Curated OER
Wild Dog Urine
Students investigate biology by researching wild animals. In this animal extinction instructional activity, students research African wild dogs and discuss the impact of the environment on their survival. Students read and analyze an...
Curated OER
Up In The Air
In this up in the air worksheet, students, with a partner, brainstorm and discuss as many different ways of flying as possible, review a list of sixteen actions and events people experience when traveling and start a conversation with...
Curated OER
Understanding the Four Forces of Flight
In this four forces of flight worksheet, learners read a 1 page article on flights, answer 5 questions with multiple choice answers, draw a line to connect the four forces to their definitions and answer 1 short answer scenario.
Curated OER
Mankind's Fascination With Flight
Young scholars read various novels and articles about the contributions of the Wright Brothers. Individually, they are tested on their comprehension of the material and discuss. In groups, they research the role of the people in their...
Curated OER
How Many: A Trivia Worksheet
For this trivia worksheet, students will answer twenty trivia questions with a number. Each question asks about an amount of something.
Curated OER
Airborne And Special Operation Museum
In this observation worksheet, the children are asked to take note of various objects they see. The students are asked nine questions in regards to various exhibits at the museum.
Curated OER
Transportation Nouns
For this transportation worksheet, students fill in transportation nouns into the blanks of sentences. Students complete 10 sentences total.
Curated OER
The Science of Airplane Flight
Students define terms, explain Bernoulli's principle and identify the control surfaces of an airplane. In this investigative lesson plan students complete a lab activity.
Curated OER
On the Wright Brothers' Flight Path
For this airplane worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by comparing three Wright brothers' airplanes: how were they alike and how were they different.
Curated OER
Let's Think About Air
Students explore the concept that air is all around us and identify ways that we can use air, and what air can do. They watch a short video that illustrates some of their findings.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Balsa Glider Competition
The purpose of this activity is to bring together the students' knowledge of engineering and airplanes and the creation of a glider model to determine how each modification affects the flight. The students will use a design procedure...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Better by Design
The purpose of this activity is to use a scientific method to determine the effect of control surfaces on a paper glider. The students will construct a paper airplane/glider and test its performance to determine the base characteristics...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Will It Fly?
For this lesson, students will learn about kites and gliders and how these models can help in understanding the concept of flight. Students will design and build their own balsa wood models and experiment with different control surfaces....
A&E Television
History.com: 6 Little Known Pioneers of Aviation
From an early glider experimenter to the first man to fly solo around the world, here are six lesser-known pilots and inventors who made their mark on aviation.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Hoopster
Students create their own airplane using straws and other materials and learn the principles of aerodynamics.
The Henry Ford
Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village: Wright Brothers
Brief history of the lives and accomplishments of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Includes a chronology of major events from Wilbur's birth in 1867 to Orville's death in 1948.
Michigan Reach Out
Nasa Trc: Flying Wing
In this lesson plan students can make a flying wing and trouble-shoot until the wing glides smoothly.