- Workshop 1: July 13 - 15, 2011
- Workshop 2: July 27 - 29, 2011
- Bohn-Meyer Math & Science Odyssey Program
The Bohn-Meyer Math and Science Odyssey is a 1-day workshop for local eighth grade students, hosted by Antelope Valley College. The planning for this year’s program is lead by the AERO Institute in coordination with the Math, Science, Engineering, and Technology (MSET) Consortium. This free event allows students to explore career opportunities in fields related to math and science by providing them with a unique opportunity to meet career role models in a variety of technical professions.
- ROP Summer 07 Pre-Engineering Internship Program
- E-1 Basecamp
- Salute to Youth
NASA Airborne Research Experiences for Educators and Students (AREES)
The Aerospace, Education, Research, and Operations Institute in Palmdale, CA, and California State University, Fullerton, in partnership with NASA Dryden Flight Research Center and the Teaching From Space program at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston,
is recruiting Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) and Language Arts pre-service and in-service (grades 6-9) educators to participate in a three-day experiential workshop in Palmdale, CA, from July 13 - 15 or July 27 - 29, 2011. Participants will learn how NASA conducts airborne science and flight research via a NASA interactive, technology-rich learning module for teachers and students.
The workshop is designed to:
1. Increase educators' core scientific and research knowledge bases
2. Model and promote use of scientific inquiry through problem-based learning
3. Provide STEM teachers with a variety of alternative instructional strategies
4. Increase commitment and competency to teaching interactive, technology-rich curricula
5. Foster use of inter-disciplinary teams
The AREES workshop anchors pre- and in-service educators in a community of scientific practice through interactions with NASA engineers and scientists, and visits to the Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, CA, and Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, CA. Further, educators will engage in professional development activities in problem-based learning, use of technology in the classroom, and instructional strategies for inter-disciplinary instruction and team design. Educators will receive NASA content-based resources, and will learn how to participate in an innovative, emergent teacher-student design challenge: Plan a Flight Mission - Improving Earthquake Monitoring. Select individuals and teams who participate in the challenge may be able to participate in a real airborne research experience in 2012!
Program Dates
Application Deadline
The application window for the AREES workshops is closed.
Contact Us
Email questions regarding the workshop to Shaun Smith, AREES Project Manager, at
shaun.smith@nasa.gov.
The AERO Institute in partnership with NASA-Dryden Flight Research Center, participated in the 16th Annual Salute to Youth program at Palmdale Site 9. The Antelope Valley "Salute to Youth: the Career Connection" is a unique local event. For 16 years, this event has been sponsored by the business community, for about 2,300 high school junior students who explore career options and make contacts for senior projects. This event has earned a California School Boards Association Golden Bell award. Salute to Youth provides exposure to a variety of career fields in our local businesses. Volunteers from industry, government and community businesses attend to represent one of the eight designated career pathways. Individual vendors set-up exhibits, disseminated brochure information, conducted demonstrations, and displayed aircraft and vehicles. The AERO Institute in partnership with NASA-Dryden sponsored 10 buses, provided literature on education programs, provided F-16XL flight simulator rides, and a NASA Test Pilot and Flight Test Engineer flew in an F-18 and signed autographs.