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Just Plane Science School Series for Grades 2-12
Soar High Center Learn to Fly Sessions
Just Plane History Tours for Students & Adults
Take Flight Adventures for Girl and Boy Scouts
Adult & Student Just Plane History Tours
Fly High! Activities for Your Family
High Flying! Birthday Parties
Learn to Fly Camps

Registration Forms
Please click to download:
Registration Form - City of Birmingham

Registration Form - School Districts Outside the City of Birmingham

Registration Form - Adult Tour Groups

Just Plane Science School Series for Grades 2-12
Museum
Up Close Tour of Aircraft Halls! Grades 1-12
Fee: $4.00 per person.
Minimum Fee: $40. 1 hour;
40 students maximum.

Joint Museum and Airport Tours Now Available!
Birmingham International Airport and the Southern Museum of Flight will be offering a joint tour.
This half day program starts at the museum where students will find out how and why airplanes fly, then lunch and an up- close tour of the airport. For prices and scheduling call (205) 595-0533. Visit flybirmingham.com. Spaces Limited.



Just Plane Science Paper Planes! Grades 2-5
Investigate how an airplane flies: direction, speed and forces that act on an airplane with an up-close tour of the aircraft halls, a film, and a hands-on activity constructing a paper airplane.
Fee: $5.00 per person.
Minimum Fee: $50. 1.5 hours;
40 students maximum.

Just Plane Science Experimental Glider!
Grades 6-12
Investigate how an airplane flies: Newton’s laws of motion, the forces that act on an airplane with an up-close tour of the aircraft halls, a film, and a hands-on activity constructing and designing a glider.
Fee: $5.00 per person. Minimum Fee: $50. 1.5 hours;
40 students maximum.

Just Plane Weather! Grades 4-8
Visit our live weather station at the museum. Investigate the causes of weather and its impact on airplanes and on our environment. Find out about how hurricanes, tornadoes and wind shears are formed. Learn how meteorologists and pilots use weather instruments, clouds and frontal systems to predict weather. Pretend you are a weather anchor, construct and interpret a weather chart of the day’s weather. All students construct a paper spiral to find out how weather frontal systems work.
Fee: $5 per person
Minimum Fee: $50. 1.5 hours; 20 students maximum.

Soar High Center
Learn to Fly Sessions!
Grades 6-12
9:30 A.M.-11:30 A.M. Piloting Basics Session: Introduction to piloting basics; investigate how an aircraft flies, Newton's laws of motion, the forces that act on an airplane, aerodynamics, aircraft control surfaces, read an aircraft chart and instruments.

11:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Lunch: Students bring a brown bag lunch.

12:00 P.M.-2:00 P.M. Flight Simulator Lab Session: Learn how to take off, fly a pattern, navigate, use aircraft instruments and land a plane on a computer flight simulator.
Fee: $10 per student.
Minimum Fee: $100. 4 hours;
30 students maximum.

Just Plane History Tour Group Series for Adults & Students
Choose from the following guided tours:
• Up-Close Aircraft Hall Tour!
• Southern Aviation History!
• World War I and World War II Stories!
• Soar High: Black Aviation Pioneers!
• Women in Aviation!
Fee: $4.00 per person
Minimum Fee: $40. 1 hour;
30 person maximum.

"On-Your-Own" Group Self-Guided Museum Tours
Fee: $3.00 per person
Minimum Fee: $30.

Airplane Stories! Self-Guided Tours for
Pre-school - Grade 1
Teachers can read airplane stories to their students. The stories are printed on large flash cards and can be found in the museum aircraft halls. Make a stop at the Family Hangar where the kids can build airports or sit in a jet cockpit.
Fee: $3 per person,
Minimum Fee: $30. 1 hour.
20 students maximum.

Take Flight Adventures for Girl & Boy Scouts
Join Us for These Special Workshop Dates or Schedule a Special Badge Workshop Just for Your Troop!



Girl Scouts
Brownie MOVERS TRY-IT!
Saturday, Oct. 6, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
(Bring an adult for every 2 girls)
Make a pinwheel, a paper helicopter, a balloon rocket and a beautiful kite.
$10 per scout includes a patch; Museum members $5;
2 hours;
Minimum 10, Maximum 20

Junior WEATHER WATCH Badge!
Saturday, Feb. 16, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Learn to be weather reporter, use weather maps, clouds and instruments to predict the weather, find out how pilots use these to plan safe flights, build a barometer, find out about weather emergencies, frontal systems, and visit a live weather station.
$15 per scout includes a patch; Museum members $10; 2.5 hours;
Minimum 10, Maximum 20
Bring brown bag lunch. Drinks and snacks available on site.

