AEROSPACE ENGINEERING CLASS

Aerospace Engineering (AE)

Grade Level: 10 - 12

Full Year Course Credit: 1.00 Co-requisites: Algebra 1

Students who have taken Engineering Design Class or Engineering Principles Class may be given preference for this class.

Aerospace Engineering - The Aerospace Engineering curriculum will be a systemic curriculum package that will introduce students to the world of aeronautics, flight, and engineering.

This class was developed in conjunction with NASA. Specific projects include learning and practicing with a flight simulation program, remote control (RC) aircraft such as helicopter and fixed wing aircraft and the design, construction and testing of the following: an airfoil, a wing section, a glider, an airplane, five different rockets, and a programmable Mars Lander robot, and other projects.

The entire curriculum sequence will include experiences from the diverse fields of Aeronautics, Aerospace Engineering, and related areas of study. Lessons will engage students in engineering design problems that can be accomplished in a high school setting related to aerospace information systems, star sailing or astronautics rocketry, propulsion, and the physics of space science, space life sciences (BioSpace) that includes looking at habitat and crew systems with life support, and the biology of space science, principles of aeronautics, structures and materials testing, composites testing, and systems engineering. It is recommended that students take Engineering Design and have a 2.5 or better GPA.