TO PARTICIPATE
This is an excellent opportunity for you to take part in an applied learning project! If you plan to volunteer or participate, please contact Dr. Stephanie Wright, Director, Aerospace Education / DTC at 454-232 or swright@udel.edu

Date: Saturday, May 6, 2006.

DELAWARE AEROSPACE EDUCATION
In 1989, Dr. Stephanie Wright became the Director of Aerospace Education in conjunction with the Delaware Teacher Center. Since then, quality, aerospace educational programs and outreach activities have reached an audience of over 300,000 in the Delaware region. The Delaware Aerospace Education Programs build upon the state K-12 standards in science and technology education. Currently, all 19 districts are or have been involved in various aerospace programs with some private and parochial school participation.

The primary purpose of the position is to communicate that aerospace education provides a highly motivating, interdisciplinary framework within which students learn about science, technology, life skills and non-traditional career choices for all young people.

CONTEXT
The Aerospace Education Department and the Delaware AeroSpace Education Foundation (DASEF) collaborating with other supporting agencies including the Aerospace States Association, DE Technical & Community College, Delaware State Parks, Department of Transportation, Delaware Space Grant Consortium, Pinnacle Aerospace, Delaware Electric Cooperative, Civil Air Patrol, Delaware Air & Army National Guard, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware Rocket Club, ILC, Dover, ATK Tactical Systems, and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics are working to host Delaware's statewide K - 12 Rocket Challenges and our tenth high powered rocket launch from Cape Henlopen State Park on Saturday, May 6, 2006.

Pinnacle Aerospace, Inc. will be launching a  Smokin' Plover High Powered rocket at this year's Rockets for Schools day.  Delaware Technical College will be constructing the payload to be flown aboard the rocket.  The payload will send telemetry back throughout the flight as an engineering test of electronic data gathering systems.

There will be exhibits, briefings, kites, Student Science and Technology Payload Poster Boards as well as K-12 Rocket & Balloon Challenges, launches and awards all day long! These events will precede the Advanced Model Rocket and Skidmark Launches. At 2:30 p.m., the Experts from Pinnacle Aerospace will launch another high-powered Smokin' Plover on an historic flight.

High Powered Rocket Challenge:  The scientific purpose of this payload is to gather temperature data on the payload battery compartment and the ambient temperature.  This data will be used to evaluate the performance of the lithium batteries used.  Additionally, the GPS data will be used to “track” the payload as it descends.

K-12 Students will be challenged to:

Participating school teams will be working closely with AeroSpace Education.

OBJECTIVES