Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Child Labor

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine how how groups and institutions work to meet individual needs and promote the common good, and identify examples of where they fail to do so. They describe how workers with specialized jobs and the ways in which they...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Ultimate Field Trip

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students view a video to understand the set-up of the shuttle aircraft. In this shuttle lesson, students recognize the functions of parts of the space ship and why they are important. Students research the shuttle and present an oral...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Parachutes

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners make and observe the flight of simple parachutes. In this parachute instructional activity, students listen to Henry M. Holden's, Fire-Fighting Aircraft and Smoke Jumpers. They make parachutes out of plastic bags, tape, and...
Lesson Plan
Yale University

Airplane Mathematics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The history of aerodynamics is rich with experimentation and international collaboration. Author Joyce Bryant relays this dynamic past and provides math word problems using the formula of lift, the force that makes airplanes fly. She...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Angle Measurement and the AD-1 Aircraft

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students represent and solve problems using geometric models and apply geometric properties and relationships. They also practice constructing and measuring angles. By constructing, drawing, visualizing, and comparing geometric figures...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Do Airplanes Stay off the Ground?

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students use balloons and string to duplicate Bernoulli's Principle of wing shape and its affect on liftoff.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Flying the Friendly Skies

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students investigate aerodynamics by comparing and contrasting the flight of two gliders. They make prediction and observation charts and test a variety of hypotheses using paper gliders.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Makes Airplanes Fly . . . Why Me

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils investigate the historical development of human attempts to fly and the practice of keeping recorded data for historical reasons.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Airplane Numbers

For Teachers K
In this tracing numbers worksheet, students practice their number recognition by matching the numbers on the plane to the number words on the clouds.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wright Brothers Centennial: Impact of Technological Advance

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the impact of powered flight on the North Carolina coast. After reading news articles, they explain how the first flight affected community pride. They develop a hypothesis about the long-term economic impacts to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Weapons of War

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students discuss how American and Great Britian attacked Afghanistan after September 11. They analyze different types of aircraft, missiles, and munitiions used in the attacks in Afghanistan.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Supersonic Dream

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore how fuel use affects the mass of different planes during flight and graph their results. They determine the per person fuel cost of a transatlantic flight for seven airplanes
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wind Tunnel

For Teachers K - 12th
Students examine how wind tunnels are used for research and development.  In this aerodynamics lesson plan students are given instructions on how to develop different types of wind tunnel.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Balloon Rockets

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students build pinwheel airplanes and balloon rockets to determine which ones fly faster and which fly farther.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Aviator Timeline

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this aviation lesson, students research five famous aviators using a variety of sources, and present the information in a timeline format. Lesson uses Florida state standards meeting English and history requirements studying 5 famous...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geometry and Shapes in the X-36

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars describe, draw, and classify shapes. They use the internet to research the X-36 aircraft. Students identify the geometric shapes in the aircraft. They calculate the number of sides in an x-36.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Comeback Kid: Embraer has hot new jet

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Pupils read an article from USA Today and participate in discussions and activities. In this reading comprehension lesson students analyze the article is from the money section of the newspaper and discusses the aircraft maker,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Junk Mail Airmail

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore how to make a contribution to end the junk mail problem.  For this junk mail lesson students collect junk mail, identify the resources used and construct junk mail airplanes. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A New Century of Flight- Part 2

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore airlines and flight. In this flight instructional activity, students discuss the size of aircraft and how that impacts travel. Students view online travel sites to determine fare pricing and record data in a chart. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Amelia Earhart

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students list characteristics of a brave and daring person and describe contributions that Amelia Earhart made to aviation. They describe how Amelia Earhart contributed to the advancement of women.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dayna Lykins, Leanna Prater

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders compare and contrast gliding flight and true flight. They investigate the basic principles of aeronautics. The class participates in activities to observe lift and the effect of air. Students design and fly their own...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Converting Units and the SR-71

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students practice solving problems logically. Using the internet, students observe pictures and facts about the SR-71 Blackbird. They convert statistics about the aircraft. Students explore terms of flight and convert them to everyday...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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 instructional activity, students create models of early gas balloons and gliders, discover how the forces of lift and drag effect aircraft in...

Other popular searches