Unit Plan
Smithsonian Institution

National Air and Space Museum: Wright Brothers: Who Were Wilbur and Orville?

For Students 9th - 10th
Classroom activities, interactive experiments, timelines, and other artifacts that celebrate the Wright brothers' first flight.
Primary
Ibis Communications

Eye Witness to History: The Wright Brothers First Flight 1903

For Students 9th - 10th
Orville Wright's account of his and his brother's first three airplane trial flights.
Handout
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: The Wright Brothers Biography

For Students 2nd - 8th
Interesting biographical information and fun facts about the Wright brothers' first flight.
Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Wright Brothers Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn numerous fun facts about the first powered airplane flight by the Wright Brothers and the Birth of Aviation.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: You Are There, First Flight

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students learn about archives and primary sources as they research original historical documents. While preparing an imaginative first-person account as if witnessing an historical event, they learn to appreciate the value of the...
Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Wilbur and Orville Wright

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Dayton, Ohio brothers who are credited with inventing and flying the world's first successful airplane.
Activity
NASA

Glenn Research Center: Newton's Laws of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA presents a concise explanation of Newton's three laws of motion. Click on the highlighted vocabulary to find more detailed and illustrated descriptions. Included is a link to a movie that shows how the laws of motion described the...
Handout
Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Invention of Airplane

For Students K - 1st
Learn about the early efforts to fly, the Wright brothers first successful flight in 1903, and the modern airplane.
Website
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of the u.s. Safe for Democracy Webisode 11

For Students 9th - 10th
Webisode 11 - Safety for Democracy. The history of the United States is presented in a series of webisodes, within each are a number of segments.Included are links to lesson plans, teacher guides, resources, activities, and tools.