Fayette County ISDs Air Fair, 26 April 2006

Revised: 25 April 2006

 

Plans and Documents for the Fayette County School Districts Air Fair, Wednesday 26 April 2006

 

           Attendance & Participation                                        

School/Organization Contact Students Teachers Chaperons Visitors Staff Totals
Fayetteville Mary Kahanek 12 2 2 1    
Round Top Donna Burton 21 2 2 1    
Schulenburg Mary Seifert 33 2 2 1    
Texas A&M B. Heckman       2 5  
Univ. of Texas--Geog. Depart. Troy Kimmel         2  
Air Terminal Museum (AT) Drew Coats       1 4  
Fayette County Regional           1  
High School--           1  
Texas A&M System-evaluation Drs. Mike Holt & Irma Harper         2  

 

 

Approximate 66 students attending: Fayetteville: 12  Schulenburg: 33 Round Top: 21

 

Template for Student Groups

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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.

 

    Activity missing from Figure below is the Free Choice that starts after lunch---will update figure. Use Curriculum Guide to link to Lesson Plans; some links are hot on the Figure.

 

Text Box: Following the Discovery Stations & Lunch, A Free-Choice Session will be available until the buses leave for school

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Curriculum Guide

Discovery Station Subject/TEKS Lesson plans by Grade Pre-AirFair Lessons/Review Instructor (s) Notes

Welcome, Fly-by, landing, taxi to ramp

 

 All N/A B. Heckman

Allen

  

Motivation & Goal-Setting

 5 7
  • Teachers introduce concept of goal-setting.
  • Importance of goal-setting to life-planning.
 Rick,Joni

Meg & Allen

Summer and Gabe

  
Mathematics

 

Use of fractions & whole numbers.

Estimates to determine reasonable results.

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

 5 7  

N/A

  

N/A

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

Science-Meteorology

 

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 7 TBD Troy

Summer

 Hand outs--NWS Cloud Chart

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 7 TBD Brian & Rick Hand out
 

 

Geography-Spatial Thinking

 

 

 5 7
  • 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.

 

 Joni and Gabe  
Single-engine Taylorcraft  (Spatial Thinking)

 

 5 7 N/A Melenda--EAA

Meg--Corps of Cadets

  
Aircraft: Small Aircraft  J3  (Aerodynamics)

 

 5 7 N/A Dick-EAA  
Aircraft: Twin-engine Aircraft  (Meteorology)

 

 5 7 N/A Randy Foster Hand on applications of compass directions used in aviation.
Aircraft: Balloon

 

 5 7 N/A  cancelled Richard Filip--Remax regional manager, Houston  
Free-choice Aircraft Display

 

     N/A EAA pilots and discovery stations.

Stanzel Museum may have an exhibit.

TAMU-AFROTC--educational materials handed out in flight bag.

  
Other

 

          

 

 

  Schedule for the Day

Chaperon's 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).

0845 0900 Busses Arrive
                     
    Event duration

Welcome & Fly-by

 Goal-setting Aero Single Engine Geog. Twin-Engine Met Glider
0900 0915

15

 A B C                  
0915 0917

2

Walk to Goal-setting Station
0917 0940 23   A B C            
0940 0942 2

Divide into small student groups and walk to designated Discovery Stations
0942 1005 23     Red (R) Green G) Blue (B) Yellow (Y) Orange (O) Pink (P)
1005 1007 2

Switch Stations
1007 1030 23     G R Y B P O
1030 1032 2

Walk to next set of stations
1032 1055 23     P O G R Y B
1055 1057 2

Switch Stations
1057 1120 23     O P R G B Y
1120 1122 2

Walk to Break Area
1122 1145 23 Take a break
1145 1147 2

Walk to next set of stations
1147 1220 23     B Y O P R G
1220 1222 2

Switch Stations
1222 1245 23     Y B O P G R
1245 1315 30 LUNCH
1315 1400 45

Open Session: Students can visit with instructors, aircraft displays, or gather information of their chose
1405     buses depart

 

 

Time budget of by station:

Event Time Cumulative time (h + min)
Fly-by 15 0+15
Goal-setting (station 1) (5) 23 0+35
Discovery station 2 (2) 23 0+55
Discovery station 3(2) 23 1+15
Discovery station 4(2) 23 1+35
Discovery station 5(2) 23 1+55
Discovery station 6(2) 23 2+15
Discovery station 7(2) 23 2+35
Discovery station 8 (balloon)(2) 23 2+55
Lunch 30 3+25
Break 23 3+45
Free-choice 20 4+05
Time between stations + slop time 22 4+27
Total time for Air Fair    

 

Assessment---under construction

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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

·         Stanzel Family Museum

·         Stanzel Model Airplane Co.