A Tour of Cold War Era Military Aircraft
This is an enrichment and club class learning about various military airplanes during the Cold War era.
Michael P. Bielas
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4.9
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What's included
1 live meeting
55 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
US Grade 3 - 6
The learning experience for this enrichment class will be to teach the students about various military aircraft from the Cold War era. There will be several Cold War aircraft discussed to include fighters and bombers well as Russian aircraft. Additionally, the structural design, variants, avionics, use during the time frame, and other scientific information will be discussed in these classes. The desire of the teacher is to engage the students with questions and dialogue to help them further learn the material and answer questions. The material does not necessarily build on each class prior therefore, the student may join the class at any time during the duration of this ongoing class. There will be no assigned homework in this class and the teaching style will be lecture via power point material with a few questions asked of the students and a short 3-to-7-minute video are also shown in each of these classes on the Outschool platform. F 80 Week 1: 9 Jan 2025 F 86 Week 2: 16 Jan 2025 MiG 15 Week 3: 23 Jan 2025 F 4 Week 4: 30 Jan 2025 F 14 Week 5: 6 Feb 2025 F 15 Week 6: 13 Feb 2025 F 16 Week 7: 20 Feb 2025 F/A 18 Week 8: 27 Feb 2025 MiG 29 Week 9: 6 Mar 2025 Su 27 Week 10: 13 Mar 2025 B 47 Week 11: 20 Mar 2025 B 52 Week 12: 27 Mar 2025 B 58 Week 13: 3 Apr 2025
Learning Goals
The students will learn in-depth details about many different Cold War aircraft to include variants, flight characteristics, and history of these aircraft as well as operational uses.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
There will be general references to violence due to the nature of war but no overt graphic representations of violence in the classes.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined September, 2017
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Arizona Teaching Certificate in Science
Bachelor's Degree from Embry Riddle University
The teacher has over 20 years experience as an Air Force officer and civilian contractor working with the military and military aircraft supporting them through providing operational weather support. He is also a STEM certified teacher.Reviews
Live Group Class
$17
weekly1x per week
55 min
Completed by 12 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 8-12
2-9 learners per class
