Aerospace Education
Capt Julie Panus,
Aerospace Officer
The Missions of Aerospace Education in Civil Air Patrol

Civil Air Patrol (CAP) promotes and supports aerospace education, both for its own members (internal) and the general public (external). CAP educational programs help prepare American citizens to meet the challenges of a sophisticated aerospace society and understand its related issues.
CAP offers national standards-based educational products, including a secondary textbook, Aerospace: The Journey of Flight, and the middle-school-level Aerospace Dimensions. Teachers can get free classroom materials and lesson plans from CAP by joining CAP’s Aerospace Education Membership program.
CAP offers national standards-based educational products, including a secondary textbook, Aerospace: The Journey of Flight, and the middle-school-level Aerospace Dimensions. Teachers can get free classroom materials and lesson plans from CAP by joining CAP’s Aerospace Education Membership program.
Resources for Educators

Through our award-winning MARS program, we offer teachers:
- Free national standards-based aerospace education materials (for homeschoolers, too!)
- Awards, such as AEX, for schools that adopt aerospace education into their curricula
- Grants available from Air Force Association to incorporate aerospace into the classroom
- Low-cost aerospace textbooks for grades 6-12
- Aerospace education newsletters full of useful information
- Orientation flights in powered aircraft
- Aerospace-oriented summer workshops
- Aerospace education speakers and resources nationwide
- Free national standards-based aerospace education materials (for homeschoolers, too!)
- Awards, such as AEX, for schools that adopt aerospace education into their curricula
- Grants available from Air Force Association to incorporate aerospace into the classroom
- Low-cost aerospace textbooks for grades 6-12
- Aerospace education newsletters full of useful information
- Orientation flights in powered aircraft
- Aerospace-oriented summer workshops
- Aerospace education speakers and resources nationwide
We offer students (who are CAP Cadets):
- Orientation flights in powered aircraft and gliders - Encampment and Flight Academy opportunities - Academic and Flight Scholarships - Career Explorations Activities - A premier education in Aerospace Eudcation (Want to learn more about becoming a cadet?) |
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Educators, if you are interested in learning more about joining our organization and having access to all of these resources and opportunities, please review the Aerospace Education Member (AEM) brochure (see left of this paragraph) and feel free to contact Capt. Darlene Cray, Commander..
"Civil Air Patrol - Where Imagination Takes Flight!" |