Exploration Generation
AIAA, Estes Industries, and the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) have joined together to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers through a new, multi-year initiative that will bring research-based aerospace education to thousands of classrooms nationwide.
Exploration Generation (ExGen) will provide K-12 educators with free lesson plans and curriculum storylines to help guide students as they explore various concepts in aerospace, engineering, and rocketry. High-quality professional learning experiences will also be developed to support teachers’ use of the ExGen instructional materials.
To help educators provide a more collaborative, student-centered learning environment where ideas are accessible and engaging for all students, each lesson plan, and the curriculum storylines, are grounded in sensemaking. Through this approach, students actively engage in a learning experience to make sense of phenomena in a way that aligns with their natural curiosity.
Access the Exploration Generation Lessons
- Weather & Rockets Playlist (Elementary School)
- Model Rocket Safety Storyline Unit (Middle School)
- Model Rocketry Forces Playlist (Middle School)
More lessons to come spanning high school grade levels.
AIAA Exploration Generation Title 1 Grant
Take learning to new heights with the Exploration Generation Grant, provided by the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). For the 2024 – 2025 Academic Year, AIAA will be funding five $1,500 awards to educators or administrators at Title 1 schools. Awarded projects will receive funding to support engaging and inclusive implementation of STEM and aerospace related projects.
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