The Museum has a strong and growing education program that is based on providing hands-on, practical educational experiences related to math and science subjects for students from elementary to community college. The main focus is for middle and high school grades, but there are programs for all levels.
We have partnerships with the California Aerospace Academy Charter School and with Sacramento City College to provide a location for the Applied Technology program classes. We work closely with all the regional school districts.
The Aerospace Learning Center has hosted over 4,500 students and gives them an appreciation for how math and science can be used in aviation. We allow the students to fly a no-motion flight simulator as part of the class.
The Museum also offers Teacher Workshops with NASA instructors, Summer Camps and Classes and special presentations such as Astronaut Clay Anderson’s presentation What I Did on Your Summer Vacation sharing his experiences as an astronaut and his time at the International Space Station from June – November of 2007.
The Museum was able to win the Da Vinci Experience venue over cities in the Bay area and other northern California locations because of the educational vision of the Board, the new aerospace pavilion, and the location in the State capitol. A primary mission of the Aerospace Museum of California is to provide educational opportunities that will stimulate young people. Three of these programs include:
Aerospace Learning Center - A state-of-the-art experience with new technologies that excite students about aviation, science and math. This class is designed to be an introduction to flight. Subjects covered are weather, forces of lift, navigation, instrumentation and GPS technology using computer simulators and software. Each student will have the opportunity to pilot an aircraft using a flight simulator.
Teachers’ Resource Center & Aviation Library - Internet connectivity to NASA, JPL, and others.
Summer Camps- We conduct several summer camps each year. Check the "Calendar" page to see when the next camps will be held.
All program curricula will be geared to the California Education Standards.
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