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AOPA INVITES HIGH SCHOOLS TO APPLY FOR FREE AVIATION CURRICULUM
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April 2018
Engaging Aviation STEM Program Rolled Out For Ninth-Graders
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The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) is inviting high schools to apply for AOPA’s free, innovative, aviation-based, ninth-grade science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) curriculum. The ninth-grade courses are the first of a four-year program that includes three career and technical education pathways — pilot, aerospace engineering, and drones. Each fall, a new level of courses will become available to schools for implementation until all four high school grade levels of curriculum are presented. Schools that decide to apply will have the option to select individual courses to use as stand-alone electives or to implement one or more complete aviation pathways. “This is a major step in our work to help young people learn more about the engaging and well-paying careers in aviation, and it gives schools the tools they need to teach our children skills that will last a lifetime,” said AOPA President and CEO Mark Baker. Over the past 12 months, AOPA tested the ninth-grade curriculum in nearly 30 schools with more than 700 students, before unveiling the program. The courses are aligned with Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core
State Standards for Mathematics and includes everything a teacher will need. Lesson plans, presentations, assessments, and other learning opportunities will be presented as engaging, enlightening, and fun student activities. Cindy Hasselbring, AOPA High School Aviation Initiative senior director, noted that donations to the AOPA Foundation allow the program to be offered free of charge to any public or private high school and would likely engage some students “who may never have considered aviation before.” The deadline for applying to use the aviation STEM curriculum during the 2018-2019 school year is April 19. The AOPA aviation STEM curriculum is part of its You Can Fly High School Initiative, which is aimed at growing and implementing aviation STEM programs in high schools across the country. The You Can Fly program, a collection of practical, rigorous, and engaging initiatives designed to help build a bigger, stronger, more vibrant, and more resilient pilot community, is funded by donations to the AOPA Foundation. The mission of You Can Fly is to get people flying, and keep them flying. To learn more, visit www.aopa.org.
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pick-and-carry portable crane is rated at 2,000 pounds (no operator license required) and has a hook height of 20feet-3-inches (6.1m). It is only 30 inches wide and weighs 1,800 pounds with 300 pounds of removable counterweights to reduce weight while transporting. Using a multi-purpose design, the M1 Model has several configurations including a roof top configuration allowing floor-to-floor or ground-to-roof lifting of materials of up to seven stories. The ISO Certified M1 Global is built to ASME standards, exceeds OSHA standards and is CE Certified to meet international standards for the USA and Canada, Europe, UK, Australia, New Zealand, UAE, Continued on Page 45
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