aerospace engineering

Aim High!  Aerospace Engineers design air- and spacecraft that shrink our universe (and airline seats!)

Aerospace Engineering Curriculum 
developed by John R. Hull
Morgan Hill, CA

In the Aerospace Engineering module, students will concentrate on the theory of flight in Earth's atmosphere and in space.  Flight vehicles include gliders, aircraft, rockets and artificial satellites.

The units and lessons within the module are:

  • Introduction to Aerospace engineering, careers, and history

  • Review of the mathematics and physics of flight 

  • Introduction to the flight environment: Earth's Atmosphere and beyond

  • Forces on aircraft in flight and flight controls

  • The generation of lift in air

  • Fundamentals of rocket flight

  • Introductory orbital mechanics: how satellites "fly"

 

 

 

 

 

 
2003 marks the 100th Anniversary of the Wright Brothers' flight.  Visit NASA Spacelink for a wealth of 100th anniversary materials on the Wrights and aeronautics.
Lesson suggestion:  Modify the week one lesson, Aerospace History, to emphasize the 100th anniversary of powered flight.