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National Air and Space Museum: Wright Brothers: Interactive Experiments InteractiveNational Air and Space Museum: Wright Brothers: Interactive Experiments Interactive
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National Air and Space Museum: Wright Brothers: Interactive Experiments

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Three interactives in an online exhibition about the Wright Brothers. The first is an engineering activity on the forces of flight, and is accompanied by a lesson plan for Grades 6-8. The second is a gallery of original artifacts related to the history of flight. The third is a wonderful collection of songs that were inspired by flight.

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aerodynamics, flight, wright brothers

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flight dynamics, forces of flight, history of aviation, history of flight, history of flying, interactive experiments, smithsonian: wright brothers: interactive experiments, wright brothers artifacts, airplane music, airplane songs, songs about flying, songs inspired by flight
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Resource Details

Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Interactives
Audiences
For Administrator Use
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Lexile Measures
0L

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