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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Amelia Earhart: Aviator, Record Breaker, and Activist

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Through two primary source activities and a short video, students will learn about Earhart's passion for flying and determination to succeed as a female aviator.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Stories of the Wrights' Flights

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan has students read primary materials from the Smithsonian collection written by the Wright brothers, and compare and contrast them to secondary sources, such as newspaper stories from the next day. There is background...
PPT
PBS

Bombers of World War Ii: Last Flight of Bomber 31

For Students 9th - 10th
Website that chronicles the story of the search for remains of Bomber 31 that went down in Kamchatka during World War II. There is also a slide show and descriptions of several World War II bombers.
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Other

Uss Alabama Battleship Memorial Park: Military Equipment

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the military equipment located throughout the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Flying Free: Winging It

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Explore flight and the science behind lift and wing shape by creating two paper airplanes - a monoplane glider and a ring-wing glider.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Can You Take the Pressure?

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
This lesson introduces students to the concept of air pressure. Students will explore how air pressure creates force on an object. They will study the relationship between air pressure and the velocity of moving air.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: May the Force Be With You: Thrust

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this lesson, learners will study how propellers and jet turbines generate thrust. This lesson focuses on Isaac Newton's 3rd Law of Motion, which states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Learn to Fly! Uav First Flight

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students begin to learn basics of flying UAVs/drones. This simple initial flight includes a take-off, hovering at different heights, and landing.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Higher and Faster

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this interactive lesson, students will explore the social factors, economic factors and engineering innovations that drive higher and faster commercial flights.
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The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute Online: Working Wing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan provides a brief demonstration of how airplane wings lift a heavy airplane into the air. This activity would be an excellent example of how science and technology have positively impacted our lives. Prediction and...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Rome's Influence

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan which has students understanding the impact that Rome had on history, from things as diverse as city planning to our everyday vocabulary.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Lab Activity: Helicopter

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Illinois Institute of Technology lets students investigate the aerodynamics of a helicopter, focusing on the variables which effect the lift, thrust, drag, and weight. Students investigate the effects of aerodynamics on a wide board.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Lab Work: Come Fly With Me

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site by the Illinois Institute of Technology lets pupils use a vacuum cleaner hose, ping pong balls, straws and other materials to investigate the effect of moving air upon the surfaces which it hits. Principles are applied as...

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