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Applied aerodynamics experience for secondary science teachers and studentsThe Department of Aerospace Engineering, Mechanics & Engineering Science at the University of Florida in conjunction with the Alachua County, Florida School Board has embarked on a four-year project of university-secondary school collaboration designed to enhance mathematics and science instruction in secondary school classrooms. The goals are to provide teachers with a fundamental knowledge of flight sciences, and to stimulate interest among students, particularly women and minorities, toward careers in engineering, mathematics, and science. In the first year of the project, all thirteen of the eighth grade physical science teachers and all 1200 of the eighth grade physical science students in the county participated. The activities consisted of a three-day seminar taught at the college level for the teachers, several weeks of classroom instruction for all the students, and an airport field trip for a subgroup of about 430 students that included an orientation flight in a Cessna 172 aircraft. The project brought together large numbers of middle school students, teachers, undergraduate and graduate engineering students, school board administrators, and university engineering faculty.
Document ID
19920066087
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Abbitt, John D., III
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Carroll, Bruce F.
(Florida, University Gainesville, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1992
Subject Category
Social Sciences (General)
Report/Patent Number
AIAA PAPER 92-3053
Accession Number
92A48711
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG1-1394
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGT-40015
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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