AIAA SF, P.O. Box 1548, Mountain View, CA 94042-1548
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AIAA SF, P.O. Box 1548, Mountain View, CA 94042-1548 |
The goal is to motivate students to study math, science and engineering, especially with activities relating to aerospace and aeronautics. Contact Larissa Noutong at precollege@aiaa-sf.org for more information or to help.
Please see our list of opportunities to encourage future scientists and engineers.
The 2012 essay contest is now seventh and eighth graders is now under way. The topic for this year: Choose a science fiction movie and discuss how scientifically realistic the ideas and scenes are. Entries are due March 20, 2012. See essay contest announcement for details.
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The winners of the 2011 middle school essay contest attended our Awards Banquet along with their parents and science teachers. The students received plaques and cash prizes. Their teachers also received cash prizes for their classrooms. [Winners' essays and photos.] [Previous topics, winners, and essays.] 2010-11 STEM Director Samantha Infeld recognizes Ms. Kristen Handa, teacher of essay contest winners |
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| Learning about flight | Making paper airplanes |
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's first human journey into space, more than 6,000 students from around the Bay Area visited NASA's Ames Research Center for Yuri's Education Day. The AIAA-SF booth was about the theory of flight, giving students an opportunity to try out their own ideas by folding paper airplanes. Student members from the San Jose State University AIAA Chapter helped us inspire the next generation of aeronautical engineers.
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| The fun of flight testing | The real thing (not provided by AIAA) |
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| Learning about small satellites | Learning about aeronautics |
More than 1000 Girl Scouts visited NASA Ames Research Center on January 29, 2011 for a Career Exploration Day. Five AIAA student members from San Jose State University helped them build paper rockets and launch them with a bicycle tire pump. They also presented some of their college research projects, including the BDF, the Polar Bot, and the Red Airplane. Bruce Yost also loaned a model of the Pharmasat for the AIAA display. [ NASA News Release | Girls Go Tech ]
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| Building paper rockets | Ready for launch |
In the past, AIAA-SF has also participated in several other pre-college outreach activities such as