Lone Star Flight Museum Field Trip

Students can explore a 130,000 square foot STEM learning facility including two 30,000 square foot aircraft hangars with more than 20 airworthy aircraft; flight academy with 26 hands-on activities; two virtual hang gliders, paper airplane station and science exploration. Students will be exposed to historical research of Texas aviators and their important achievements.

Where: Lone Star Flight Museum
             1551 Aerospace Ave.
             Houston, TX 77035
When:  Friday, April 5, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Ages:   11 and up, although younger siblings are welcome

Students will learn about:

• The Science of Flight
• Technological Advancements in Aviation
• Aviation Engineering and Flight Dynamics
• Texas Aviation History
• Careers + Mentorship in Aviation and Aerospace
• Phonetic Alphabet Intro
• Mathematical Principles

Students will participate in in-depth hands-on activities exploring how science, technology, engineering and mathematics relate in real world scenarios. They will be exposed to various careers in the aviation and aerospace industry, and they will work with others to communicate effectively and utilize critical thinking skills.

Sign up by: March 26 (this is a hard deadline)
Cost: $11.45 per person
         Leave RSVP information and money with the House Manager.
         Pay by cash or check (payable to Lisa Chamberlain)

Living History School Day Field Trip

Living History Class

Learn about military history from World War I to the present. The museum has the largest collection of restored, functioning historic military vehicles in Texas, an extensive collection of historic uniforms, various equipment demonstrations and interactive living history displays.
 
Where: Museum of the American GI
            19124 Highway 6 South
            College Station, TX
When: Friday, March 22
            9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Ages: 10 years and up
Cost: $5 per person
RSVP:  with the House Manager no later than February 28. Checks should be made out to Lisa Chamberlain. Lisa will send one check to pay for the group.

EARLY Robotics Team - Calling all young engineers!

EE is looking to form an EARLY Robotics team to compete in this year's
EARLY Robotics competition. We have two contest dates to choose from - April 27th in Huntsville or May 11th in Houston. If we have enough interest, we can even compete in both tournaments.

• Team members need to be ages 8-12 years.
• Team meetings will be Wednesdays from 2:00-3:30. 
• The cost to be on the team is a discounted rate of $40/month for February-May with a Supply Fee of $20.
• Team members must commit to attend at least one contest date (4/27 and/or 5/11) before joining the team. 
• For questions about the team, please contact coach Elise Eaton at eeaton@extraed.org

About EARLY Robotics

Engineering And Robotics Learned Young (EARLY) is a robotics program that immerses elementary and middle school students in the engineering process. EARLY provides elementary and middle school students the opportunity to design and build robots along with participating in robotics competitions. Each season, EARLY teams are given a new mission that they complete by building a robot from LEGO Simple & Powered Machines Sets.

EARLY team members have a bright future with the opportunity to participate in various robotics competitions as they get older such as the BEST Robotics Competition. For those students that choose to participate on the EARLY team, they will be introduced to hands-on engineering and gain an appreciation for the challenges and goals that the EARLY team will face.

For more information please see the EARLY Robotics website:
http://new.earlyrobotics.org/

View the current mission here:
http://new.earlyrobotics.org/missions/galacticville/