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Aerospace education is defined as - communicating knowledge, skills, and attitudes relating to aerospace
activities and the impact of air and space technology upon society. Civil Air Patrol aerospace education
programs provide an understanding and appreciation of aviation. Civil Air Patrol (CAP) promotes and supports
aerospace education, both for its own members and the general public. CAP educational programs help
prepare American citizens to meet the challenges of a sophisticated aerospace society and understand its
related issues.
CAP offers national standards-based educational products, including a secondary 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. Aerospace
educators at CAP's National Headquarters at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, provide materials that reflect
the highest standards of educational excellence. Each year, CAP supports more than 100 workshops in
colleges and universities across the nation, reaching more than 3,000 educators. These workshops highlight
basic aerospace knowledge and focus on advances in aerospace technology. Textbooks, learning tools and
visual aids geared to stimulate interest in aerospace matters also are provided for teachers to use in their
classrooms. Started in 1951, these workshops have reached hundreds of thousands of teachers and students
across the nation.
At Civil Air Patrol, the volunteer auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, we're helping develop tomorrow's aerospace
workforce.
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