AEROSPACE EDUCATION

Civil Air Patrol

Official Civilian Auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force

PRESENTED BY LT COLONEL DAVE GARNER

CIVIL AIR PATROL SOUTHEAST REGION DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF

AEROSPACE EDUCATION

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Presenting topics of interest to Aerospace Educators, Civil Air Patrol Aerospace Education Officers, CAP members, pilots, Astronomy Educators, Earth Science Educators, Science Teachers, elementary school teachers, and all who are interested in aerospace and/or the earth sciences. This is a non-profit www page.

Teacher Application to join CAP as an AEM member

What CAP can do for you...

Cadets and senior members provide a wealth of talent that can be drawn on for many different projects and events. Teachers may join the CAP as Aerospace Educators and take advantage of many resources available through CAP, USAF, and NASA. Contact CAP for additional information about teachers CAP AE membership.

RESOURCES AND ACTION ITEMS FOR CAP AE OFFICERS SCAN DOWN PAGE

Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters

How to join CAP

Locate a local squadron, contact the squadron commander to visit the squadron and ask for an application to join.  Cadets from 12 years old to 21, Adults 21 and up.  Click this link to locate a squadron near you:  http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/html/index.htm

AEO Schools this summer

CAP Aerospace Education Officers – If you are a CAP Aerospace Education Officer, register to attend the Aerospace Education Officer School near you. The National Aerospace Education Officer School will be held at Pensacola NAS, Florida on June 24-27 (go to http://members.gocivilairpatrol.com/aerospace_education/aerospace_education_members_page/aeo_school.cfm for more information); Pacific Region Aerospace Education Officer School will be held in McMinnville, Oregon on July 9-11 (contact Nick Ham at nicham@saif.com for more) ; The Great Lakes Region Aerospace Education Officer School will be held at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio from August 5-8 (for information, contact Yvonne Demyan at yrca111@aol.com).

  1. NEW! CAP Aerospace Education Institute and Fly A Teacher – This opportunity for AEMs will be held in Seattle, Washington on August 8-9. This is a CAP Pacific Region sponsored workshop. For more go to http://edgerton.us/aem/ .

Teacher Aerospace Education Summer Workshops 

A number of teacher workshops in Aerospace Education will be presented throughout the southeast region of the USA next summer. The following is a current list of workshops scheduled for this summer. Most offer graduate credit and many offer tuition free grants. Check this page for additional listings.  

Note:  For current teachers signed for this July Basic and Advanced UT Aerospace Workshop for Teachers. I am sending emails out to all teachers using your email addresses as submitted. If you are not getting my email updates please contact me so I can check your email address. You should have completed your UT registration by now and also have joined the CAP as a teacher member, AEM.

21 June, 2009 

 

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AEROSPACE WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS JULY 2008

                       Link to Knoxville News Sentinel Article of Sunday July 13th  about our workshop and the WWII pilots presentation.

 

University of Tennessee Aerospace Workshop for Teachers Class of 2008

at Fire and Rescue McGhee Tyson Airport Knoxville, TN; July 14, 2008

Class of 2008 at Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama; 18 July 2008

UT AE Teacher Workshop of 2008, 23 July 2008 just before our flight on the KC 135 TN ANG Tanker

2009 UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AEROSPACE EDUCATION SUMMER WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS.  TENNESSEE TEACHERS ARE INVITED TO APPLY.  FULL TUITION IS PROVIDED FOR GRADUATE CREDIT ( 3 hours)!    Applications now available for 2009 Basic and Advanced

LEARN ABOUT AEROSPACE EDUCATION AND HOW TO PRESENT IT IN YOUR CLASS ROOM.  APPLIES TO ALL GRADE LEVELS AND SUBJECT AREAS.   HELD THE LAST THREE WEEKS OF JULY  AT UT KNOXVILLE.   DIRECTORS ARE DR. KERMIT DUCKETT, UT ASTRONOMY, AND DR. SUSAN BENNER, UT COLLEGE OF EDUCATION HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES.  CO-DIRECTOR IS LT. COLONEL DAVE GARNER, CIVIL AIR PATROL.   PAUL LEWIS, UT ASTRONOMY, IS ALSO A KEY INSTRUCTOR.   

FIELD TRIP SCHEDULE INCLUDES:  Kennedy Space Center, FL  or Huntsville Alabama Space and Rocket Center and NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

HAVE THE MOST FUN YOU HAVE EVER HAD IN A UT COURSE AND EARN GRADUATE CREDIT  THIS SUMMER!

