Building a Brighter Future
Children as young as five years old begin to associate themselves with future career choices. Strong foundational skills in aerospace and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) should start early. For this very reason, the Aerospace Center for Excellence (ACE) has developed a curriculum exclusively designed for middle school students. While the “Aerospace Technology – Year Two” course is still under development, the “Introduction to Technology – Year One” course will undergo a Beta Test during its first year.
The 2023-2042 Boeing Pilot and Technician Outline shows a global need for 649,000 new pilots, 690,000 new maintenance technicians, and 938,000 new cabin crew members in order to fly and maintain the global commercial fleet over the next 20 years. Why should this matter to you? Because that future innovator in the aerospace industry could be a student at your school. Through your teaching you can inspire the next generation of aerospace professionals.
What’s Included
Each course is a turn-key set of high-quality instructional and assessment resources:
- 5E format lesson plans aligned to NGSS and ITEEA
- Teacher presentations with embedded video links
- Student activities and projects, rubrics, and materials lists
- Lesson formative and summative assessments
We offer initial and ongoing professional development. Virtual monthly communities of practice for teachers implementing the curriculum are provided and delivered at no cost.
Course Descriptions
Click on any of the course names below to see the course description, outline, materials list, sample lesson plan, teacher presentation, student activities, and supporting documents.
Selection Criteria and Requirements
The Aerospace Center for Excellence provides the curriculum at no charge. In return, participating programs commit to specific criteria.
Eligibility Criteria:
- The teacher(s) using the curriculum must be a paid or contracted employee of the program (see description below).
- The program must use any courses selected in their entirety as official credit-bearing courses.
- The program must intend to enroll at least five students in each course offered.
- If teaching the curriculum at a given grade level for the first time, the instructor must participate in either online or in-person professional development. This training must be completed before the start of teaching the course.
- Teacher(s) and the program must agree to submit all required data. Details of the data reporting requirements are listed in the section below.
The Aerospace Center for Excellence reserves the right to select schools that will be allowed to use the curriculum.
Data Reporting Requirements
As a requirement for continued use of the curriculum, we require programs to periodically report aggregated program enrollment, attendance, and program continuation. Data reporting helps us demonstrate the impact of our curriculum to donors and funders. Your data helps us keep the curriculum, professional development, and support free to all middle schools.
IMPORTANT: We never ask for personally identifying student information. Additionally, we will never report information that can be identified as belonging to a single program.
Application Window and Deadline
The application window for the 2025-2026 school year is November 1, 2024 through May 31, 2025.
Schools will be notified of their approval status and the next steps in the order in which applications are received.
Detailed information about curriculum access and teacher professional development options will be provided.
No Changes and Non-Disclosure
The program, including participating teachers and administrators, shall not under any circumstance edit, alter, share, disseminate or otherwise distribute the Aerospace Center for Excellence Middle School Aerospace Curriculum (in whole or in part, or digital or print formats) to other non-participating programs (at any level), organizations, and/or teachers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Still have Questions?
Please contact the team at MScurriculum@flysnf.org
Please note: The information provided on this website is subject to change.