Sunday, February 6, 2011
Careers Exploration: Teacher Prepared Slideshow, Monday February 14, 2011.
Q: Do you know what these careers are about?
ASSESSMENT AS LEARNING:
There are ten (10) Careers to consider in this course. They have been provided in the course outline at the beginning of this blog. The students must know what each career involves as its duties.
ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING:
Students will have a Mini Test on Tuesday Morning.
ACTIVATE:
Teacher will show the students cards with the career title on them. Following this prompt, students will brainstorm ideas about what each career involves as its duties.
ACQUIRE:
Students will watch a Teacher Prepared Slideshow about Careers in Aviation. While viewing the slideshow, students will take notes about the ten (10) Careers available in the aviation industry.
APPLY:
Students will give a quick one paragraph description of the roles and responsibilities for each of the ten (10) Careers we are profiling for this course.
1)e) Types of Aircraft: Civilian and Military, Friday February 11, 2011
ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING:
Q: Do you know how many different types of aircraft there are?
ASSESSMENT AS LEARNING:
Students will read about the six (6) Aircraft Classes and Categories discussed in From the Ground Up. Students will use a graphic organizer to record the information they find in the textbook.
ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING:
Students will match the six (6) Aircraft Classes and Categories with its pictorial depiction and be able to describe each one by giving its definition in a short paragraph.
Graphic Organizer Template:
ACTIVATE:
Students will be introduced to what is called the 'bible of flight school'. The Textbook for this course, From The Ground Up, by "Sandy" A.F. MacDonald, 2000 is distributed amongst the class. Students will read p5 "So You Want to Be a Pilot," and discuss all the variables involved in learning how to fly.
ACQUIRE:
Students will read pp19-20 to learn about Aircraft Classes and Categories.
Students will use a graphic organizer to record the information they find in the textbook.
APPLY:
Students will be shown a Teacher Prepared Slideshow of the different types of aircraft. Students must match the aircraft with its correct Class and Category. Students will then identify each Aircraft Class and Categories while giving its definition in a short paragraph.
i)
Aircraft Name: F-18 Hornet
Aircraft Class and Categories:
Description:
ii)
Aircraft Name: STOL CH 801
Aircraft Class and Categories:
Description:
iii)
Aircraft Name: Ultralight Seaplane
Aircraft Class and Categories:
Description:
iv)
Aircraft Name: PILATUS
Aircraft Class and Categories:
Description:
v)
Aircraft Name: Airbus
Aircraft Class and Categories:
Description:
vi)
Aircraft Name: Agusta Westland AW101 Helicopter
Aircraft Class and Categories:
Description:
vii)
Aircraft Name:
Aircraft Class and Categories:
Description:
viii)
Aircraft Name: Beechcraft 1900D
Aircraft Class and Categories:
Description:
ix)
Aircraft Name: Boeing 767
Aircraft Class and Categories:
Description:
x)
Aircraft Name: Extra Flugzeugbau EA300
Aircraft Class and Categories:
Description:
Q: Do you know how many different types of aircraft there are?
ASSESSMENT AS LEARNING:
Students will read about the six (6) Aircraft Classes and Categories discussed in From the Ground Up. Students will use a graphic organizer to record the information they find in the textbook.
ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING:
Students will match the six (6) Aircraft Classes and Categories with its pictorial depiction and be able to describe each one by giving its definition in a short paragraph.
Graphic Organizer Template:
ACTIVATE:
Students will be introduced to what is called the 'bible of flight school'. The Textbook for this course, From The Ground Up, by "Sandy" A.F. MacDonald, 2000 is distributed amongst the class. Students will read p5 "So You Want to Be a Pilot," and discuss all the variables involved in learning how to fly.
ACQUIRE:
Students will read pp19-20 to learn about Aircraft Classes and Categories.
Students will use a graphic organizer to record the information they find in the textbook.
APPLY:
Students will be shown a Teacher Prepared Slideshow of the different types of aircraft. Students must match the aircraft with its correct Class and Category. Students will then identify each Aircraft Class and Categories while giving its definition in a short paragraph.
