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History of Flight Timeline Activity

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Scholars are introduced to the significant events that led to the development of today's modern forms of air travel. They create a timeline to identify the vital events that are related to man's flight. In addition, they research various...
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New Perspectives

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders imagine they are getting ready to "take off." They may imagine themselves in any type of aircraft or spaceship. They may then sketch themselves as passengers anticipating this moment.
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Charles Lindberghs's Flight to Paris

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners practice map skills. In this map skills lesson, students locate the cities of New York and Paris on a map. Learners read about the flight made by Charles Lindbergh in May 1927 from New York to Paris. Students answer 8 questions...
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How Do Airplanes Fly?

For Teachers K
Students study the concepts of air pressure, air speed, and gravity as it relates to airplanes.  In this how do airplanes fly lesson plan, students study the basics of flight. Then reinforce their fine motor skills by creating...
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Lift and Drag: Principles of Flight and the Soaring Imagination

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Learners construct models of early gas balloons and gliders. In this balloon and glider lesson, students create models of early gas balloons and gliders, discover how the forces of lift and drag effect aircraft in flight, and put on...
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The Wright Stuff

For Teachers 6th - 12th
In this lesson, students design an exhibition on the history of aviation for a science museum. For homework, they write short stories envisioning the future of flight in the year 2014.
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Testing and Refining Aircraft Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design and make a flying device. They work in small groups to brainstorm ideas for the design of their device. They choose an idea or combination of ideas to use for their design and create a sketch of their design. The students...
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Problems and Solutions in Aircraft Design

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students watch demonstrations of paper folded designs that do and do not fly and discuss their observations. They identify problems that they, the Wright Brothers, or NASA scientists face when designing an aircraft, and identify...
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Milestones of Flight

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students identify significant milestones in the history of flight. In this aviation history activity, students study various resource materials and construct timelines of significant achievements.
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Light Sport Aircraft Design Challenge

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students investigate aircraft design to learn many concepts of physics. In this aircraft design instructional activity, students use balsa wood and styrofoam to build an aircraft based on their study of wing designs, aviation, and...
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Features and Limits of Aircraft Design

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners identify the desired features of an aircraft and the limits that they, the Wright Brothers, or NASA scientists might face in designing one, and methods to solve these. They review parts of an airplane and what makes it fly. They...
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Origami Flight: The Physical Setting

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the forces that move certain objects.  In this physics lesson, 6th graders design and create paper flying objects using origami methods, which they practice flying in different conditions.  Students...
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How Things Fly

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars explain basic principles of aeronautics such as gravity and lift. In this How Things Fly lesson, students visit the interactive, hands-on How Things Fly gallery at the Smithsonian. Young scholars perform three experiments...
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Happy 100th Birthday Airplane

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
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.
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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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Assembling an Aircraft

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Young scholars practice reading directions from a task card to assemble a paper aircraft during their Moon, Mars and Beyond mission. They relate the activity to their mission work and recognize the importance of reading directions.
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Mimicking Nature; Science, Aviation, Flight, Wings

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students consider the relationship between form and flight and investigate the history of man made flight and how wing shape and flexibility affects the maneuverability of an aircraft.
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Flight Unit Culminating Activities

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars participate in a variety of culminating activities surrounding a unit on flight. They design and test a plane at an interactive website and then write a paragraph explaining what the qualifications are for their ideal...
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Paper Airplanes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study paper airplanes. In this lesson on aerodynamics, students print out the folding directions for making paper airplanes and after making the planes test their paper airplanes to see how well each flies. Students weigh...
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Aviation

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore aviation.  In this physics lesson, students work cooperatively to construct kites, paper airplanes, and paper plate discs. Students launch the object created and observe characteristics and length of flight. ...
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Airplanes

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders experiment with gravity and lift by building paper airplanes. In this physics lesson, 4th graders compare the falling rate of a crumpled vs. flat sheet of paper. Then after class discussion and demonstration of Bernoulli's...
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A New Century of Flight- Part 2

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils explore airlines and flight. In this flight lesson, students discuss the size of aircraft and how that impacts travel. Pupils view online travel sites to determine fare pricing and record data in a chart. 
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Stories of the Wrights' Flights

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine primary sources to understand the work of Wright Brothers. In this aviation history instructional activity, students study how primary documents and images are analyzed and write essays about the signifcance of...
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Aviation

For Teachers 6th
Sixth gradersexamine the main parts of an airplane and explain their functions. They apply their knowledge of the parts of a plane using a flight simulator. They create a flight plan and experiments with what happens when they move the...

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