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PREFLIGHT YOU CAN FLY

BY JULIE SUMMERS WALKER

PUTTING THE FUN INTO FUNDAMENTALS
LEARNING-AND TEACHING-WAS NEVER SO EXCITING
IF THE TEACHERS ARE HAVING THIS MUCH

fun, imagine how their students are going
to feel. Forty-four science and math teachers from around the country descended on
the AOPA You Can Fly Academy in Frederick, Maryland, April 26 through 28 to
experience the ninth-grade aviation-based
science, technology, engineering, and math
(STEM) curriculum before they begin
teaching it to their students this fall. And if
bursting balloons, good-natured competition, and flying rockets doesn't sound like
fun, you need to get out and fly more.
"I never knew how much fun aviation
could be," said Carla Ladner, a 34-year
algebra teacher from Lufkin, Texas, who
is delighted to "never teach algebra again"
and instead will lead the You Can Fly
aviation curriculum in her school system.

She's so excited about learning to fly-and
all facets of aviation-she's started ground
school and she and her husband have
joined their local EAA chapter. "There's
so much to learn! Our students are loving
it; they challenge me so much."
Challenges are part of the You Can
Fly curriculum-first, concepts are
explained the old-fashioned way in a
lecture or manual, and then the ideas are
put into practice. For such activities as
a "rocket launch" teaching engineering
principles, balloons, paper clips, and
string are the low-cost materials used
to perform testing. At the You Can Fly
Academy, teachers broke into groups of
four to design a "rocket" (balloon) that
could carry the maximum payload (paper
clips). Winners achieved a payload of 54

paper clips and a rocket that touched the
ceiling. Small explosions (balloons bursting), cheers, and gasps of disappointment
were all part of the learning process.
Marty Cooksey, a teacher from
Spencerville, Maryland, said his students
will love these experiments. "Anything
hands-on like this they like," he said.
"Teachers are always looking for ways
to make learning relevant," said Elizabeth
Tennyson, executive director of the You
Can Fly program. "With this curriculum,
students can see the real-world applications all around them."
Workshops for the tenth-grade curriculum and field testing for the grade 11
curriculum will take place this summer.
julie.walker@aopa.org

AOPA's You Can Fly program supports flying clubs, encourages best practices in flight training, gets lapsed pilots back in the air, brings AOPA's
resources and expertise to pilot groups across the country, and helps high school students learn more about careers in aviation. AOPA's You Can Fly
program and the AOPA Air Safety Institute are funded by charitable donations to the AOPA Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization.
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