MATCH EACH AIRCRAFT WITH ITS CLASS AND CATEGORY
Aircraft Class and Categories:
Description:
ii)
Aircraft Class and Categories:
Description:
iii)
Aircraft Class and Categories:
Description:
iv)
Aircraft Class and Categories:
Description:
v)
Aircraft Class and Categories:
Description:
vi)
Aircraft Class and Categories:
Description:
vii)
Aircraft Class and Categories:
Description:
viii)
Aircraft Class and Categories:
Description:
ix)
Aircraft Class and Categories:
Description:
x)
Aircraft Class and Categories:
Description:
1)c) Milestones in Aviation History TIMELINE: Watch Video, Thursday February 10, 2011.
ACTIVATE:
Students will recall Milestones in Aviation History from last day.
Students will watch a video about History of Human Flight.
ACQUIRE:
Students will record newly acquired "Milestones in Aviation History" while viewing the video.
APPLY:
Students will fill out a recipe card for each additional Milestone in History they are going to profile. The recipe cards with the newly recorded facts from history will be placed in chronological order on the Timeline Wall Display.
Students must have and additional five (5) events in aviation history to post on the Timeline Wall Display. These are added to the five facts they have accumulated so far for a total of ten (10) 'Milestones' per student.
Students will recall Milestones in Aviation History from last day.
Students will watch a video about History of Human Flight.
ACQUIRE:
Students will record newly acquired "Milestones in Aviation History" while viewing the video.
APPLY:
Students will fill out a recipe card for each additional Milestone in History they are going to profile. The recipe cards with the newly recorded facts from history will be placed in chronological order on the Timeline Wall Display.
Students must have and additional five (5) events in aviation history to post on the Timeline Wall Display. These are added to the five facts they have accumulated so far for a total of ten (10) 'Milestones' per student.
1)b) Milestones in Aviation History TIMELINE: Teacher Prepared Slideshow, Wednesday February 9, 2011.
ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING:
Q: Do you know who was the first person to cross the English Channel?
Students will brainstorm to recall from Online Research Assignment who Louis Bleriot was and what he accomplished.
ASSESSMENT AS LEARNING:
The Teacher Prepared slideshow contains 20 slides of information for completing the Timeline Wall Display. You must learn five (5) things which are Milestones in Aviation History.
ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING:
Have your five (5) answers ready for Wednesday morning quiz. Using one sentence, answer two questions about the moment in aviation history. Tell the teacher what each pioneer in aviation did and when it was done. Each student must fill in the Timeline Wall Display with at least five (5) Milestones in Aviation History.
Timeline Template:
ACTIVATE:
Students will recall Louis Bleriot's famous English Channel Crossing in 1909.
Students will watch a teacher prepared "History of Human Flight" slideshow.
ACQUIRE:
Students will record "Milestones in Aviation History" while viewing the slideshow.
APPLY:
Students will fill out a recipe card for each Milestone in History they are going to profile. The recipe cards with the recorded facts from history will be placed in chronological order on the Timeline Wall Display.
Students must have five (5) events in aviation history to post on the Timeline Wall Display.
The Story of Icarus 
September 16 - 18, 2005 - The Vimy at the Goodwood Revival Meeting in Goodwood, England. 
Polar Navigation May 26, 1926.
Transatlantic Crossing May 20-21, 1927.
Age of the Airships1930s.
Q: Do you know who was the first person to cross the English Channel?
Students will brainstorm to recall from Online Research Assignment who Louis Bleriot was and what he accomplished.
ASSESSMENT AS LEARNING:
The Teacher Prepared slideshow contains 20 slides of information for completing the Timeline Wall Display. You must learn five (5) things which are Milestones in Aviation History.
ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING:
Have your five (5) answers ready for Wednesday morning quiz. Using one sentence, answer two questions about the moment in aviation history. Tell the teacher what each pioneer in aviation did and when it was done. Each student must fill in the Timeline Wall Display with at least five (5) Milestones in Aviation History.
Timeline Template:
ACTIVATE:
Students will recall Louis Bleriot's famous English Channel Crossing in 1909.
Students will watch a teacher prepared "History of Human Flight" slideshow.
ACQUIRE:
Students will record "Milestones in Aviation History" while viewing the slideshow.
APPLY:
Students will fill out a recipe card for each Milestone in History they are going to profile. The recipe cards with the recorded facts from history will be placed in chronological order on the Timeline Wall Display.
