Aviation Lesson Plans from The Teacher's Guide

Aviation Lesson Plans, Activities, and Ideas

The K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook
Lesson plans, activities, and leveled reading selections about aviation.

Wind, Water and Wings
Activity book with experiments related to aviation.

The Wright Brothers
Activity book focusing on the Wright Brothers.

How We Made First Flight
Activity book celebrating 100 years of powered flight.

Early Days of Flight
Stories and activities about aviation pioneers.

Pilots Help Our Nation
Stories and activities about militay aviation.

A Place in the Sky
Stories and activities about arts and aviation.

Beyond the Earth
Stories and activities about space.

Aviation Lesson Plans from PBS
5 lesson plans covering Bernoulli, aerodynamics, and innovators in aviation.

Up, Up and Away
Aviation activities from educationworld.

Dear Charles Lindbergh
Students review history of flight and write a letter to an aviation pioneer.

Let's Fly
Students make paper airplanes and experiment with different wing designs.

Fly Like a Bird
Students compare the body of a bird to that of a plane.

Parachute Project
Students conduct experiments with parachutes they create.

Build a Bubble-Powered Rocket
Build your own rocket using paper and fizzing tablets.

Flight
Although not a lesson plan, this site has lots of resource links to explore. Scroll down to find the thingquest activities.

Student Reading on Flight
Passages and comprehension questions about flight.

Flight Powerpoint Presentations
Presentations about Amelia Earhart, the Wright brothers, flight, kites, and more.

Flight from ThinkQuest
Go to this website and search for flight activities.

Historical Aircraft Dot to Dot
Dot to Dot pages of well-known aircraft.

Amazing Paper Airplanes
Templates to print and how-to videos.

Paper Airplane Designs
Designs for paper airplanes to print and assemble.

Airplane Coloring Pages
19 pages to print and color.

Amazing Paper Airplanes
Templates to print and how-to videos.

Paper Airplane Designs
Designs for paper airplanes to print and assemble.

Air Transportation Crafts
Crafts for airplanes, balloons, and more.