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NASA

Nasa: Aeronautics Educator Guide

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
This NASA educator's guide provides teachers with an outline for teaching aeronautics activities. Through hands-on activities, students can learn all about flying.
Interactive
NASA

Nasa: Future Flight: Aeronautics Lab

For Students 3rd - 8th
This interactive activity takes students through a NASA aeronautics lab and shows them how spaceflights are designed. Learn about the process that scientists go through before a spaceflight, such as the propulsion and lift labs and...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Adaptations for Aeronautical Engineering

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity first asks the students to study the patterns of bird flight and understand that four main forces affect the flight abilities of a bird. They will study the shape, feather structure, and resulting differences in the pattern...
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NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Scijinks: Satellites Technology

For Students 3rd - 8th
Describes satellites including what they are used for, important roles they play, how a weather satellite is built, and how a satellite stays in orbit using text and video of varying length.
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NASA

Nasa: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

For Students 9th - 10th
This is NASA's home page, with daily updates and links to the countless NASA sites. The multimedia gallery is of particular interest, containing a wealth of photos, videos, audio clips, and more.
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Other

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the AIAA site. The AIAA is the professional organization for aerospace, aeronautical and astronautical engineers.
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NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Scijinks: Seasons

For Students 3rd - 9th
An explanation about the rotation of the Earth and why the Earth has seasons.
Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Implementing Biomimicry and Sustainable Design

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This unit provides students with an opportunity to study ecological relationships with an emphasis on the Sonoran Desert. Students appreciate the complexity and balance that supports the exchange of energy and matter within food webs....
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Other

Desktop Aeronautics, Inc.: Airfoils

For Students 9th - 10th
This chapter from an online demonstration textbook discusses airfoils. Basic concepts are explained, as well as complex equations and diagrams.
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Other

Plane Math: Activities: Plane Math Enterprises (Design an Airplane)

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are trained on how to design an airplane. The activity demonstrates how math applies to aeronautics.
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NASA

Nasa Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
The official homepage of NASA, the United States' primary space exploration organization.
Interactive
NOAA

Noaa: National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Alaska Rockfish Matching Games

For Students 9th - 10th
A matching game where you match rockfish by common and scientific names, and images. Site also includes a study guide to help you prepare for the game.
Article
University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 283: Aeronautics: 1869

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the first efforts to build a flying machine in this discussion of a Harper's magazine article from 1869 in this transcript of a radio broadcast.
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University of Chicago

Flights Before the Wrights: Octave Chanute, Chicago

For Students 9th - 10th
A site that chronicles the life of Octave Chanute, an aeronautical engineer involved in flight before the Wright brothers.
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University of Chicago

Flights Before the Wrights: Octave Chanute, Chicago

For Students 9th - 10th
A site that chronicles the life of Octave Chanute, an aeronautical engineer involved in flight before the Wright brothers.
Graphic
Curated OER

Nasa National Aeronautics and Space Administration

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides a fun project on El Nino. "You have probably heard people blame "El Nino" for everything from bad weather to lost homework. Now we are going to "blame El Nino" for...
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NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Scijinks: Atmosphere

For Students 3rd - 8th
Activity describing how the Earth's atmosphere was formed, why it stays close to the Earth, and why the sky is blue.
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NASA

Nasa: Glenn Research Center Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA's Glenn Research Center "develops advanced technology for high priority national needs - propulsion, power, and communications technologies for application to aeronautics and space."
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Breaking Through Gender Roles

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will explore the women of NASA and identify and analyze their key contributions to the field of aeronautics.
Graphic
NASA

Nasa: Great Images in Nasa

For Students 9th - 10th
Fascinating collection of images from NASA, chosen for their historical or aesthetic significance. Images are searchable by subject, by NASA center, and by keyword, and each is available in three sizes. With links to more information...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Air and Space Museum: The Black Wings Story

For Students 9th - 10th
This online story tells of how African Americans overcame enormous obstacles to break into aviation. Besides tracing the story there are primary sources, classroom activities, and teaching resources are included.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Air and Space Museum: Wright Brothers: The Invention of the Aerial Age

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Interactive
Smithsonian Institution

National Air and Space Museum: Wright Brothers: Engineering the Wright Way

For Students 5th - 8th
Great interactive provides students with an opportunity to use engineering skills to design and test airplane wings based on the methods of the Wright brothers. Step into the workshop and design a set of wings that will fly your glider...
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NC State University

North Carolina State Dept. Of Aerospace Engineering

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes the programs offered in mechanical and aerospace engineering at North Carolina State. The site includes links to programs, faculty and staff, etc.

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