Bill Text: NJ AR133 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges school districts to adopt and implement an aerospace and model rocketry program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-05 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee [AR133 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-AR133-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Urges school districts to adopt and implement an aerospace and model rocketry program.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Assembly Resolution urging school districts to adopt and implement an aerospace and model rocketry program.
Whereas, Mr. Jerry Iacona, a retired New Jersey school teacher with more than 30 years experience as a 4th grade teacher in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, has developed an innovative aerospace and model rocketry program that enables elementary school students to design, build, and ultimately launch their own model rockets; and
Whereas, Such programs support the fulfillment of the core curriculum content standards, particularly in the areas of science, language arts literacy, and career education and consumer, family, and life skills, while introducing students to the exciting field of aeronautical science and rocketry; and
Whereas, Aerospace programs also introduce students to aeronautical science and rocketry through a review of their history and a discussion of how major discoveries and events have advanced science and technology; and
Whereas, These programs provide instruction on the principles of rocketry, Newton's laws of motion, and the scientific method as well as preparation activities for rocket building; and
Whereas, Students then have an opportunity to apply their newly gained knowledge through the design and hands-on development of their own model rockets, using critical thinking, problem solving, math, and writing skills; and
Whereas, Aerospace and rocketry programs demonstrate the principles of aeronautical science and rocketry to students through a fun and dynamic instructional experience; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. This House urges school districts to adopt and implement an aerospace and model rocketry program in their elementary schools.
2. Copies of this resolution, as filed with the Secretary of State, shall be transmitted by the Clerk of the General Assembly to the State Board of Education, which is urged to distribute to each school district information concerning such programs.
STATEMENT
This Assembly resolution urges school districts to adopt and implement an aerospace and model rocketry program. Mr. Jerry Iacona, a retired New Jersey school teacher, has developed such a program, which is an innovative one-week education program that enables elementary school students to design, build, and ultimately launch their own model rockets. In addition to introducing students to a new area of science, aerospace and model rocketry programs develop students' critical thinking, problem solving, math, and writing skills. The implementation of such a program in each school district would support the fulfillment of the core curriculum content standards through a fun and dynamic instructional experience.
