Teacher Professional Development Workshops
Teach aviation without saying you teach aviation
Texas Education Agency Approved Professional Development
- Schedule an on-demand group workshop for your school, ISD, STEM program, or homeschool coop.
- $59 per person for six (6) hours of continuing education credits
- 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. with a 60 minute lunch break (lunch not included)
- Identification of TEKS related content will be provided.
Questions? education@lonestarflight.org or (346) 352-7688
Aviation Science
Aviation Science will teach STEM concepts including the forces of flight, lift characteristics on flying bodies, balanced and unbalanced forces, Newton’s Laws of Motion, Bernoulli’s Principle, and engine operations. Interactive instruction includes glider construction, career information about earning a pilot’s license, taking flight in the Aviation Learning Center, and tours of historic aircraft showcasing innovations in flight.
Weather
Weather will teach aviation weather events and atmospheric conditions, weather safety, global weather and pressure systems, climate impacts on environment, and the study of meteorology. Interactive instruction includes hands-on discovery in the Flight Academy, weather experiment station in the Learning Lab, tours of historic aircraft showcasing innovations in flight, and taking flight through challenging weather conditions in the Aviation Learning Center.
Texas Aviation History
Texas Aviation History will teach the quest for flight, highlighting legendary visionaries across the centuries and showcasing innovators from the Dawn of Flight through today. Diverse trailblazers, famous firsts, and significant pioneers include Bessie Coleman, Women Airforce Service Pilots, Tuskegee Airmen, and Aztec Eagles. Historic contributors to the Space Race and other famous Texan aviators are part of the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame tour, hangar tours, and Mooney Hangar experience.
Space Exploration
Space Exploration will teach STEM concepts including the physics of flight, parts of the solar system involving planets, moons, meteors, comets, and orbits, and innovations in Space discovery. Interactive instruction includes Space experiments, tours of historic aircraft, examination of our Space Gallery exhibits and touch screen displays and taking flight in the Aviation Learning Center.
Registrations/Tickets for museum programs/events are valid only for the specified program/event on the specified date(s) of the purchase program/event. Registrations/Tickets are not refundable, transferable, exchangeable, or applicable to future dates or other programs/events. Registrations/Tickets cannot be discounted after purchase. Programs/events are subject to cancellation or change. In such cases a program/event is cancelled or changed, registration/tickets will be rescheduled to another valid program/event within 60 days of the original program/event date.
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Teacher Resources
Teaching aids and Activity Guides create impactful pre, during and post field trip experiences.
More than just a fieldtrip destination, this is your classroom away from school that gives the opportunity for a richer, more purpose driven visit where students can actually experience what they are learning.
Our Resources and Guides:
- Generate deeper understanding by incorporating post-visit activities into your classroom curriculum.
- Create a “working fieldtrip” while using the Activity Guides at LSFM – Each Activity Guide can be downloaded and customized to fit the need of your students.
- Activity Guides for Science, Math, Social Studies, and Language Arts by grade level allow teachers to choose the focus of their museum visit.
Downloadable Resources
Activity Guides are in PDF format.
Teachers are encouraged to print and copy selected pages for use during the fieldtrip.
If you have an idea for a new topic for an activity guide, let us know. education@lonestarflight.org.
AVIATION LEARNING CENTER
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIDDLE SCHOOL
- F=ma in Flight 8th Grade
- Aircraft Comparisons Venn Diagram 6th Grade
- Careers in Aviation 6/7/8th Grade
- Horsepower vs-Weight Graphing 6/7/8th Grade
- Texas Hall of Fame Essays 8th Grade
- Distance Speed Time Flight Planning 6th grade
- Texas Aviation History Timeline 6/7/8th Grade
- Post-Visit Activity: Warbirds Research and Teach