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Name Jessica Figard
Date submitted 01/08/2019
Research Topic / Area of Study A Bombin’ Career: Applied Sciences Weaponry Division of the
United States Air Force
Connection to research paper My paper focused on weaponry in the United States Air Force
Weaponry Division. In my paper, I explain that trial and error in
the weaponry field yields new technology, teaching can be a part
of my job, and the major I intend to pursue to join this field is
physics. I also explain how creativity and physics knowledge are
needed to pursue this career. In weaponry, I will likely work with
technology that requires knowledge of many different sciences,
primarily physics, but also the ability to explain this complex
information to others. Huge parts of my job will be educating
enlisted soldiers with a significantly lower educational level. By
teaching children science lessons related to Air Force Weaponry,
I will explore how to do this in an effective manner so I may one
day apply it into my professional career.
Goal of product / what problem or I will teach science lessons to children aged 512 years at the
need solved or addressed Ada Jenkins Center that closely relate to my future career such as
the Faraday Effect, aerodynamics, optics, force and motion, and
gravity. In my lessons, I will teach the basics of these
phenomenons and invoke a sense of curiosity, exploration, get
them used to trial and error, and have them practice leadership
through this experience.
Estimated time to complete 4 weeks in total. 4 weeks of lessons, 12 days of planning each
week and 1 day to do the lesson. Roughly 2025 hours in total.
People who will assist (if Mu Alpha Theta Members (for service hours), EPIC Members,
applicable) friends and people who want service hours.
Estimated cost / investment Cost 15 dollars for candy. I will only use materials I have at
home and are accessible to the children I teach so they can also
do the experiments at home. A huge issue is cost for the families
so these would need to be materials that are otherwise wasted,
reusable, or kept at home for use (like paper).
What will judges see at ● Copies of my lesson plans and instructions to fellow
presentation? (evidence of work “group leads.”
and development) ● I will explain how each taught topic relates to my career.
● Pictures of some of the lessons I delivered.
● The materials I used with the children (magnifying glass,
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cups, etc.)
● A clear impact on my selected group.
Personal stretch (area of growth) ● Teaching complex lessons to a diverse group with a
significantly smaller amount of background knowledge
and life experience.
● Leading a large group of children and making sure all of
the children learned the information.
● Keeping the lesson entertaining while informing students
about physics and difficult science concepts.
Product Description (need fulfilled / problem solved):
Product: I will design and teach science lesson plans for Elementary aged children.
Problem Solved: These children do not receive this enrichment outside of class. They are behind their
peers and at a fundamental disadvantage.
I have always had an urge to serve in the United States Air Force. I also have a passion to teach. My first
“troops” were my stuffed animals and I used to send them on missions, creating parachutes or ziplines
and launching them off of my playhouse. For my project, I would love to teach my “troops” physics and
science lessons related to weaponry like aerospace, light and LASERS, and the Faraday Effect. These
lessons are ideas that could be later on applied but do not expose the children to specific weapons
backgrounds. Ex. The Air Force designs and uses LASERS, however, I am teaching about LASERs and
light, not having them make or use a LASER, just how it works and we use it in the real world for good
(ex. Laser eye surgery).
For one of my lessons, I will educate the group on the Faraday Effect. The Faraday Effect essentially
shifts the direction of electromagnetic waves. As militaries expand LASER usage and advance in
communications, the Faraday Effect could advance communication technologies or LASER defense
systems. I will educate my “troop” at the Ada Jenkins Center on how the Faraday Effect works and have
them do handson experiments to explore.
I will teach lessons to children aged 512 at the Ada Jenkins Center. Officers often must teach the enlisted
how to use the technology. By teaching the next generation about the Faraday Effect and other science
lessons, I gain valuable experience on how to convey complex ideas in a simple, fun way. I plan to begin
by teaching the basics of the phenomenon of the week. Then, I will have the children conduct a handson
experiment. Afterwards, I will lead a guided discussion of how it applies to real life and send the children
home with an activity they can do by themselves or with their family. For each lesson I teach, I will
organize materials and a lesson plan, coordinate volunteers, teach the lesson to one of the groups, and ask
questions at the end to insure everyone learned the science concept of the week.
Here are the lessons I will teach (although, I will likely teach more):
1. Aerodynamics, force and motion basics: Planes and Flying using paper airplanes as an example.
2. Catapult Physics: Making catapults, exploring angels with projectiles, types of energy.
3. Light, LASERS, Rainbows: How it works, light as a wave, the components of light and how it
makes a rainbow.
4. Faraday Effect: Communications, phone in tinfoil.
5. Brainstorming Science Lab, Inventions, Innovation.
6. Weight Distribution, Trial and Error: Cup Towers
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