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PHOTOS: Flying Classroom lands at Queen City Airport

Captain Barrington Irving brings STEM activities to Allentown 21st Century summer learners

Captain Barrington Irving is an explorer and the founder of Flying Classroom, a STEM activities program that introduces kids to careers in and around aviation. He met with Allentown students at Queen City Airport Thursday for some hands-on learning. (Christine Sexton)

Local business owner Andrew Powell has been a fan of Capt. Irving, helping student, and brought his plane for students to climb in and take a look. (Christine Sexton)

Picking apart owl pellets to look for rodent bones. (Christine Sexton)

Sophia Acosta, 10, from Moser Elementary School got a chance to sit in the cockpit of a Rockwell Commander plane, owned by Andrew Powell of Whitehall. (Christine Sexton)

Andrew Powell of Whitehall brought his personal Commander plane for Allentown students to see up close. (Christine Sexton)

Students made Frisbees out of paper plates at Queen City Airport as part of STEM learning projects brought in by Flying Classroom. (Christine Sexton)

Getting ready to fly the Frisbees they made out of paper plates and other materials. (Christine Sexton)

Naylor siblings Anais, 11, and Adrian, 12, focused and found rodent bones and other indigestible debris, like fur, feathers and teeth, that end up in owl pellets. (Christine Sexton)

Adrian Naylor from South Mountain Middle School took a turn at the popular auto track driving simulator, part of Flying Classroom STEM activities Thursday at Queen City Airport. (Christine Sexton)

Students created and took home aquaponics system mason jar gardens in which they planted broccoli seeds. It was part of Flying Classroom STEM learning Thursday at Queen City Airport. (Christine Sexton)

Amani Mendez, 12, said he loves math and could see "everything" with the eyeglasses he created with reflector material attached to frames Thursday during a Flying Classroom STEM experience at Queen City Airport in Allentown. Mendez wants to be a zoologist one day. (Christine Sexton)

Winnie Wachira, from Flying Classroom STEM program, guides Allentown 21st Century summer learning program students, from left, Scarlet Romig, Genesis Colon and Niurka Soto how to construct a bird nest, just the way a bird would do it. (Christine Sexton)