STEMPilot Demonstrated Flight Simulator & STEM Curriculum Edustations to Bronx School of Diplomacy

BRONX, N.Y. - April 13, 2016 - PRLog -- Last month, March 2016, Jay LeBoff, owner of STEMPilot in Waterbury, Connecticut, demonstrated the company's innovative in-classroom Edustation flight simulators and STEM-based curriculum at the School of Diplomacy Middle School #370 in the Bronx, New York. Principal Sean Licata invited LeBoff to demonstrate the Edustations and invited students with special education challenges to sit in the airplane cockpit flight simulators.

LeBoff commented, "I didn't know these were students with special learning needs and was amazed how these children, who have continual difficulty concentrating, were able to complete a tutored mission by engaging and concentrating to fly the assigned mission. These students all have challenges sitting through most classroom activities. This was a notable indicator of the enormous potentials for effectively teaching students with special needs." The School ordered four STEMPilot Edustations for their students.

In New York City during 2015, students waited in lines to personally experience STEM Pilot's Edustations in six high schools and ten middle schools. When the nearly-100-year-old P.S. 187 'joined the 21^st Century' with installation of 14 Edustations, and LeBoff arranged for the students to meet Lt. Col. Paul Zuckerberg, Commander of the NYC Civil Air Patrol Unit (CAP) of the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol.

"Our Edustations," explains LeBoff, "allow elementary to high school students the physical experience of flight simulation for all types of aircrafts while they apply STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, plus history, topography, geography, meteorology, and informational writing. They are learning all of this while they are fulfilling many of N.G.S.S. and Common Core's educational standards.

These in-classroom Edustations offer a student the highly-individualized, hands-on experience of sitting in a simulated cockpit and navigating, and "flying", a small plane, jet or helicopter. With a Windows PC workstation, yoke, throttle, rudder, pedals and a 32" High Definition wide screen display, Edustations allow each student to personally experience all the mechanics, theories and skillful techniques aircraft pilots must utilize to safely maneuver and succeed in the 'often-challenging' landing of their aircraft."

The Edustations emphasize meaningful project-based learning that help develop individual students' problem-solving, collaborative, and critical thinking abilities as they work in teams. Through pilot-focused flight simulators, students learn about potential careers in aerospace by exploring such topics as aeronautics, the aerospace environment, aerospace physiology, air navigation, and the physics and operations of aircraft. Through STEMPilot's rigorous curriculum and tutored missions, they are also learning life skills that are relevant in today's and tomorrow's worlds."

STEMPilot's Edustation cockpit flight simulators are designed to teach students STEM through aeronautics-focused classes. "Teachers receive the STEMPilot curriculum, tutored missions and worksheets to teach students from 1^st through 12^th grades," explains LeBoff. "This curriculum embraces geometry, trigonometry, physics, meteorology, geography, topography, algebra, and Earth science while helping students learn to solve complex problems using multiple math and science disciplines."

To learn more, visit www.STEMPILOT.com, or contact Jocelyn Virzi at Jocelyn@stempilot.com, or call 203-527-5747.