Objectives

Generation Beyond is a first-of-its-kind, national education program designed to inspire the next generation of innovators, explorers, inventors and pioneers to pursue STEM careers through the lens of space exploration and aviation. Travel behind the scenes of Lockheed Martin with virtual field trips designed to meet teams doing cutting edge work. Learn about their careers and bring STEM to life with interactive activities and classroom resources developed by Discovery Education.

Strategy and Execution

In 2018, Generation Beyond launched the High School Aviation content that featured:

• Virtual Field Trip Think Like the Skunk Works®, a behind-the-scenes tour of the top-secret Skunk Works® facility with Aerospace experts who are building the next generation of aircraft.
• Five digital lessons offer students the opportunity to use critical thinking and collaboration to solve real-world problems. Each activity includes an introduction video, a student mission brief, a lesson PowerPoint, and an educator guide.
• Five classroom takeovers in CT, FL, CA, TX and CO where students were surprised to find their classroom transformed into a Skunk Works® design lab. Students then worked with Lockheed Martin engineers to design an aircraft, specialized to help in a humanitarian crisis.

Results

Since the entire Generation Beyond program started in 2016, it has reached more than 5,685,952 students, with the Aviation curriculum reaching approximately 1,250,996 students since its own launch in October 2018. In 2018 alone, 125,000 students interacted with Aviation program videos and an estimated 281,000 students tuned in to the Aviation virtual field trip.

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