Published by the 4-H Cooperative Curriculum System for 4-H members of all ages.  Through fun and challenging learn-by-doing activities, youth develop important life skills as they discover the world of kites, hot air balloons, gliders, remote control airplanes and space shuttles.

This activity guide is for 4-H members ages 5-8, and is the first in the  Soaring Above and Beyond series. Pre-Flight will teach 4-Hers about; building and identifying parts of a rocket, comparing birds to airplanes, identifying aerospace careers, and making a space helmet and using space-suit-type gloves. [Ordering Info]

This activity guide is for 4-H members ages 9-11, and is the second in the Soaring Above and Beyond series.  Lift Off will teach 4-Hers about; building a straw rocket, building a "Gnome" rocket, exploring aerospace careers, making paper airplanes, making and reading a map, identifying different aircrafts, how weather affects flying, the effects of disorientation in space, the "angle of attack", hot air balloon, making a paper helicopter, the International Phonetic Alphabet, and the parts of an airplane. [Ordering Info]

This activity guide is for 4-H members ages 12-14, and is the third in the Soaring Above and Beyond series. Reaching New Heights will teach 4-Hers about; exhibiting a model rocket, launching a "Gnome" rocket, making a flight stimulator, making a feather wing glider, building a controllable glider, experimenting with roll, pitch and yaw, stimulating gravitational pull, building a balloon shuttle, experimenting with payload weight, why rockets fly, building a fighter kite, identifying parts and functions of a remote control, discovering basic helicopter functions and parts, and testing a hang glider. [Ordering Info]

This activity guide is for 4-H members ages 15 and up, and is the fourth in the Soaring Above and Beyond series.  Pilot in Command will teach 4-Hers about; designing and building a model rocket, constructing an altitude tracker, pilot certification requirements, sharing aerospace skills and knowledge, planning a flight route, evaluating navigation systems, exploring life in space, building a box kite, establishing an EMS helicopter service, discovering gravity, and how to deal with diversity and conflict. [Ordering Info]

This leader's guide will help you support youth in his or her efforts to set goals and complete activities, as well as providing resources for the members to use in completing the series. [Ordering Info]

The purpose of this reference manual is to help guide an organizer is starting an aerospace group.  The manual will help organizers involve youth in the community in aerospace related activities and assist them in their development of important life skills. [Ordering Info]

This CD will enable you to view and print pdf files of the complete curriculum. [Ordering Info]

This activity guide is for 4-H members ages 9-15, and is published by Ohio State University. Rockets Away stimulates interest in math, engineering, aerospace, and physics through the exploration of rocketry science. Also available at National 4-H Council. [Ordering Info]

Student Manual - 4H 501

Teacher Manual - 4H 501 GPM