Warner Robins, GA USA — Once a month, teachers come to the Museum of Aviation for training aimed at inspiring student interest in science, technology, engineering and math.
This month’s program, held Saturday, was also aimed at inspiring student interest in the achievements of blacks in aviation. Teachers learned about the 16 black people who have served as astronauts, as well as the Tuskegee Airmen, who were the first black military aviators.
The workshop is put on each month by the museum’s NASA Regional Educator Resource Center, which assists teachers throughout Georgia. Center administrator Clare Swinford said this month’s theme “Black Stars in Orbit” was chosen to help teachers prepare lessons for Black History Month, which is in February.
They took a short field trip over to the World War II Hangar, where they were given a tour of the Tuskegee Airmen exhibit.
Tina Jackson, a Northside Middle School language arts teacher, has been a regular attendee to the workshops, but Saturday was the first time she had been to the Tuskegee Airmen exhibit and she was impressed.
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