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Teachers from California's Antelope Valley schools were in for a treat when they attended a workshop last fall at Edwards AFB, Calif. Workshop coordinator and William J. "Pete" Knight Chapter member Megan Tucker introduced model rocketry to the middle school and high school teachers. "We had a literal blast at the teacher workshop," said Tucker, who teaches at Palmdale Aerospace Academy in Palmdale, Calif. "The teachers were flabbergasted and so excited." The whole idea of the "Blast Off Basics" Workshop was to get teachers "comfortable with using model rocketry in their classroom," she said, according to an Edwards Air Force Base news release. Teachers spent the day learning about the history of rocketry, operating MQ-9-like simulators-unclassified, of course-and building their own rockets and launching them. "We had some great launches and some interesting failures," said Chapter Secretary Randolph H. Kelly. "Melted parachutes, shock cord failures, knot failures, and rocket fins that flew without their rockets." All participants left with curriculum guides and science, technology, engineering, and math kits.