School Visit

Maximum 160 students per visit
Duration: Up to 4 hours with breaks.
Cost: $14 per student

Description: Students will explore the properties of air and the theory of flight by:

• Identifying flight-related applications of the properties of air.
• Learn the four forces of flight: thrust, lift, drag and weight (gravity), which make flight possible.
• Hands-on activities to explore how air has mass and exerts a force.
• Learn Bernoulli's Principle and the importance of an airfoil shape.
• Learn the parts of airplanes: fuselage, wing, empennage (tail), ailerons, flaps, elevator, and rudder.
• Build a glider to examine the ways in which aircraft can control their direction in flight: roll, pitch, and yaw.
• Attend and participate in a live-demonstration of the scientific concepts of air with a special guest "volunteer."
• Tour our hangar to explore different forms and functions of aircraft and identify their design characteristics.

Maximum 90 students per visit
Duration: Up to 4 hours with breaks.
Cost: $14 per student

Description: Students will participate in hands-on activities and learn of the experiences of people during the Second World War. All activities include hands-on activities where students will have to collaborate and use their critical problem-solving skills.

• Enlistment: Students will select job tags which Canadians in wartime had to do. Student volunteers will be invited to wear a Second World War fighter pilot's uniform, and a Factory Worker's uniform.
• Battle of Britain Simulation: Using input from radar stations and the Royal Observer Corps, students will plot incoming aircraft raids on an 8' x 8' map of the S.E. coast of England during the summer/fall of 1940. Students' critical thinking and collaborative skills will be tested as they determine how to best allocate limited resources to meet a numerically superior invading force.
• Metal Work: A hands-on activity which demonstrates the factory work many women contributed to the war effort through aircraft manufacturing. Students will be taught how to fasten sheet metal to an aircraft frame using temporary fasteners called Clecos.
• Codes and Ciphers: Students will be taught the methods of sending messages using Morse Code. Encryption methods are also explored to explain how information was shared in secret and safe ways during wartime.
• Evacuation: A simulation of what life could be like for youth during the Second World War. Students will be asked to decide what items they would take with them for an unknown duration of time.
• Rationing: A presentation on the food restrictions and shortages that citizens, including children, faced during wartime. Students will learn how determined people used science and their inventiveness to lead a healthy life despite food shortages.

Booking requests are not confirmed until you receive a Confirmation email. Any changes in participant number must be confirmed with the Education & Public Programs department no later than 5 business days prior to your visit. Cancellations after that date will be charged a cancellation fee equivalent to the minimum charge of the program.

Payment in full for your visit is expected upon arrival. We accept payment by Visa, Mastercard, Interac, cash or cheque made payable to Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. Alternatively, payment can be made over the phone by credit card. E-Transfer is also available upon request. Late payments will be subject to a $20.00 + HST administration fee.

Time may be allocated for a short visit to the Gift Shop. Please check hours of operation prior to your visit.

Supervisors are required to always remain with their students. Please ensure that your students and supervisors be made aware that the following conduct is not acceptable:

• Running inside of the building
• Loud, profane and inappropriate language
• Sexual harassment
• Racial and ethnic discrimination
• Disrespectful or physically aggressive behaviour
• Conduct which is harmful to the exhibits and displays or disruptive to other visitors
• Food and drink outside of designated areas
• Possession of Illegal drugs/substances, firearms, knives or weapons of any kind are not permitted on the property. Any violation will result in immediate removal from the museum without refund.