Region IV K-12 STEM Outreach

May 10, 2010

Region Programs

• Planned (Hoped?) Section PCO Manual. Write Expand Mars Rover to other Sections Attend training in Nashville Find my Deputy/Successor Inform Sections again of AskPolaris Represent Region, Section with Mars Rover

Celebration booth at Education Alley, Space 2010

Section Programs

• Four Sections have PCO Chairs Albuquerque, Holloman, Houston, Southwest Texas

• Reports received from two Sections Albuquerque, Southwest Texas

• Large programs: Houston’s Mars Rover Model Celebration

– 450 children, 26 schools, ~140 volunteers Space Education Days – Holloman

– 1600 Children BEST Robotics Support – Holloman, Southwest Texas

• Most Programs are small involvements with larger programs run by partners Need mechanisms for mobilizing folks into AIAA branded programs

• Need to encourage more communication to entire membership of a section People focus on their own neighborhood, don’t think about serving entire region Little use of Section, AIAA media

• Biggest gap: providing Section support to our EA members

Albuquerque Program

• AIAA Branded Events Supported, interacted with grant recipient school

– Mrs. Michelle Skinner, a kindergarten teacher at Sunset View Elementary School in Albuquerque submitted a proposal that involved having personnel from the Explora Science Museum come to her classroom to conduct hands-on activities to teach the children about simple machines.

Albuquerque Program

• Events Supported School to the World Event. Had Booth Central New Mexico Science and Engineering

Challenge (Science Fair) – Dinner Reception for winners May 10

Holloman Program

• AIAA Branded Events Southwest Regional Technology Symposium, Las Cruces,

April• Events Supported

Holloman Middle School Science Discovery Night BEST Robot Competition Space Education Days AHS Concrete Project AHS Airplane Project HIS Science Night AHS Water Rocket Project

Houston Program

• AIAA Branded Events Mars Rover Model Celebration AIAA Houston Night at the George Observatory

• Events Supported No report

Southwest Texas Program

• AIAA Branded Events High School research mentoring High School research awards

• Events Supported BEST Robot Competition

– San Antonio– Texas Regional– National

Alamo Regional Science and Engineering Fair Students Signature in Space program

Southwest Texas Program, cont’d

• Events Supported 4 Jan 2010: spoke to Aviation Explorers' Post 816 about careers in

Aerospace Engineering (3 high-school students). 12 Feb 2010: met with the parent of a young female future engineer to

give guidance on how to foster her gifts. 17 Feb 2010: spoke to approximately 70 4th and 5th graders at

Floresville Elementary about Aerospace Engineering, then watched their (air-powered) rocket launches.

20 Feb 2010: set up a table at the Witte Museum's Family Science Day. Spoke to many K-12 students and parents about aerospace engineering careers.

March 2010: exchanged e-mails with a 12th-grade student at Smithville High School to answer questions about engineering as a career.

Immediate future -- 6 May 2010: I am scheduled to do a series of engineering careers presentations at Irving Middle School.