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)
• ND 4-H Project Plan (PA095)
• ND 4-H Plan of Action (PA096)
• ND 4-H Participation Summary for 11-to 19 year-olds (PA098)

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