Teacher Professional Development Workshops
How do you teach aviation without saying you are teaching aviation?
Texas Education Agency Approved Professional Development
- Register individually online or schedule an on-demand group workshop for your school or ISD
- $75 per person for six (6) hours of continuing education credits
- 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. with a 90 minute lunch (not included)
- Identification of TEKS related content will be provided.
Questions? education@lonestarflight.org or (346) 352-7688
Aviation Science – Monday, September 23, 2024
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 – Monday, October 14, 2024
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 – Monday, November 11, 2024
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 – Monday, November 25, 2024
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.
Teacher Resources
We have teaching aids and ‘Activity Guides’ to create impactful pre, during and post field trip experiences.
LSFM strives to be more than just a fieldtrip destination, but to be 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.
- Several of our field trip Activity Guides have been adjusted to be used as distance learning lessons during the Coronavirus outbreak.
Downloadable Resources
Activity Guides are in PDF format.
Teachers are encouraged to print and copy selected pages for use during the fieldtrip.
If you would like a targeted lesson for a fieldtrip and we do not have an activity guide that covers it, let us know at education@lonestarflight.org and we’ll build it for you.
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
- Doolittle Raid-Persuasive Letter 8th Grade
- Distance Speed Time Flight Planning 6th grade
- Texas Aviation History Timeline 6/7/8th Grade
- Pre-visit Activity: Warbirds Research and Teach