Students must have five (5) events in aviation history to post on the Timeline Wall Display.
The Story of Icarus 
First Lighter Than Air Ascent.
Glider Testing 1890s.
Controlled Flight 1903
English Channel Crossing 1909
The Vickers Vimy was a British heavy bomber aircraft of the First World War and post-First World War era. It achieved success as both a military and civil aircraft, setting several notable records in long-distance flights in the interwar period, the most celebrated of which was the first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by Alcock and Brown in June 1919.
Vickers Vimy Aircraft and Concorde 2005.
September 16 - 18, 2005 - The Vimy at the Goodwood Revival Meeting in Goodwood, England.The Vickers Vimy replica that flew across the Atlantic has become almost as famous as its original ancestors, whose feats also include the first London to Australia flight in 1919 and the first London to Cape Town flight in 1920.
Polar Navigation May 26, 1926.
Transatlantic Crossing May 20-21, 1927.
Age of the Airships1930s.
Hindenburg Disaster May 6, 1937.
1,000-BOMBER RAID
On 31 May 1942 the RAF mounted its first "1,000-bomber raid" on Germany, a modest fraction reaching the primary target, the city of Cologne. Not a word was reported on the development of electronic aids, such as Gee, Oboe and H²S, which over the next 18 months would transform Bomber Command's ability to reach its targets. In contrast to the tight security over Europe, the mighty Battles of the Coral Sea in May 1942, and Midway a month later, were filmed and reported in detail.
Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942. American Naval Air power comes to bear. WWII saw the maturation of Carrier Warfare with the aircraft becoming the main weapon of war on the high seas. Heavily armoured and highly maneuverable, fighter aircraft breached the 400mph mark.
First Supersonic Flight
Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager (born February 13, 1923) is a retired major general in the United States Air Force and noted test pilot. He was the first pilot to travel faster than sound (1947).
First Man in Space
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968), Hero of the Soviet Union, was a Soviet cosmonaut who on 12 April 1961 became the first human to journey into outer space.
Commercial Aviation really Takes Off!
World War II, like World War I, brought new life to the airline industry. Many airlines in the Allied countries were flush from lease contracts to the military, and foresaw a future explosive demand for civil air transport, for both passengers and cargo. They were eager to invest in the newly emerging flagships of air travel such as the Boeing Stratocruiser, Lockheed Constellation, and Douglas DC-6. Most of these new aircraft were based on American bombers such as the B-29, which had spearheaded research into new technologies such as pressurization. Most offered increased efficiency from both added speed and greater payload.
In the 1950s, the De Havilland Comet, Boeing 707, Douglas DC-8, and Sud Aviation Caravelle became the first flagships of the Jet Age in the West, while the Soviet Union bloc had Tupolev Tu-104 and Tupolev Tu-124 in the fleets of state-owned carriers.
Supersonic Civilian Transport (Concorde)
Stealth and Supercruise
1)a) Milestones in Aviation History TIMELINE: Online Research Assignment Tuesday February 8, 2011
ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING:
Q: Do you know who the Jetman is?
Students will brainstorm and record student generated ideas about the history of flight.
ASSESSMENT AS LEARNING:
This Online Research Assignment has five (5) learning outcomes. You must learn four things about the Jetman's first flight across the English Channel and one other fact from history.
ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING:
Have your five (5) answers ready for Tuesday morning quiz. Fill in a Timeline for Milestones in Aviation History.
ACTIVATE:
Hi Future flyers! Your Milestones in Aviation History online assignment for today--Monday February 7, 2011-- is to watch a video about the latest developments in powered flight. Check out the Jetman by following this link:
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/flight-of-the-jet-man-3757/Overview#tab-Videos/05913_00
ACQUIRE:
From the video write down when it happened and how far his English Channel crossing was. Also listen, watch, and learn how long it took him to do it. What was his main concern as he neared the end of his flight? Students must also find out "Who was the first person and when was the first heavier-than-air powered flight across the English Channel? Be sure to include the year it was first accomplished.
Students can also watch the links for the "Jetman" in the blog's video selections.
