Aircraft Lesson Plans

Learners study forces that affect the flight of an airplane. In this flight instructional activity, students explore various forces of nature and how they affect flight. Learners chart predictions and results of different flight tests.

Learners recognize that inventions are developed to fill a need.In this inventions lesson, students become familiar with the inventing process and create simple inventions. Learners complete a worksheet about their inventions.

Students research the Wright Brothers and their plane. In this airplane history lesson, students use a hotlist of sites to research and create an airplane. A question is provided for each site.

Students fly their own paper airplanes. In this flight lesson, students create paper airplanes and see whose plane will fly the farthest. They discuss what factors affect the flight and attempt to create a plane that will go farther. 

Students examine the realm and power of inventions, and recognize their impact on people and society. Small groups pretend to have been hired by Edison to make special posters that advertise the uses and benefits of the light bulb.

Students make paper airplanes to learn about the designs of real airplanes. In this airplane lesson plan, students learn about the designs of airplanes and how engineers make models before making the real thing. Then students have to make their own airplanes using paper.

Students explore the anatomy of an airplane. In this aviation history lesson, students read literature about the Wright brothers and then visit selected websites to examine images and watch video clips of the first flight. Student then use the provided materials to determine how the first airplane was assembled and compare it to modern airplanes.

Students explore the history of the airplane and the Wright brothers.  For this aviation lesson students examine the Wright brothers stories and kites.

Fifth graders examine Ohio inventors and inventions. In this inventors lesson students use a graphic organizer to collect information on Industrial Era inventions and inventors in Ohio. They play a warm-up guessing game with a slide show.

Students investigate the principles of flight.  In this "flight" physics lesson, students brainstorm animals and objects that fly and any characteristics they have in common.  Students view a video and construct a boomerang according to directions given. Students construct paper airplanes and explain how they created a means by which "lift" could enable their plane to fly.