Transportation: Aircraft

How important is aviation? Using the background information, teachers provide the class with a brief history of aviation. The class discusses how airplanes are important to the area of transportation in the 17th installment of a...

Students investigate the economics of starting a business in this series of lessons. They role play parts of a business organization that sells paper airplanes making decisions based on calculations to make the most profitable organization.

Commercial airlines took flight soon after the Wright brothers' famous first flights. Read about how the U.S. government encouraged the development of air travel.

Department of Transportation video [18:29] from 1968 on the fundamentals of flight. Vintage animation and live sequences explains basic aerodynamics, forces of lift, weight, thrust and drag.

The world's largest collection of Amelia Earhart papers, memorabilia and artifacts.

This site features several lesson ideas and activities on Amelia Earhart and airplanes for young learners.

Learners plan a trip around the world and create a PowerPoint presentation of the journey. For this map, atlas, and technology lesson, students plan a trip around the world in which they avoid using an airplane. Learners will consider...

Middle schoolers research women who made history in development of different forms of transportation, including boats, railroads, automobiles, airplanes, and space shuttles, and create timeline/collage depicting some of their contributions.

Learn about the early efforts to fly, the Wright brothers first successful flight in 1903, and the modern airplane.

Meet the B-17 "Flying Fortress," a World War II airplane. Take the interactive tour. Discover the history, photographs, testimonials, videos to watch, and views of the interior of the plane.