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Aerospace Education CAP's aerospace education efforts focus on two different audiences: CAP members and the general public. The programs ensure that all CAP members (adult officers and cadets) have an appreciation for and knowledge of aerospace issues. To advance within CAP, members are required to participate in the educational program. Aerospace educators at CAP's National Headquarters at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, provide current materials that reflect the highest standards of educational excellence. CAP's educational programs help prepare American citizens to meet the challenges of a sophisticated aerospace society and understand its related issues. As was mentioned above, aerospace education is divided into two parts: internal (for CAP members) and external (for the general public). The internal aerospace education program has two parts as well: cadet and adult officer. Cadets complete aerospace education as one of the requirements to progress through the achievement levels of the cadet program. Adult officers have a responsibility to become knowledgeable of aerospace issues and the aerospace education program that CAP provides. They are further encouraged to share the information obtained with their local communities and school systems. CAP's external aerospace programs are conducted through our nation's educational system. Each year, CAP sponsors more than 100 workshops in colleges and universities across the nation, reaching more than 3,000 educators and thereby hundreds of thousands of young people. These workshops highlight basic aerospace knowledge and focus on advances in aerospace technology. CAP offers national standards-based educational products, including a secondary-school-level 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's aerospace education members receive more than 33 free teaching aids, as well as lesson plans and other classroom materials. If you are an educator, please visit http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/html/educators.htm to discover how CAP can support you in the teaching of aerospace education. Take advantage of the programs and resources Civil Air Patrol has to offer and start adding excitement to your classroom today!
CAP also sponsors several prestigious awards for those
who promote aerospace to the public.
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Educators from
across the country learn how to use aviation and space in a variety of subject
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