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
Plus - please add your own suggestions - we can tailor a unit to your specifics