Through art and text, lesson plan explores Modernism through the airplane as a symbol in the 1920s. Content includes questions for analysis and discussion, follow-up, and guide for discussing art.

This site has extensive information about the U-2 Airplane Incident, including many first hand sources such as telegrams and memorandums.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the science behind flying an airplane and play this simulation game to see the effects of wing profile, thrust, angle of attack, and airplane size.

Find out about the parts of the airplane, including a description and purpose of each and a look at how pilots maneuver parts in order to climb, dive, and turn.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a class that has a paper airplane contest. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Discover the history of the first airplanes and flying machines, and how the Wright brothers constructed their first successful airplane.

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this interactive simulation, the user will be able to control the airplane using Newton's Second Law.

Show off your knowledge of geography. Draw your state, its neighbors and indicate notable landforms as if you were viewing them from the window of an airplane.

Two diagrams illustrating the main parts of an airplane - its outer components and the instrument panel.

In this task, a model airplane pilot is practicing flying her airplane in a big loop for an upcoming competition. The task could serve as an introduction to periodic functions and as a lead-in to sinusoidal functions. By visualizing the...

The effects of forces exerted on an airplane wing are discussed both conceptually and mathematically. Illustrations and sample problems and solutions are provided.

Students are trained on how to design an airplane. The activity demonstrates how math applies to aeronautics.

Learn about the early efforts to fly, the Wright brothers first successful flight in 1903, and the modern airplane.

A challenge for students to build a lightweight wing structure that is 12 inches long and can hold up a heavy load without deflecting. This site contains the challenge, a lesson plan, tips, and a place for students to document their...

Watch the simulation to learn the parts of an airplane.

This page provides an overview of the history behind one of the greatest engineering innovations of all time:the airplane. There is also a timeline showing its development.

Kids learn about the Wright Brothers's biography. Inventors of the airplane.

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students identify the correct position of the parts of an airplane.

Professor Fukano, the famous scientist, has embarked on a new challenge - piloting around the world in a plane of his own design. There's just one problem: there's not enough fuel to complete the journey. Luckily, there are two other...

This video [12:28] shows how Newton's law of motion relates to the drag of an airplane. Watch as an instructor shows how the molecules colliding with the airplane create drag.

How does an airplane stay aloft when upside down? This media-rich essay from the NOVA Web site offers an explanation based on Newton's third law of motion.

An excellent article about how Orville and Wilbur Wright's interest in flight developed and led to the first airplane flight.

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...

Biographical information on the Wright Brothers, including their childhoods, the Wright Cycle Shop, the world's first airplane, a chronology, and links to more information.