Aerospace Education Events

    The event followed here is a model rocketry event that took a week and involved +70 students and their teachers in the spring of 2000 at Feds Creek High School in Pike County, KY.  The classes were allowed to make a rocket and a "meat tray" glider and introduced to the modern aerospace environment, challenged to do trial and error  on flying their glider and use manual dexterity & reasoning to follow instructions and complete their projects.




basic instructions

The students are allowed to work and have periodic briefings.


more instructions


teachers work too!

Mr. Joey Hamilton, a science teacher, works just like his class, leading by example.


various stages of work

As the rockets dry in different stages of assembly, the gliders are being assembled.


partial assembly


rockets and gliders

The final day, with gliders & rockets in hand, Blast-OFF!!!


Blastoff!




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