Virtual Site Tours
See innovation in action with a series of Virtual Site Tours hosted by Boeing. Students will be transported around the U.S. to visit unique Boeing facilities, where they’ll learn more about the people and products leading the way to the future of air travel. Each video is paired with a companion activity that incorporates project-based learning, student collaboration, and hands-on STEM problem-solving
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Additive Manufacturing Center
Explore the amazing ways Boeing uses additive manufacturing—better known as 3D printing—to design and manufacture thousands of its parts and tools. Take a tour of the Center of Additive Manufacturing Excellence, where parts, tools, and prototypes are created to support state-of-the-art aircraft. Students will hear from a variety of experienced manufacturing professionals and learn how specialized simulation software and lasers are used to help streamline the process.
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Virtual Site Tour: Tour the 787 Dreamliner factory at Boeing South Carolina
Get an inside look at the Boeing facility where the energy-efficient Dreamliner airplanes are built. Watch as many diverse teams come together to create a finished product that lives up to Boeing’s principles of safety, quality, and integrity. Students will explore a sustainably powered, zero waste-to-landfill facility to see sustainable innovation up-close, then bring aircraft design to life with a fun paper airplane activity.
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Spectrolab
Discover the special piece of technology powering everything from the International Space Station to satellites that enable mobile phones, internet and weather forecasting here on Earth. Visit Boeing’s state-of-the-art Spectrolab where high-efficiency solar cells are created to support life on Earth and human exploration of space. Explore the history of satellites and find out how Spectrolab employees simulate the sun!