STEM Unit Offerings

1)  Air and the Atmoshphere - Ex. Pitot tubes, altimeters, ASI, vertical rates

  • Atmospheric Pressure
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Bernoulli's Principle

2)  Basic Fluid Flow - Ex. Wings, venturis, carburetors, sprayers, jet engines, control surfaces

  • Bernoulli's Principle
  • Pressure/Velocity Interchange
  • Newton's Laws

3)  Thinking in Three Dimensions - Ex. Aircraft controls, rudders, ailerons, elevators

  • X-Y-Z Coordinates
  • Pitch-Roll-Yaw
  • Newton's Laws

4)  Basic Navigation - Ex. Aeronautical maps, air traffic, navigation, GPS

  • Compass
  • Orientation
  • Heading
  • Steering a Course

5)  Engines - Ex. Combustion and its products, hydrocarbons, octane rating, calorific value

  • Types
  • Fuels
  • Chemistry

6)  States of Matter - Ex. Condensation, evaporation, clouds, carburetor ice

  • Solid, Liquid and Gas, Vapor
  • Changing States

7)  Weather - Ex. Air masses, cloud formation, how we fly in weather

  • Atmosphere
  • Temperature
  • Precipitation

8)  Stories of History - Ex. Blind-flying techniques, radio navigation, superchargers, jet engines

  • Relating to the advent of technology, how it came about

 

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