Junior AEROSPACE Badge!
Saturday, Feb. 23, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Design a paper plane, test fly a balsa gilder, make a beautiful kite, get in a cockpit, see a radio control helicopter in action and either meet a veteran or woman pilot.
$20 per scout includes a patch; Museum members $10; 2.5 hours;
Minimum 10, Maximum 20
Bring brown bag lunch. Drinks and snacks available on site.

Boy Scouts
Click to download:
Cub and Boy Scout Registration Form

Cub Scouts AIRCRAFT Elective!
Saturday, Sept. 22 & Mar. 15, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
(Bring an adult for every scout)
Build a scale model aircraft, build and test fly a glider, paper copter and find out how a hot air balloon works. Complete six of your seven requirements.
$20 per scout includes an aircraft model and pilot wings. Museum members $10; 2 hours;
Minimum 10, Maximum 20

Cub Scouts WEATHER Elective!
Saturday, Nov. 17 & May 17 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
(Bring an adult for every scout)
Build a weather vane and rain gauge. Learn how to read a thermometer and barometer: find how they work. Learn to identify the clouds you see in the sky; find out how a pilot uses this to predict the weather. Complete four of the six requirements.
$20 per scout includes rain gauge and weather vane materials
Museum members $10; 2 hours; Minimum 10, Maximum 20

Boy Scout AVIATION Merit Badge!
Saturday, Oct. 13 & Jan. 12 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Investigate the how and why of airplane flight, get in a cockpit, find out how aircraft engines work, design and test fly a balsa gilder, see a radio control helicopter in action and fly a cross country on a computer flight simulator.
$25 per scout includes a patch; Museum members $10;
6 hours;
Minimum 10, Maximum 15
Bring brown bag lunch. Drinks and snacks available on site.

Aviation Merit Badges may also be earned at our Summer Learn to Fly Camps!

Boy Scout WEATHER Merit Badge!
Saturday, Nov. 10 & Feb 9 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Learn to use weather maps, clouds and instruments to predict the weather. Find out how pilots use these to plan safe flights. Build a barometer, find out about weather emergencies, frontal systems and visit a live weather station.
$20 per scout includes a patch; Museum members $10;
3 hours;
Minimum 10, Maximum 20
Bring brown bag lunch. Drinks and snacks available on site.

To Sign-Up:
Call 833-8226 to register; then download your Cub and Boy Scout Registration Form here.

To receive a 50 percent discount on these Workshops and purchase a Museum Membership, click on Memberships.

High Flying! Activities for Your Family


HIGH FLYING!
Afternoons at the Museum!
One Wed. and Sat. Each Month at 1 p.m.
Activities will feature a different HIGH FLYING THING! each month including Airplanes, Helicopters, Kites, Birds, Balloons and Rockets.
$5 per person for Non-members, Free for Museum members.

HIGH FLYING!
Birthday Parties
Decorated Room Overlooking Aircraft Hangar
• Giant Airplane Cookie & Drinks for Children
• Build an Airplane & Fly a Copter Activities
• Access to Family Hangar & Exhibit Halls
• Recommended for Ages 4 & Up
• Glider Favor
Party Fee for up to 15 children & adults: Additional children $5 ea.
$150 fee Non–members
$125 fee Museum members

Click here to download a Birthday Party Agreement Form

Learn to Fly Camps!
Tuesday - Friday, June 17 - 20, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Tuesday - Friday, June 24 - 27, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Introduction to piloting basics, cockpits, instruments, weather and, navigation. Campers will have a chance to get in a cockpit and fly a COMPUTER flight simulator. Camp includes a pizza party the last day of camp, a camp t-shirt, pilot's wings and a museum patch.
$150 Non–members
$125 Museum members

To Schedule a School Field Trip, Scout Group, or Birthday Party or for More Information on our Programs Call (205) 833-8226 Fax: (205) 836-2439

To receive a $25 discount on your Camp Registration or Birthday Parties, and Free Admission to all High Flying! afternoons, purchase a Museum Membership. Click on Memberships.

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