Tag: student glider program
iLEAD Lancaster Glider on Campus
December 19, 2022
On October 22, 2022, the iLEAD Lancaster community was visited by a full-scale glider, an aircraft that flies without an engine! Part of the 8th grade Soaring Aeronautics Project involves an on-site glider event. Pilots from Skylark North Gliding School…
SCVi Learners Get Up-Close Look at Gliders
February 13, 2019
By Dustin Lengning, 8th Grade Aero Educator Standing outside and watching my learners connect with each and every pilot they encountered at the stations, I couldn’t help but wonder if the content we’ve covered will translate into understanding. It was…
Learning Takes Flight With Glider Program
April 20, 2018
Remember learning about Newtonian physics in eighth grade? If you had to parrot back the laws for a test, you’d probably recall that they have something to do with an apple falling. Now imagine learning about gravity by flying a…