The Air Force Association, AFA Chapters and USA TODAY Education continue to provide the Visions of Exploration Program to 4th-12th grade classrooms throughout the country. Over the course of this partnership, we have together impacted approximately 1,300 classrooms each year reaching more than 100,000 students.
Visions of Exploration provides educators with a curriculum designed to enhance students understanding of math, science, engineering, technology and aerospace education. This program is an ideal way for chapters to give something back to the community and inspire today’s youth.
BENEFITS TO AFA CHAPTERS:
- Creates and expands awareness for your chapter.
- Allows chapters to maintain an active relationship with local schools and the community.
- Inspires students to accomplish goals and explore careers in the fields of math and science.
- Educates students on the importance of aerospace technology today and in the future.
- Increases student knowledge base and teaches them to think critically and communicate more effectively both orally and in writing.
- Provides a standards-driven program that can be easily integrated into an existing STEM curriculum.
HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS:
- Chapters decide how many classrooms they would like to sponsor. Fill out the registration form at www.usatodayeducate.com/forms/afaform_20089.cfm.
- Chapters may select the schools they wish to sponsor or USA TODAY will select them on behalf of the chapter.
- USA TODAY will work with the teachers to set up delivery to the school. Teachers can designate the day of the week they wish to receive newspapers and lesson plans.
- All teachers will receive a start kit and an activity guide within the first two weeks of starting the program.
- AFA will send an invoice to the chapter once a registration form is received.
PROGRAM COMPONENTS:
All sponsored classrooms will receive:
- The Visions of Exploration Activity Guide full of activities that are tied to USA TODAY articles focused on aerospace education.
- Chapters may select to provide classrooms with either 30 copies of USA TODAY delivered to schools once a week for 18 weeks, or 20 copies of USA TODAY delivered to schools once a week for 28 weeks. The newspapers will include a special label with the Air Force Association’s name on it.
- Inside USA TODAY – USA TODAY’s daily three page lesson plan delivered with the newspapers and available online at www.education.usatoday.com.
- Inside USA TODAY provides a range of multidisciplinary activities tied to each day’s news events.
- Additional aerospace related activities, available online at www.education.usatoday.com.
- Student and Teacher Certificates of Completion
- Educator Grants in the amount of $250.00 awarded to five teachers who have integrated the program most creatively in their classrooms.
- Letters about the partnership that can be sent home to parents.
- Teacher training provided by USA TODAY.
- Chapter Facilitator Guide
PROGRAM COSTS:
Chapters may select from the following two program options:
- 30 newspapers, delivered one day a week, for 18 week. The cost per classroom is $114.00
- 20 newspapers, delivered one day a week, for 28 weeks. The cost per classroom is $120.00
Registration is now CLOSED
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