AR - Aerospace

Project Codes

AR2

Soaring Above and Beyond Aerospace Adventures

Published by the 4-H Cooperative Curriculum System for 4-H members of all ages.  Through fun and challenging learn-by-doing activities, youth develop important life skills as they discover the world of kites, hot air balloons, gliders, remote control airplanes and space shuttles. 
AR20 Pre-Flight  4H CCS 6842 Ordering INFO
This activity guide is for 4-H members ages 5-8, and is the first in the  Soaring Above and Beyond series. Pre-Flight will teach 4-H'ers about; building and identifying parts of a rocket, comparing birds to airplanes, identifying aerospace careers, and making a space helmet and using space-suit-type gloves.
AR11 Lift Off  4H CCS 6843 Ordering INFO
This activity guide is for 4-H members ages 9-11, and is the second in the Soaring Above and Beyond series.  Lift Off will teach 4-H'ers about; building a straw rocket, building a "Gnome" rocket, exploring aerospace careers, making paper airplanes, making and reading a map, identifying different aircrafts, how weather affects flying, the effects of disorientation in space, the "angle of attack", hot air balloon, making a paper helicopter, the International Phonetic Alphabet, and the parts of an airplane.
AR12 Reaching New Heights  4H CCS 6844 Ordering INFO
This activity guide is for 4-H members ages 12-14, and is the third in the Soaring Above and Beyond series.  Reaching New Heights will teach 4-H'ers about; exhibiting a model rocket, launching a "Gnome" rocket, making a flight stimulator, making a feather wing glider, building a controllable glider, experimenting with roll, pitch and yaw, stimulating gravitational pull, building a balloon shuttle, experimenting with payload weight, why rockets fly, building a fighter kite, identifying parts and functions of a remote control, discovering basic helicopter functions and parts, and testing a hang glider. 
AR13 Pilot in Command  4H CCS 6845 Ordering INFO
This activity guide is for 4-H members ages 15 and up, and is the fourth in the Soaring Above and Beyond series.  Pilot in Command will teach 4-H'ers about; designing and building a model rocket, constructing an altitude tracker, pilot certification requirements, sharing aerospace skills and knowledge, planning a flight route, evaluating navigation systems, exploring life in space, building a box kite, establishing an EMS helicopter service, discovering gravity, and how to deal with diversity and conflict. 
Flight Crew - Helper's Guide  4H CCS 6846 Ordering INFO
This leader's guide will help you support youth in his or her efforts to set goals and complete activities, as well as providing resources for the member's to use in completing the series.  
Community Organizer's Guide  4H CCS 6847 Ordering INFO
The purpose of this reference manual is to help guide an organizer is starting an aerospace group.  The manual will help organizers involve youth in the community in aerospace related activities and assist them in their development of important life skills. 
Aerospace Adventures CD-ROM  4H CCS 7605 Ordering INFO
This CD will enable you to view and print pdf files of the complete curriculum.  
AR2 Rockets Away  Ordering INFO
This activity guide is for 4-H members ages 9-15, and is published by Ohio State University.  Rockets Away stimulates interest in math, engineering, aerospace, and physics through the exploration of rocketry science.  Also available at National 4-H Council.
Student Manual  4H 501
Teacher Manual  4H 501 GPM