Safety in the Air: A Curriculum About Flight and Air Traffic Control Designed for Middle School Students

https://doi.org/10.21949/14035331983PDFResearch PaperAPA-5-146-83SafetyStudentsTeachersAir traffic controlAircraftAtmosphereEducationCurriculaLessonsMiddle school studentsSixth, seventh, eighth gradeTheory of flightUnited States. Federal Aviation AdministrationNTL-AVIATION-Aviation Safety/AirworthinessUS Transportation CollectionSafety in the Air is designed to be taught as a six-lesson unit to middle schoolstudents, preferably sixth, seventh, or eighth grade level.This curriculum is designed first of all to familiarize both the teacher and thestudent with some basic principles and concepts of our atmosphere and of the theory of flight. It appears to be more feasible to teach about air traffic systems if both students and teacher have some background information concerning both the vehicles that travel the air routes and the air medium itself as a mass through which aircraft travel.A lesson on pilot training and certification is designed to foster confidence and establish credibility in personnel flying the aircraft that make up the air transportation system.Lessons about air traffic safety are introduced and accommodations are made for safety in the air for both general aviation aircraft and commercial aviation flights.84