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| Military facilities provide the perfect
resources and setting for stimulating activities and unprecedented perspectives
of real-world applications of math, science, and technology. At STARBASE,
students have the chance to learn to fly a plane on a flight simulator, build
and launch rockets, draw a space station module using high tech computer aide design (CAD) software, see the inside of a submarine, ride on a hovercraft, talk to military personnel (e.g., pilots, medical staff, electronics technicians, computer specialists) who willingly share their adventures and expertise with the children. |
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| The STARBASE program covers 13 mandatory
curriculum areas. The core areas are: |
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- Newton's Laws of Motion
- Four Forces of Flight
- Bernoulli's Principle
- Model Rocketry
- Aircraft Control Surfaces & Components
- Properties of Air
- Development, Innovation, & Use of Technology
- Properties & States of Matter
- Flight Simulation
- Space Exploration
- Goal Setting
- Teamwork
- Avoiding Substance Abuse
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