Aerospace Project

• Build a rocket and identify rocket parts.
• Learn how birds and airplanes fly; compare birds to airplanes.
• Identify aerospace careers.
• Design and make a spacecraft.

• Make and read a map.
• Identify types of aircraft.
• Discover how weather affects flying.
• Understand the “angle of attack.”
• Identify parts of a hot-air balloon and make a hot-air balloon.
• Learn and use the International Phonetic Alphabet.
• Discover the effects of disorientation in space.

• Build a straw and balloon rocket.
• Make a paper flight simulator.
• Make a flying wing glider.
• Build a controllable glider.
• Build a Nagasaki Hata Fighter kite.
• Discover basic helicopter functions and parts.
• Make a hang glider.

• Build a Viking rocket.
• Construct and use an altitude tracker.
• Research how to qualify for a pilot’s certificate.
• Plan and teach an aerospace session.
• Evaluate and design navigation systems.
• Build a flat-style box kite.
• Complete a career profile.

• Build model rockets from a kit.
• Build model rocket from your own design.
• Build a model airplane from a kit or your own design.
• Create a display of aviation principles.
• Create a display of in-flight procedures.
• Create a poster with pictures of places you’ve visited, your first plane ride, programs you’ve participated in, types of planes, etc.
• Develop a booklet on specific types of planes; knowledge of how planes/rockets work.
• Do a report (could include interviews with people) on the history of space flight; history of space exploration or astronauts; careers; aerospace related to agriculture; how planes or rockets work; principles of flight or military air battles.
• Write a story about aerospace or space flights, rockets, etc. (can be science fiction).
• Create a booklet on specific types of planes; knowledge of how planes/rockets work.
• Build any other model (helicopter, etc.).

• Prepare and give a speech about a model rocket exhibit at a science fair, club or achievement days.
• Demonstrate glider flight capabilities.
• Interview a pilot.

• Organize a rocket launch.
• Organize a kite-flying contest.
• Volunteer at a local airport or airshow.

• Organize an airport tour for your 4-H club.
• Conduct an aerospace skillathon.
• Teach a workshop on aerospace.

• Build and sell kites.
• Organize a kite flight contest.
• Teach a class on model rocketry, kite building and model airplane flying.
• Open a small retail operation to sell airplane, kite and rocket kits.

• Aerospace Adventures Level 1: Pre-Flight (HCA131)
• Aerospace Adventures Level 2: Lift Off (HCA132)
• Aerospace Adventures Level 3: Reaching New Heights (HCA133)
• Aerospace Adventures Level 4: Pilot in Command (HCA134)
• Flight Crew Helper’s Guide (HCA231)

Planning for My Project Adventure (PA093) (Ages 8-10)
4-H Project Plan (PA095)
4-H Plan of Action (PA096) (Ages 11-18)
ND 4-H Participation Summary for 11- to 19-year-olds (PA098)

Aerospace Educational Trunk
Aerospace Camp
National Youth Science Day

UND Aerospace
Basics of Rocketry (Educators area of NASA website)
National Association of Rocketry
NASA Science
NASA Kids Club
NASA Education for Students
NASA Education for Educators