Field Trip Options

Grades: K – 3rd

Introduction to things that fly! Through classification and exploration,  students will learn about different creatures that fly, the first successful airplane flight, and examine airplane controls up close.

Ohio Standards: K.LS.1, K.LS.2, K.PS.1, 1.PS.2, 2.PS.1

Grades: K – 3rd

Students explore the history of flight and the basic forces of flight through storytelling, simple experiments, and an up-close encounter with a real airplane.

Ohio Standards: 1.PS.2, 2.PS.1, 2.History.3, 3.Geography.4, 4.History.8

Grades: 4th – 8th

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

Grades: 3rd – 8th
Ages: 8 – 13

Students will learn about the engineering process and apply those concepts to experiments!

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.

Grades: 6th – 12th

Students will examine the complicated history of the relocation of Japanese Americans during WWII. Students will walk through what the internment process was like from the posting of the government order, to time in an internment camp ‘home’, ending with post-war release. 

Grades: 6th – 12th

Students will learn how Christmas was celebrated during wartime.

Grades: 6th – 12th

Students will learn about the Wright Brothers’ contributions to flight and the significance Ohio played in aviation history. Model planes will illustrate the changes in design over time and there will be an overview of the history of flying inventions.

Grades: 6th – 12th

Students will focus on actual WWII spies and their tactics, as well as tools that help us understand the secret world of spies, codes, and intelligence agencies that were used to carry out top-secret missions leading to victory. Students will decode messages, get a close-up look at spy artifacts, and make your own invisible ink are included in this hands-on spy experience.

Grades: 9th – 12th

Students will learn about the basic control surfaces of a plane, experiment with airfoils and Bernoulli’s Principle.