Fayette County Regional Airport’s Outreach Program in

Support of Fayette County School Districts &

1940 Air Terminal Museum’s Rural School Project

Revised: 14 February 2007

                                                      Assessment        Round Top ISD AirFair 6 May 05     AirFair Curriculum Guide    Round Top Lesson Plans

Documents

·        Table Showing ISD Tentative Participation/Planning for 2005 AirFairs

·        Planning meeting for ISDs 12-13 January 2005

·        Fayette County Project--Spreadsheet of Activities-Budget

·        1940 Air Terminal Museum Flying Classroom AirFair--PowerPoint Presentation.

·        Press Release for Hearne ISD AirFair2004, Last revised 24 April 04—can be used as a guide for future releases.

 

Plans and Documents for the Round Top AirFair Friday 6 May 2005

·        Curriculum Guide for Round Top AirFair 6 May 05.

·         AirFair Schedule for the Day

·        Air Fair Staff List

·        Table of Instructors and Discovery Stations

·        Nav Log for Geography-Spatial Thinking Lab

http://www.heckmangeoscience.com/navlog_spathink.doc

 

Discovery Stations @ AirFair by Subject

Lesson plans by grade

Pre-AirFair Lesson Plan

After AirFair

Motivation

 

 

N/A

N/A

Mathematics

Use of fractions & whole numbers.

Estimates to determine reasonable results.

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

3-4

5-6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Observing Clouds

 

 

Cloud Obs Form

 

Winds and Pressure 

 

 

Taking Observations

Grade 3-4 Clouds

 

Science-How Planes Fly

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…

 

 

 

 

 

 

Airplane Designer I

 

 

 

 

 

Airplane Designer II

 

 

Geography-Spatial Thinking

 

 

 

 

A Road Map

 

A Road Map

 

A Road Map—PreAirFair34

 

Grades 5-6

 

 

Airplane on display—Cessna 172: How Airplanes Fly and Ways Meteorology Affects Flight

Links Meteorology & Flying Discovery Stations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sailplane Display

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aircraft Display—Piper 421

 

 

 

 

 

 

Free Choice Session

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assessment

·        Questionnaire for Teachers at Round Top 2005

·        Questionnaire for Discovery Station Instructors

·        Questionnaire for Visitors to AirFair and EAA members

 

Links of Interest

·        Texas Education Agency

·        District Locator—A GIS Program providing detailed information about ISDs.

·        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.