Aerospace, STEM, and Cyber Education
WAMA Aerospace Education Officer 2020 WAMA Aerospace Education InstructorsDr. Sylvie Giral Kacmarcik, Major, CAP Maj Sylvie Kacmarcik
WAWG Director of Aerospace Education WAMA Aerospace, STEM, & Cyber Education Officer WAWG CyberPatriot Coordinator Sylvie.Kacmarcik@wawg.cap.gov
Green Darner CyberCamp Director & Instructor
All in-person WAMA activities postponed until further notice.
Virtual / online training:
Saturday 12 December 2020, 14:00 to 16:00 PDT
Topographic Maps: from 3 Dimensions to 2 Dimensions
In this training, students will create landforms from modelling clay and learn how a topographic map is built. From various models, students will explore how different landforms are represented.This class is a great introduction to map making prior to using topographic maps in Emergency Services.Materials needed: at least 2 cups of modelling clay (any playdough, any color), dental floss, a metric ruler, a pencil, a marker, some blank sheets of paper, and two books of 1 centimeter to half inch thickness.
Through the WAMA Aerospace Education Track, cadets and senior members will be able to enjoy learning and exploring a variety of AE and STEM topics, as well as progress through their professional development. This track will also help you earn Certificates and Badges.WAMA Aerospace Education Track:
More experienced cadets will have the opportunity to assist, tutor and/or teach as part of the AE track of WAMA which will help them in their progress towards higher STEM badge ratings. AE classes will have a scaffolding structure where more experienced cadets will mentor less experienced ones in addition to doing more challenging activities.
For Senior Members: AEOs duties and Specialty Track Rating progressions require AEOs to participate to activities at group, wing, and region levels. WAMA is considered a Wing level activity. AEOs can participate in many ways:
- Observing: learn new activities or new ways of doing activities and classes.
- Assisting: some activities would benefit from having more than one AEO in the room and we will be grateful for any help offered.
- Instructing: if you have an activity that you would love to share and teach, please contact WAMA’s AEO and we will work on integrating it in our program.
In August 2018, the Cadet Cyber Badge and Cadet STEM Badge were introduced. These new recognition programs will motivate cadets to participate in activities like CyberPatriot, robotics, astronomy, meteorology, drones / UAVs, flight simulators, and more. See Cadet Cyber & STEM Recognition Programs CAPP 60-41 for more information (https://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/CAPP_6041_F9333F40340B7.pdf).Both the Cadet STEM Badge and Cadet Cyber Badge use a modular format. Recipients obtain a single, basic badge, and affix the appropriate star to denote their level of achievement. A blue star indicates the Basic rating, a silver star indicates the Intermediate rating, and a gold star indicates the Advanced rating. As cadets earn ratings, they may remove the old star and install the new, while keeping the same basic badge.
For summary tables on how to earn the Cadet STEM and CYBER Badges with increasing rating, please consult the WAWG AE webpage.