Curated OER
Famous Scientists: Sentence tracing
In this sentence tracing activity, students trace a sentence about Wilbur and Orville Wright. Students trace 1 sentence taking up 3 lines.
Curated OER
Famous Scientists: Tracing
In this tracing sentences learning exercise, students trace a sentence about the famous scientists Wilbur and Orville Wright. Students trace 3 lines.
Curated OER
The Wilbur and Orville Wright Story Scavenger Hunt
In this Wilbur and Orville Wright worksheet, students utilize the Internet to search a specific website to answer five multiple choice questions about the Wilbur and Orville Wright story.
Curated OER
Beginnings of Flight
Students read the complete biographies of Wilbur and Orville Wright. They encounter the concept of wing warping and the need for lateral control of an airplane. Students read how they inspired the airplane. At the NASA site students can...
Smithsonian Institution
National Air and Space Museum: Wright Brothers: The Invention of the Aerial Age
Beautiful, well-done site from the Smithsonian on the Wright Brothers: Who were they and what was the importance of the era they ushered in? Their roots are traced back to the Great Migration. Classroom activities and interactive...
PBS
Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Wilbur and Orville Wright
Two self-taught Midwestern brothers broke the barrier of the air, succeeding where others with government grants and engineering degrees had failed, and shaping the course of the twentieth century.
Ibis Communications
Eye Witness to History: The Wright Brothers First Flight 1903
Orville Wright's account of his and his brother's first three airplane trial flights.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Wilbur and Orville Wright
Learn about the Dayton, Ohio brothers who are credited with inventing and flying the world's first successful airplane.
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: 100 Years of Flight
Learn more about the first "100 Years of Flight" when you explore this article. It features resources, historical background knowledge and more.
Library of Congress
Loc: Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers
Over 49,000 digitized primary documents having to do with the Wright brothers and their work with flight. A timeline of the brothers' work, a family tree, and other special presentations are offered.
Read Works
Read Works: Designing the First Flying Machine
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Wilbur and Orville Wright designing the first airplane. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Events That Led to the Invention of the Airplane
Discover the history of the first airplanes and flying machines, and how the Wright brothers constructed their first successful airplane.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: The Wright Stuff
Companion website to the PBS documentary on the Wright Brothers and their contributions to aviation.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Invention of Airplane
Learn about the early efforts to fly, the Wright brothers first successful flight in 1903, and the modern airplane.