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Airplanes and Airports: How To Take Off Without Ever Leaving the Ground
Students plan an airport visit. In this Airplanes and Airports lesson, students observe the people, activity, and machinery at airports. Then students compare the characteristics of their observations at the airport. Students make...
Curated OER
At an Airport
In this airport activity, students fill in the blanks to sentences with words about an airport. Students complete 18 sentences total on this activity.
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Actions in Progress
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about an airport and answer short answer, matching, and multiple choice questions. Students complete 3 activities.
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Transportation
In this transportation worksheet, students list the positive and negative aspects of different types of transportation. Students keep a diary of the different ways they used transportation for a week. This worksheet has 7 graphic...
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The Science of Airplane Flight
Students define terms, explain Bernoulli's principle and identify the control surfaces of an airplane. In this investigative lesson students complete a lab activity.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab: Airplanes and Airports: How to Take Off Without Ever Leaving the Ground
Smithsonian Education presents "Airplanes and Airports: How to Take Off Without Ever Leaving the Ground." Teachers can download this teaching package that discusses airplanes and airports. Included in the discussion are the forces of...
Other
Ipanema.com: Rio De Janiero Parks and Top Sights
Resource presents information about the national parks in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Fly Away Home
This site on the book "Fly Away Home" by Eve Bunting, includes a review of the book, a listing of things to notice and talk about with students, activities related to the story, a list of related books, and links to other resources.
BusinessSpanish.com
At the Airport: En El Aeropuerto
This web page is a bilingual site that provides many of the terms that would be used in an airport. The Spanish words are underlined and when selected, the audio of the Spanish word is played so you can practice on pronunciation.
BusinessSpanish.com
Business Spanish: Requests and Questions
This site has a list of questions that can be utilized in very common situations when traveling and checking into hotels. Click on the underlined Spanish words to hear how they're pronounced.