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Feature
Resource:
Flight Lesson Plans/Flight Thematic
Units
Let's Fly (Scientific Applications / Grades 3 - 4)
Fly Like a Bird (Scientific Applications / Grades 3 - 4)
Parachute Project (Scientific Applications / Grades 1 - 2)
Dear Charles Lindbergh (Read, Listen & View / Grades 3 - 4)
Basic Aerodynamic Principals of Lift (Scientific Concepts and
Applications)
Lift on a Wing (Inquiry and Research)
Designing an Aluminum Barge(Inquiry and Research)
Which Wing Design Works Best (Inquiry and Research)
Historical Aircraft (A Dot-to-Dot Reading Book in
English or Spanish)
A book of dot-to-dot drawings of aircraft throughout history
The History and Physics of Flight
The History and Physics of Flight curriculum was
designed during the summer of 1998 in a one week curriculum development workshop
sponsored by the Mn/DOT Office of Aeronautics. Close attention was paid to the
Minnesota Graduation Standards during the development of this interdisciplinary
curriculum.
Cleared for Takeoff
A pamphlet about the fundamentals of flying and how to
become a pilot.
August Martin Activities Book
An FAA authored booklet with biography, pictures, and
related activities that focus on August Martin, the first the first black
captain of a U.S. scheduled airline.
Wind, Water, and Wings
A science activity book with illustrated experiments related
to aviation and the principles of flight.
The Sky's the Limit - Volume I - The Early Days of Flight
A book with short biographical stories accompanied by
related activities and experiments Aviation pioneer emphasis
The Sky's the Limit - Volume II - Pilots Help Our Nation
A book with short biographical stories accompanied by
related activities and experiments Military aviation emphasis
The Sky's the Limit - Volume III - A Place in the Sky
A book with short biographical stories accompanied by
related activities and experiments Arts and aviation emphasis.
The Sky's the Limit - Volume IV - Beyond the Earth
A book with short biographical stories accompanied by
related activities and experiments Space emphasis.
Up
and Away
Lessons in which students complete experiments about air
flight, design model airplanes, and do much more!
Lesson Plan 1: Here Comes Bernoulli
(Science - Grades 6-8)
Three simple classroom activities help students understand Bernoulli's principle
about how air pressure affects a plane's ability to fly.
Lesson Plan 2: Fly Away
(Science - Grades 6-8)
Students learn about aerodynamics through the design, testing and redesign of
paper airplanes.
Lesson Plan 3: Innovators in Aviation
(Language Arts, History, and Technology - Grades 6-8)
Students research, write and make a class presentation regarding an innovator in
the field of aviation.
Lesson Plan 4: Debates in Aviation
(Civics and Economics - Grades 9-12)
Students will debate public policy issues relating to aviation, such as
regulation of the airline industry.
Lesson Plan 5: The Write Stuff
(Language Arts - Grades 9-12)
Students will read first-person autobiographical narratives of aviators, then
write their own non-fiction essay.
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