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AEROSPACE WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS

Information below

Teacher Application to join CAP as an AEM member

 

APPLICATION AVAILABLE ON-LINE

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Workshop Directors:                                   

Dr. Kermit Duckett, UT Astronomy 

 Co-Director Lt. Colonel Dave Garner, Civil Air Patrol, 865-966-9811 home,  

Other AE Workshops

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New aviation book with first chapter about Ms. Mama Bird Johnson:

The first chapter of my new book, A Hunger for the Sky, is dedicated to her.

A Hunger for the Sky is a collection of women pilot biographies that educators may be interested in, and more information is available here:  http://home.windstream.net/av8terz/book.html

Thank you for your consideration,

Sparky Barnes Sargent  

Aviation Writer & Photographer

AEO Resources presented by CAP National Headquarters

ACTION ITEMS FOR CAP SER AEO OFFICERS 2009-2010

Sample AE Plan of Action and End of Year AE reports for squadron, group, and wing:

Squadron AE Action Report, due 15 January

Wing AE Plan of Action Report, due before 15 March

Squadron End of Year AE Report, due 15 January, Wing due before 15 March

Brewer Award Nominations Due February 15 to Lt Colonel Dave Garner, DCS SE

 

National Staff School for CAP Aerospace Education Officers

Class of 2007

Pensacola Naval Air Station,  Pensacola Florida, June, 2009.   Additional AE schools are being planned for other parts of the country.  This AE school is aimed for state CAP DAE's, Region DCS AE, and AE staff at state, group and squadron levels.   

Link to AEO School Site   Information

  LTC Dave Garner, SER DCS AE.

Application to Attend June 2009 Class

National AEO School Website  School Information

Mark your calendar now!

CAP Aerospace Education materials can now be ordered online! AEMs, AEOs, and AE Affiliates can now order one copy of our materials via our online ordering system. First, go to e-services and sign in. Look on the right column under Restricted Applications and find AE Materials. Fill out the order form and our mailroom will process and fill your order. You will receive an order number so that if you have any questions, you can refer to that number for assistance. If you have special needs, please note these in the Comments section. The only books not listed are the AEX books which have to be obtained from signing up for the AEX program (online brochures can be downloaded for the AEX program at http://www.cap.gov/visitors/members/aerospace_education/activities/aerospace_education_excellence/ .) This new system will help expedite the orders and allow us to better track our inventory. Thank you and we hope you enjoy using this system. As always, we are here to answer any questions.

 
Judy Stone
Civil Air Patrol NHQ
Aerospace Education Manager
105 S. Hansell St., Bldg. 714
Maxwell AFB, AL  36112-6332
Toll free: 877-227-9142, ext. 403
Fax: 334-953-6891

 

Links to Web Sites of Interest to Aerospace Educators

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NASA Educational Resources

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NASA.gov -- A NASA-wide interactive information service geared to the educational community (One of the best NASA resources for educators)

If you are somewhere where you can get video, here's an interesting web site that combines a bunch of NASA feeds.....
http://mek.kosmo.cz/video/vmcc_en.htm
For lower bandwidth or those following along at work where video may not be allowed, there are the usual line-up of good web sites....
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts122/status.html
has running commentary

www.heavens-above.com;  Note: When you use Heavens-Above, (a) be sure to include the hyphen, and (b) don't forget to enter your location, because it defaults to 0N,0E which is off the coast of Africa. Or create an account for yourself to have it remember your viewing locations.

Audio-Visual Resources

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  • Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters  

  • Southeast Region Headquarters CAP
  • Tennessee Wing CAP Headquarters
  • USAF Home Page
  • Aviation Hub in CyberSpace
  • Tennessee Aviation Association
  • Aviation Landings-Top rated on-line directory of aviation links and data.
  • Florida Group 1 AE Webpage: http://members.aol.com/groupaeo/aeo.htm
  • EXCELLENT CIVIL AIR PATROL AEROSPACE ED SITES:
    California CAP Aerospace Education Website: http://cawg.cap.gov/html/AE/ae.htm
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              Northeast Region CAP Aerospace Education Website:           http://mdickinson.com/cap/ae/

    GENERAL SITES OF INTEREST TO EDUCATORS

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    About LTC Garner:

    This page will be updated as often as time permits.  This page is presented as a public service by Dave Garner and is a private effort with no official connections to Civil Air Patrol, NASA, or any other government, company or private agency. This is a NON-PROFIT production and seeks to promote aerospace education.

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