Students can also watch the links for the "History of Flight" in the blog's video selections. The following links are for those videos:
APPLY:
These facts from history will be placed on a "Milestones in Aviation History" Timeline Wall Display. Students will be encouraged to add any other Milestones in Aviation History they may have discovered while researching the Jetman. As homework, students will profile five (5) events in aviation history on the timeline wall display.
Here are some sample Timelines:
Use this information to fill in your timeline. Students are encouraged to do their own video research.
Q: Do you know who the Jetman is?
Students will brainstorm and record student generated ideas about the history of flight.
ASSESSMENT AS LEARNING:
This Online Research Assignment has five (5) learning outcomes. You must learn four things about the Jetman's first flight across the English Channel and one other fact from history.
ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING:
Have your five (5) answers ready for Tuesday morning quiz. Fill in a Timeline for Milestones in Aviation History.
ACTIVATE:
Hi Future flyers! Your Milestones in Aviation History online assignment for today--Monday February 7, 2011-- is to watch a video about the latest developments in powered flight. Check out the Jetman by following this link:
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/flight-of-the-jet-man-3757/Overview#tab-Videos/05913_00
ACQUIRE:
From the video write down when it happened and how far his English Channel crossing was. Also listen, watch, and learn how long it took him to do it. What was his main concern as he neared the end of his flight? Students must also find out "Who was the first person and when was the first heavier-than-air powered flight across the English Channel? Be sure to include the year it was first accomplished.
Students can also watch the links for the "Jetman" in the blog's video selections.
Students can also watch the links for the "History of Flight" in the blog's video selections. The following links are for those videos:
APPLY:
These facts from history will be placed on a "Milestones in Aviation History" Timeline Wall Display. Students will be encouraged to add any other Milestones in Aviation History they may have discovered while researching the Jetman. As homework, students will profile five (5) events in aviation history on the timeline wall display.
Here are some sample Timelines:
Use this information to fill in your timeline. Students are encouraged to do their own video research.
Introduction to General Aviation & Airframe Basics 20s, Tuesday February 8, 2011.
Course Outline:
This course is an exciting Introduction to General Aviation and Airframe Basics. Within the Aviation Industry, there are many job opportunities that exist.[1] The following list of Careers in Aviation will be researched and explored:
Pilot
AME
Avionics Electronics Technician
Flight Service Specialist
Air Traffic Controller
Airport Operations and Other Terminal Jobs
NavCanada[2]
SAR Tech and Other Military Aviation
Air Ambulence
Air Ambulence
/10 marks
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This course also covers a range of topics in Aviation Theory and Meteorology including:
1) General Aircraft Knowledge: /20 marks
Milestones in Aviation History
Types of Aircraft
Civilian and Military
2) Theory of Flight: /20 marks
Principles and Experimentation
3) Airframe Basics: /40 marks
Aircraft Components, Propulsion and Instruments
Aircraft Design, Construction
Flight Testing Your Own Powered Model Aircraft
4) Rocket Science /30 marks
Bottle Rocket Project
5) Wake Turbulence[3] /40 marks
Wing Design
Mini Wind Tunnel Testing
6) Weather Hazards and Alerting Services /10 marks
7) ATC Rules and Procedures /10 marks
ATC Communications
8) Topographic Cartography /10 marks
9) Human Factors /10 marks
Accidents and Fatigue
/200 marks
The course will include guest speakers from within Thompson’s Aviation Industry. Students will visit the Airport to observe Airport Operations and Other Terminal Jobs.
This course has 10 Units plus a Careers Exploration. Each Theory Unit including Careers will finish with a mini test to determine student learning. The practical components will each involve a student project which must be completed to pass the course.
Resources:
From the Ground Up by Sandy A. F. Macdonald (Author) Twenty-Eighth Millennium Edition, 2000.
Internet, Movies, Videos, Slideshows, Guest Speakers, Demonstrations
All Model Aircraft, Bottle Rocket (excluding 2 litre plastic bottles and old CD’s), and Mini Wind Tunnel Testing Materials are provided.
[1] Manitoba Job Prospects at: http://mb.jobfutures.org/profiles/profile.cfm?noc=7315
[2] NavCanada Careers at: http://www.navcanada.ca/navcanada.asp?Language=en&Content=ContentDefinitionFiles\AboutUs\Careers\default.xml
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