Inventing Flight For Schools

This curriculum incorporates a multidisciplinary approach to teaching and learning. The following interactive activities are provided as extensions to the content and scope of the curriculum.

Science Activities

Crossword Puzzle (PDF)
Review flight terms, definitions and history

Three-Axis Control (PDF)
Understand the dynamics of pitch, roll and yaw

Camber & Angle of Attack (PDF)
Experiment with the secrets of lift

Wind Tunnel Experiments (PDF)
Compare wing shapes, aspect ratios and cambers

Design an Airplane (PDF)
Design a computer-generated passenger jet

Build your own 1903 Wright Flyer (PDF)
Build a scale model from items found in the home

Math Activities

Determining Miles Per Hour (PDF)
Calculate the speed of several world record flights

Calculating An Airplane’s Speed (PDF)
Learn the airspeed formula

Modern Lift Equation (PDF)
Calculate the lift produced at a given velocity for a given wing area

Social Studies Activities

Vin Fiz (PDF)
Research and map the first coast-to-coast airplane flight

Flight’s Impact On Population Migration in the USA (PDF)
Write an essay on how the airplane has impacted where and how we live

See you in the Comics! (PDF)
Write and illustrate a comic book!

Language Arts Activities

Flight at Kitty Hawk (PDF)
Read a 1903 news account of the first flight then answer questions

In Your Own Words (PDF)
Practice your creative writing with several “about flight” exercises

Coming Soon… (PDF)
Write a short screen play, television script or live play starring the Wright Brothers

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