Pre-Conference Sessions
Teach It Forward: Student Activities from the Construction Classroom
Instructor: Sarah Patterson
Teach It Forward is a fast-moving, hands-on, teacher-led session built on one simple truth: nobody teaches construction better than construction teachers. Centered in the Core Plus Construction classroom, educators will lead fellow instructors through classroom-tested activities that connect math and science directly to construction skills. This session is for all construction, woods, and building trades instructors. It is not about theory or packaged curriculum. It is about what works, why it works, and how to use it tomorrow. Come ready to share, steal great ideas, and leave with practical tools that expand what is possible in your classroom.
Teachers Taking Flight – Airfoil Gliders and EZ Aircraft Edition
Instructor: Trevor Sill
Middle-school CTE teachers: (high-school too…) during the first half of the day, learn how to introduce your students to aviation concepts through engineering and design projects with Flite Test foamboard gliders. For the second half of the day, we’ll build simple 2 channel remote-control aircraft that engages students quickly and provides a great platform for students to create and test their own designs with the Flite Test Engineering Design Model. After having a lot of fun, you will leave this training with a two foamboard gliders and several Flite Test EZ Aircraft models with electronics that can be flown outdoors or in a large gymnasium. Airfoil Glider and EZ Aircraft lesson modules (each encompassing at least 2-3 weeks of instruction) will be provided to guide you as you bring scratch-built aviation to your classrooms.