Youth Education
AOPA's 'PATH to Aviation'
Download the entire AOPA's PATH to Aviation (Pilot section and Teacher section with modules).
Download the Pilot section only.
Download the Teacher section only (including modules).
Download the: Student Worksheets All, Student Worksheets Answers.
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Teacher Modules
PATH offers 11 modules for teachers and includes student worksheets for each module.
- Module 1: Language
How do pilots understand each other?
Student Worksheet - Module 2: Aircraft Basics
What are the parts of an airplane?
Student Worksheet - Module 3: Flight Controls
How does a pilot control the airplane?
Student Worksheet - Module 4: Forces of Flight
How does the airplane fly?
Student Worksheet - Module 5: Weight and Gravity
Can an airplane be too heavy to fly?
Student Worksheet - Module 6: Basic Flight Data
What do all those gauges do?
Student Worksheet - Module 7: Weather
How does the weather affect flying?
Student Worksheet - Module 8: Flight Planning
How does a pilot know where to fly?
Student Worksheets - Module 9: Traffic Patterns
How do pilots know where to land?
Student Worksheet - Module 10: Computer Tools
Can students fly without leaving the classroom?
Student Worksheet - Module 11: Aviation in History
Who are the pioneers and heroes of aviation?
Student Worksheet - ACTIVITY: Wheelbarrow pilot
Duplicate some of the sensations associated with controlling an airplane with this activity.
Classroom Presentations
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