PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pilotless Flight: Timeline of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Explore this NOVA: "Spies That Fly" interactive timeline and discover the many technological innovations in the history of unmanned flight, from hot-air balloons to miniature flying robots.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Learn to Fly! Uav First Flight
Students begin to learn basics of flying UAVs/drones. This simple initial flight includes a take-off, hovering at different heights, and landing.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Flight Attendant: Overview
The job profile of a Flight Attendant, including information on the nature of the work, working conditions, qualifications, and earnings.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Asymmetric Dimple Patterns and Golf Ball Flight
Have you ever wondered why golf balls have a pattern of dimples on their surface? The dimples are important for determining how air flows around the ball when it is in flight. The dimple pattern, combined with the spin imparted to the...
NASA
Nasa: Marshall Space Flight Center
In depth information about news and events happening at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL. Includes photos and videos of numerous astronomical events.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Flight Simulators: From Flaps to Flying
Before pilots ever step behind the controls of a real jet they've already logged thousands of virtual air miles. It might not qualify you to fly a real jumbo jet, but you too, can learn the logistics of aviation by experimenting with the...
Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Canadian Geographic: Animal Facts: Flying Squirrel
Learn fast facts, the physiology, habitats, behaviors and range of the Northern and Southern Flying Squirrel.
A&E Television
History.com: How United Flight 93 Passengers Fought Back on 9/11
The cockpit voice recorder captured the sound of passengers attempting to break through the door. Like the three other planes hijacked on September 11, Flight 93 was overtaken by al-Qaeda intent on crashing it into the White House or the...
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Flying Squirrel (Pteromyini)
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of the Pteromyini, otherwise known as the flying squirrel.
The Franklin Institute
Resources for Science Learning: The Wright 1911 Model B Flyer in Flight
See film footage and read brief descriptions of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll's 1911 Model B flyer flight in 1934.
Other
Eaa Aviation Center: The B 17 Flying Fortress
Meet the B-17 "Flying Fortress," a World War II airplane. Take the interactive tour. Discover the history, photographs, testimonials, videos to watch, and views of the interior of the plane.
NASA
Nasa: Return to Flight
The United States has returned to flight. Find out more on this exciting mission to the moon in 2005. Watch footage documenting the mission, updates, and the findings from NASA's comprehensive site.
Other
Charles lindbergh.com: Charles Lindbergh: An American Aviator
Everything that could possibly be known about Lindbergh is at this site: The flight, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, the kidnapping, and more.
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Flying South for the Winter?
A look at long-distance migration reveals a surprising pattern. Migration did not originate in the tropics, home to bird diversity.
Other
Us Centennial of Flight Commission: Barnstormers
Barnstormers were America's darlings during the daring 1920s. Site documents the factors that contributed to the barnstorming development and its demise.
Other
Virginia Space Flight Academy: Summer Residence Camps
Watch campers count down for take-off and the ultimate rocket launch during this summer space camp experience. Read about programs offered including spaceships, aerodynamics, microgravity, robotics, rocket assembly and launching,...
PBS
Pbs the Life of Birds: Evolution and Anatomy of Flight
This lesson plan, designed to accompany the PBS series "Life of Birds," explores how environmental pressures influenced the evolution of wings, how natural selection resulted in the diversity of bird species, and the mechanics of bird...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Northern Flying Squirrel
Flying squirrels do not fly. They launch themselves into the air and glide long distances from tree to tree. Learn more about the Glaucomys sabrinus, more commonly known as a Northern Flying Squirrel, in this easy-to-read species...
Read Works
Read Works: Passages: Paired Text: "Nighttime in Texas"
[Free Registration/Login Required] The paired passages "Flying Blind" and "Nighttime in Texas" are both suspenseful. Question sets are provided for each separately and combined.
Other
National Security Agency: Line Plots: Frogs in Flight [Pdf]
Students learn how to construct and interpret line plots. The lesson plan describes an activity that has students collect data, create line plots, and interpret and analyze the data.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Flying Tinsel
Can you make tinsel fly? In this activity, experiment with positive and negative charges to suspend tinsel into the air!
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Alberto Santos Dumont
Read about Brazilian aviation pioneer, Alberto Santos-Dumont, who designed, built, and flew hot air balloons, and was famous for his flight that rounded the Eiffel Tower.
NASA
Nasa: Scott Carpenter the Flight of Aurora 7
This site from NASA provides a detailed description of the flight of Aurora 7 the second manned orbital flight of a Mercury spacecraft.
Smithsonian Institution
Nat. Air and Space Museum: Pioneers of Flight: Rockets and Dream of Spaceflight
Read about the history of rocketry and the first rocket inventors who laid the initial foundation for the development of the spaceflight industry.
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