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Science: Flight Aerodynamics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars apply the principles of aerodynamics by constructing styrofoam airplanes. By using simple tools and materials, they improve their spatial visualization abilities while increasing motor skills. After small groups of...
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Gravity, Forces, and Inertia

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students participate in assessments involving gravity, forces, and inertia. They select from a menu of options assessments they would like to complete including worksheets, drawing posters, watching videos, creating crossword puzzles,...
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Drop Zone Challenge

For Students 7th - 9th
For this physics worksheet, students construct a parachute using the materials listed on the sheet that will have the longest and closest target when dropped from a specific height. Then they record their results after three trials.
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Super Paper Planes

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders conduct an experiment. In this force, mass and measurement lesson plan, 3rd graders create 3 planes powered by a straw out of 3 different kinds of paper. They record their results.
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Inside the KAO

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners construct a 1/80th scale model of the interior of the KAO aircraft, or lay out a full-scale mock-up in their classroom or auditorium. they calculate the sizes of various sections of the cabin.
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THE FLIGHT PLATFORM

For Teachers All
Students examine forces that effect flight.  In this flight lesson students answer questions that are asked of them and the ones that they ask themselves. 
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Newton's Third Law and Aircraft Propulsion

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students research propulsion, graph data, and interpret the results.
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Come Fly With Me...Aviation

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students conduct internet research on aviation and pioneer aviators. They create an alphabet book r with flight related terms, write a short biography of a pioneer aviator and take part in a paper plane flying contest.
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Fill-In-The-Blanks: Simple Machines

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this simple machines worksheet, students use a word bank to complete a paragraph about simple machines. Worksheet has a link to additional activities.
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Flying with Fractions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students test their knowledge of the Wright Brothers and their aircraft, and compute ratio of two numbers to determine the ratio between wing span and length of aircraft.
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The Wrights' Flight: History Through Primary Sources

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students read primary source material about the Wrights' first flight such as a journal and a telegram. For this The Wrights' Flight lesson, students select the most reliable primary source and compare the pros and cons of using primary...
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Breaking News English: Superstition Forces Airline Logo Change

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English learning exercise, students read "Superstition Forces Airline Logo Change," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Aircraft Trajectory Problem Set

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read text from a NASA Web-based textbook then demonstrate an understanding of the text by using it to complete an activity on aircraft trajectories.
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Lift Equation Problem Set

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, after reading an explanation from a NASA Web-based textbook, demonstrate an understanding of the text by using it, along with FoilSim, to complete an activity to graph and interpret the lift equation.
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How Things Fly

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils conduct a series of hands-on experiments that help them explain the role of lift in fixed-wing flight. They observe the flow of air and water around several surfaces and then consider the dynamics of airflow around an aircraft wing.
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LIFE IN SPACE Human Body: An Un-Earthly Home

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students examine an effect of zero gravity on the human body using a baby food jar, balloons and a jar with a large mouth.
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"The Letters Are Lost"

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to story, "The Letters Are Lost," by Lisa Campbell Ernst, identify letters of alphabet in group setting, practice writing their letters on writing tablet, choose letter, and identify items that begin with that letter of...
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Glow With the Flow

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the force of drag and how NASA engineers use models and glowing paints to examine how air flows over vehicles in a wind tunnel. They discover how the blended wing body will affect air travelers of the future.
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Breaking News English: New Zealand's Election Terror Scare

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "New Zealand's Election Terror Scare," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

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