June CAP AE Newsletter: Happy Summer!

June 2022

With the first day of summer earlier this week, we hope you are enjoying a time of rest and vacation now or sometime soon. For those of you who are teachers, it is a welcome longer break. In that spirit, this June newsletter is a shorter version of our usual newsletter. We will return with extended announcements and news of our programs and products in the July newsletter.

Until then, have a safe start to your summer, and continue to contact us at ae@capnhq.gov if you need assistance.

THIS MONTH: Program updates - AE Safety Check - Curriculum -

Important things to know

PROGRAM UPDATES

CAP's AE STEM Kit Program -- featured kit

FEATURED STEM KIT - INDOOR QUADCOPTER: The Indoor Quadcopter STEM Kit includes everything you need to fly a quadcopter indoors. Switch on the included receiver, plug in a battery to your quad, follow the bind procedures, turn on your goggles and fly! The Indoor Quadcopter STEM Kit is compact and portable, easy to charge, and all the components fit perfectly inside the included carrying case.

Items included in this kit: Removal tool, micro props 0.8mm shaft (set of four-2 sets), 6mm brushed motor x 1, lite flight controller, camera set, cockroach super-durable frame, carrying case, controller box goggles, batter charger, batteries (4), screwdriver and miscellaneous items (antennas, cables, screws, etc.). The kit is recommended for ages 10 and older. Approved applicants can expect to receive one or two Indoor Quadcopter STEM Kits.

MORE ON THE INDOOR QUADCOPTER STEM KIT

CAP STEM KIT WEB PAGES

AE Safety Check

(Welcome to AE Safety Check! These safety nuggets are things to think about as you lead or participate in an Aerospace Education activity. The writer of this monthly feature is Lt. Col. Karen Cooper, who works in safety and risk management on the AE National Headquarters Staff and is also the Northeast Region DCS/Aerospace Education.)

BE AWARE OF ACTIVITY PARTICIPANTS' ALLERGIES

When you are planning your next AE activity – how well do you know your students? And specifically, do they have any allergies to the materials in your activity? Several of the AE lessons include the use of latex gloves (that would impact those with allergies to latex), food (there are a lot of different food allergies), or some other allergy. Are you holding your activity outdoors? Hay fever is a type of allergy and has a wide range of reactions. Bottom line – you can’t know them all if the students don't tell you. However, if you are taking precautions for the allergies you do know about and create an open environment where the students feel comfortable telling you that they are allergic, you will have a great time!

MORE AE SAFETY INFORMATION

If you have a safety topic you would like to be included in this space, please email kcooper@ner.cap.gov.

CURRICULUM SPOTLIGHT

Rocketing to the Future

In this lesson, students will review the history of the Space Shuttle program. Students will get the chance to design and launch their own Rocket Planez. The activity (Rocketing to the Future) is Academic Lesson #4 in the Grade 4 Aerospace Connections in Education (ACE) Guide. As part of CAP's ACE Program, all teachers get class sets of education materials to provide them to each student. The fourth-grade ACE teachers get a class set of Rocket Planez, and teachers will use those in this lesson. Find this Rocket Planez lesson plan here. ACE registration begins in August. Find out more registration details in next month's newsletter.

ROCKETING TO THE FUTURE LESSON

Each month, this space features important highlights or answers to frequently asked questions. Here are three things you need to know now as an AEM or AEO.

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AEMs: Is it time to renew your membership?

All Aerospace Education Members (AEMs) are offered an annual FREE “in-kind renewal." The online renewal email is sent 60 days prior to the membership expiration date. A renewal banner appears at the top of the eServices sign-in page 90 days prior to expiring. (You can’t renew earlier than 90 days.) Find additional information at the link below. Thinking that due to the pandemic you cannot participate in CAP’s AE programs? That may be partly true, but when we get back to “normal,” you will wish you kept your membership current, so do not let it expire!

AEOs: Reach out to AEMs whose memberships expire soon

AEOs, this is the perfect time to reach out to your AEMs whose memberships expire within 60 days or whose memberships have expired. For more guidance, see Recruiting and Retention of AEMs on the AEO Resources page link below.

Please note: CAP has several categories of membership, but each member can only be assigned one category of membership. Any adult uniformed member, who is an educator, may access all the resources available to an AEM. And, we wish to encourage our AEMs to “hang on” until the end of the pandemic and continue renewing their membership. Once things are back to “normal,” they will be glad they did!

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