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On Dec. 12-17, the nation celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers'
flight. This event provides teachers with many tools to build integrated lesson
plans. To this end, Reach Every Child presents a list of free resources
that includes everything from an interactive site where students can fly the first
airplane to space resources. Choose from:
Airplanes
and Pilots
Aerofiles
History
and research Alex's
Paper Airplanes
Aviation
Sites
Large link site -- start here for airplane-related studies.
Build
the Best Paper Airplane in the World Charles
Lindbergh: An American Aviator International
Civil Aviation Organization
999 University St.
Montreal, Quebec, H3C
5H7 Canada
Helps pilots fly safely all over the world.
Joseph
Palmer's Paper Airplanes NASA's
757 Glider Kit
Kit includes some historical information, a cut-and-paste
model and instructions on how to conduct your own tests. [
Top of page ] Space
Resources Atmospheric
Sciences Education
Videos and educational kits are available to teachers
by mail -- grades 5-8 recommended. Clementine
Lunar Image Browser 1.5 David
Dunlap Observatory Female
Frontiers
Read profiles and weekly chats with women of NASA.
Galileo
K-12 Educator's Resources
Check out educational materials for Galileo's
Jupiter mission and educator fellowships. The
Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
Download pictures of Earth from
space. Glenn
Learning Technologies Project
Uses basic aeronautics to teach math and
science. History
of "The Drinking Gourd"
Children can follow the drinking gourd
and find their way to freedom.
Jack
Horkheimer: Star Gazer
Star Gazer is a syndicated PBS radio show. Mount
Wilson Observatory NASA
Breakthrough Propulsion Physics (BPP) Project
Weird Science. NASA
Quest
Use NASA resources to explore the net. NASA
Thesaurus National
Association of Space Simulating Educators
Exploring outer space from the
classroom. National
Optical Astronomy Observation National
Space Society Practical
Uses of Math And Science (PUMAS)
The On-line Journal of Math and Science
- examples for Pre-college education. Royal
Observatory Greenwich Sky
& Telescope Space
Day
It's all about math, science, technology, engineering and nurturing
young peoples' enthusiasm. The Challenger Center for Space Science Education,
one of 75 Space Day partners, provides Space Day with Design Challenges for grades
4-8. Space Update
Look
into astronomy and others far out things with this nice newsletter; many offerings. Starchild
Interactive
games for young star gazers. Stories
from Space U.S.
Naval Observatory Sun or Moon Rise
Get sunrise-sunset tables for your exact
location.
Winds
Explore
the NASA Scatterometer for measuring sea winds and JPL's Scatterometer
Projects:
NSCAT (grades 5-12), QuikSCAT and SeaWinds. Order the free "Winds of Change"
CD. Women
of NASA Stardust:
Think SMALL In a BIG Way
This educator guide focuses on small bodies of
the Solar System that don't get much attention, namely asteroids, meteoroids and
comets (grades 5-8). For additional space resources see "Explore
the Final Frontier," in our archive. [ Top
of page ] Wright Brothers
Lesson Plans
Use these as a guide to create your own integrated unit
of study. Centennial
of Flight Education Resources
Educators'
Flight Plan
Get puzzles and much more.
Learning
to Fly: The Wright Brothers' Adventure
Download templates for constructing
models of the 1900, 1901, 1902 Gliders and the 1903 Flyer.
Re-Living
The Wright Way Lesson Plans
Wind
Tunnel Data Lesson Plans Wright
Brothers Activity Booklet
The
Wright Brothers: Close Activity
The
Wright Brothers - Webquest The
Wright Brothers: Wilbur & Orville
Get a print-out of airplanes for
students to identify the parts. All teachers should explore Enchanted Learning
for resources on a variety of topics. Wright
Brothers Word Search [ Top of page
] Wright Brothers Resources First
Flight
The
First Flight Centennial Celebration Gander
Academy's Wright Brothers Theme Page The
History of the Airplane Part 3: The Wright Brothers Hot
Topics: Wright Brothers First Flight Centennial 1903
Wright Flyer Simulation
Actually, sort of, fly the Wright Brothers Plane.
Have a fast connection and have the students graph the distances -- a great site. NPS
Wright Brothers National Memorial Photographs
taken by the Wright Brothers Re-Living
the Wright Way
How the Wright Brothers tested their theories.
Wright
Again
Find everything from wind tunnel experiments to computer simulations
-- most worthwhile if you have fast connection. The
Wright Brothers - The Invention of the Aerial Age
From the Smithsonian
National Air and Space Museum. Wright
Bros. Aeroplane Company - He Flies
This terrific site shows the history
of the Wrights, including their work in Europe.
Wright
Brothers National Memorial
This encyclopedia-type site provides basic information
on the Wrights, their accomplishments and struggles. The
Wright Brothers in Photographs Wright
Brothers Photographs The
Wright Brothers
Find out about the 2003 Flight Forecast - a student contest
to guess the weather. | 
