Hearne ISD 5th Grade Air Fair, 28 April 2006
Revised: 27 April 2006
Plans and Documents for the Round Top Air Fair--under revision
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AOPA Airport Diagram--not available
| School/Organization | Contact Teacher | Students | Teachers | Chaperons | Staff | Visitors | Totals |
| Blackshear Elem | John Reed | 75 | 2 | TBD | |||
| Texas A&M | B.Heckman | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Air Terminal Museum | Drew Coats | 4 | 1 | ||||
| UT | 4 | ||||||
| High schools | |||||||
| TAMU Sys | Drs. Mike Holt & Irma Harper | 2 | |||||
Approximate 75 students attending.
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Group A |
Group B |
Group C |
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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 |
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A-Red |
A-Blue |
B-Green |
B-Yellow |
C-Orange |
C-Pink |
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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 |
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).
| Discovery Station Subject/TEKS | Lesson plans by Grade | Pre-AirFair Lessons/Review | Instructor (s) | Notes | |
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Welcome, Fly-by, landing, taxi to ramp
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All | N/A |
B. Heckman
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Motivation & Goal-Setting |
5 | 7 |
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Cadet 1, Cadet 2, Cadet 3 Geography Grad Student Pilot 1, Troy, Rusty |
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Mathematics
Use of fractions & whole numbers.
Estimates to determine reasonable results.
Adds, subtracts, multiplies, & divides to solve meaningful problem |
5 | 7 | 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 (or other cadet) |
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Science-Engineering: Aeronautics: Force, Motion & How an Airplane is Controlled
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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 | Jim Noel | |
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Geography-Spatial Thinking
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5 | 7 |
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Grad student | |
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Aircraft: Glider & Tow Plane (Meteorology)
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5 | 7 | N/A | TBD | |
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Aircraft: Small Aircraft (Aerodyamics)
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5 | 7 | N/A | TBD | |
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Aircraft: Twin-engine Aircraft (Geography)
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5 | 7 | N/A | Jeffrey Weiss (AT Museum) | |
| Aircraft: Air Tractor H20 Fly-by & Droplet Size Collection | 5 | 7 | N/A | Richard Filip--Remax regional manager, Houston | |
| Free-choice Aircraft Display
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N/A | EAA pilots and discovery
stations.
Stanzel Museum may have an exhibit. TAMU-AFROTC--educational materials handed out in flight bag. |
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Schedule for the Day
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 | Ag Tractor | Geog. | Twin-Engine | Met | Glider | ||||||
| 0900 | 0915 |
15 |
A | B | C | |||||||||
| 0915 | 0917 |
2 |
Walk to Goal-setting Station |
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| 0917 | 0940 | 23 | A | B | C | |||||||||
| 0940 | 0942 | 2 |
Divide into small student groups and walk to designated Discovery Stations |
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| 0942 | 1005 | 23 | Red (R) | Green G) | Blue (B) | Yellow (Y) | Orange (O) | Pink (P) | ||||||
| 1005 | 1007 | 2 |
Switch Stations |
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| 1007 | 1030 | 23 | G | R | Y | B | P | O | ||||||
| 1030 | 1032 | 2 |
Walk to next set of stations |
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| 1032 | 1055 | 23 | P | O | G | R | Y | B | ||||||
| 1055 | 1057 | 2 |
Switch Stations |
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| 1057 | 1120 | 23 | O | P | R | G | B | Y | ||||||
| 1120 | 1122 | 2 |
Walk to Break Area |
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| 1122 | 1145 | 23 | Take a break | |||||||||||
| 1145 | 1147 | 2 |
Walk to next set of stations |
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| 1147 | 1220 | 23 | B | Y | O | P | R | G | ||||||
| 1220 | 1222 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1222 | 1245 | 23 | Y | B | O | P | G | R | ||||||
| 1245 | 1315 | 30 | LUNCH | |||||||||||
| 1305 | 1320 | 15 | Students visit any anyone, group, or airplane of choice | |||||||||||
| 1320 | 1400 | 40 | Ag Tractor Demo and Droplet Size Data Collection | |||||||||||
| 1405 | Load buses and depart for school | |||||||||||||
Estimates of total time with events:
| Event | Time | Cumulative time (h + min) |
| Fly-by | 15 | 0+15 |
| Goal-setting (station 1) (5) | 20 | 0+35 |
| Discovery station 2 (2) | 20 | 0+55 |
| Discovery station 3(2) | 20 | 1+15 |
| Discovery station 4(2) | 20 | 1+35 |
| Discovery station 5(2) | 20 | 1+55 |
| Discovery station 6(2) | 20 | 2+15 |
| Discovery station 7(2) | 20 | 2+35 |
| Discovery station 8 (balloon)(2) | 20 | 2+55 |
| Lunch | 30 | 3+25 |
| Break | 20 | 3+45 |
| Free-choice | 20 | 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