Women in the World of Aviation

Audio/Video

Title: Women in the World of Aviation
Location: Garret Avaition, Springfield, IL
Subject: Interview with Mary Carter, Avianonics Installer, Garret Aviation
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Career Data

The Illinois Office of Educational Services provides a wealth of resources on women in aviation careers. This is a partial list of those resources.

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/intro.html
Includes an extensive collection of profiles of women at NASA as well as links to live chats, forums, and webcasts

http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/women.htm
Biographical profiles of 11 women in aeronautics

http://www.ninety-nines.org/wia.html
A brief history of women in aviation and the Ninety-Nine Flying Club organized on November 2, 1929, whose first president was Amelia Earhart

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos179.htm
For online Occupational Outlook Handbook information on Aircraft and Avionics Equipment Mechanics and Service Technician careers, go to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Statistics site

http://www.eaa.org/
"Welcome to the Wonders of the Wild Blue! The EAA Education Department has created an exciting program that is not only fun but also covers many middle school academic standards. Join over 160 teams from across the nation in encouraging students to learn about science, math, and many other subjects under the disguise of a team project about aviation."

Lesson Plans

http://www.educationworld.com/a_sites/sites033.shtml
This Education World page provides 5 lesson plans related to Amelia Earhart.

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson320.shtml
For lesson plans related to the Wright brothers' flight and plane designs, look at this Web page sponsored by Education World.

http://www.educationworld.com?a_lesson/lesson236.shyml
"Ready, set, take off! For thousands of years, people have been fascinated with flying. This week, Education World offers a cargo of lessons about aviation that are just 'plane' fun! Included: Lessons in which students complete experiments about air flight, design model airplanes, and do much more!" This page links educators to 5 lesson plans related to aviation. Lesson grade levels range from K-12.

http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/2001/fyi/news/08/31/aspiring.pilots/
CNN Student News provides lessons related to an aviation training camp which introduces minority teens to aviation skills and provides 15 hours of flight time. The goal is to increase diversity in aviation professions.

http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/2001/fyi/news/04/06/space.email/
"Students who have only dreamed about breaking Earth's boundaries will have the opportunity to take a virtual journey into space next month with CNNfyi.com's next Learning Adventure, 'Out There: Missions to Space,' an interactive, educational program for students and teachers, exploring the secrets of our solar system."

http://www.khake.com/page94.html
This site contains career packets, and career exploration lesson plans for a variety of grade levels and classroom subject areas.

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