Field Trip Options

FLYIN’ FUN!
Grades: K-2nd
Students discover how people learned to fly! Students start by examining different creatures that fly, learn about the basic forces of flight, and then get hands-on with a plane.
Ohio Standards: K.LS.1, K.LS.2, K.PS.1, 1.PS.2, 2.PS.1
YOUNG AVIATORS
Grades: 1st – 4th
Students explore the science and history of flight! Students experiment with the four forces of flight and explore a bi-plane.
Ohio Standards: 1.PS.2, 2.PS.1, 2.History.3, 3.Geography.4, 4.History.8
SCIENCE OF FLIGHT
Grades: 4th – 6th
Students investigate the science of flight. Students will explore and experiment with the four forces of flight and Bernoulli’s Principle. Students will also learn about the basic control surfaces of a plane and explore a plane.
Ohio Standards: 4.History.1, 4.History.8, 5.Economics.13
LIVING HISTORY OF WWII
Grades: 7th – 12th
Students gain an unique insight and perspective of WWII by participating in interactive and role playing experiences. Students will decide to enlist in the armed forces or wait to be drafted and will explore the ramifications of these decisions as either a flight crew member or combat engineer. Students will NOT have the opportunity to experience both military paths. Students will learn about military life and also how WWII altered life on the Home Front.
RIGHTING A WRONG
Grades: 7th – 12th
Students will examine the complicated history of the relocation of Japanese Americans during WWII. Students will be able to experience hands-on a typical home in a Japanese internment camp.
HISTORY OF FLIGHT
Grades: 7th – 12th
Students will learn about Orville and Wilbur Wright’s contributions to flight and the significance Ohio played in aviation history. Students will also experiment with the four forces of flight and explore a plane.
SCIENCE OF FLIGHT
Grades: 7th – 12th
Students will investigate the science of flight. Students will explore and experiment with the four forces of flight and Bernoulli’s Principle. Students will also learn about the basic control surfaces of a plane, experiment with airfoils and explore a plane.