (station 1) (5)

23

0+35

Discovery station 2—Aero-ground (2)

23

0+55

Discovery station 3—Aero—O2 a/c(2)

23

1+15

Discovery station 4—Spatial ground(2)

23

1+35

Discovery station 5—Air Tractor (2)

20

1+55

Discovery station 6--Met(2)

20

2+15

Discovery station 7—C-172(2)

20

2+35

Discovery station 8—Math Air Tractor(2)

45

2+55

Lunch

30

3+25

Break

20

3+45

 

 

4+05

Time between stations + slop time

22

4+27

Total time for Air Fair

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assessment---under construction

 

Links of Interest

·        K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook—NASA-Cislunar Aerospace

·        AvKids—site housed on website of the National Business Aviation Association

·        Making paper gliders—Michigan Institute of Aeronautics