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From: mpucket@jacobs.cs.orst.edu (Margaret Puckette)
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Subject: Fun Facts from the FAA
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Date: Sun, 16 Sep 90 16:28:48 PDT
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Keywords:free educational materials, school district


Available from your friendly FAA GADO (Gen'l Aviation District Office)
are an abundance of well-designed educational materials for use in
schools, and they're free for the asking.  While at Oshkosh, I picked
up a stack of these during a visit to the FAA Building, and brought them
back to show to the curriculum director of our local school district:
IT MADE HER DAY!

The director explained that many state education boards are looking for ways 
to teach math and science skills within a Real World context, to provide
younger children with concrete applications, and to motivate middle and
high school children toward technical careers.  Aviation was just the ticket!
She was impressed with the range and breadth of the materials:  lesson plans,
booklets, reading lists, exercises, experiments, and resource guides to the
availability of films and videos.  They covered not only technical aspects
of aviation, but included historical and social sections covering aviation's
contribution to exploration and commerce, and some individual achievements 
of women and minorities.

The FAA is not automatically sending these educational materials out; it
takes an interested person to see them through to the right hands.  The
State of New Jersey has begun establishment of an aviation education program
(shellEy "Rah, rah, rah" Rosenbaum took part in their first conference), and
Oregon is just beginning to develop one thanks to a boardmember who's a fellow
99er (and who painted her Archer to look like mine :-) ).  Your school
district or state may not be aware of what can be had from the FAA for free.

Call your regional GADO and ask for the Education Officer.  Get these avtax
supported materials into your schools and turn young people's minds skyward!
And those people, regions, and telephone numbers are:

Mrs. Barbara Abels..............................AZ, CA, HI, NV
213-297-1431 (CA)

Mr. Jack Barker.................................AL,FL,GA,KY,MS,NC,PR,SC,TN,VI
404-763-7201 (GA)

Mr. Dick Meyer..................................CO,ID,MT,OR,UT,WA,WY
206-431-2008 (WA)

Ms. Gloria Shepard..............................DC,DE,MD,NJ,NY,PA,VA,WV
718-917-1056 (NY)

Mrs. Sandra Campbell............................IA, KS, MO, NE
816-426-5449 (MO)

Mr. Lee Carlson.................................IL,IN,MI,ND,OH,SD,WI
312-694-7042 (IL)

Mr. William Shea................................CT,MA,ME,NH,RI,VT
617-273-7247 (MA)

Ms. Geraldine Cook..............................AR, LA, NM, OK, TX
817-624-5804 (TX)

Ms. Ivy Moore...................................AK
907-271-5169 (AK)


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Margaret "sometimes FAA is AOK" Puckette         Note new address:
AOPA Archer N1939G                               mpucket@nyssa.cs.orst.edu