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Federal Aviation Administration: Air Takes Up Room [Pdf]
See how air takes up space by conducting this classroom experiment. With the aid of several common objects, observe the effects of air pressure.
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Federal Aviation Administration: Anti Gravity Marble [Pdf]
This experiment examines Newton's Second Law of Motion. Learn how centrifugal and centripetal force help to keep a marble in a can when turned upside down.
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Federal Aviation Administration: How to Make a Compass [Pdf]
Learn what a compass is, how it works, and how you can create a simple one using a sewing needle, magnet, bowl of water, and a piece of paper.
US Navy
Naval Historical Center: Naval Aviation Chronology in World War Ii
Extremely detailed chronological account of the operations of the United States Navy beginning in 1940 and prior to an official declaration of war.
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National Aviation Hall of Fame: Wiley Post
Learn about Wiley Post, who made the first global solo flight in 1931.
Ducksters
Ducksters: World War I for Kids: Aviation and Aircraft of Wwi
Kids learn about aviation and aircraft of World War I. Airplanes were first used in WW1 for reconnaissance and bombings. Famous fighter pilots called aces fought each other in the sky.
LM Digital Media
Kids World Fun: All Types of Aircraft [Pdf]
Learn about different types of aircrafts and then draw a picture and write about your favorite.
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The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery: The Earhart Project
The Earhart Project is an international group of scientists, historians, and other individuals who are investigating whether there is any truth behind the idea that Amelia Earhart and her flight navigator, Fred Noonan, might have been...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Land! Water! Sky! Oh My!
This instructional activity focuses on the importance of airplanes in today's society. Airplanes of all shapes and sizes are used for hundreds of different reasons, including recreation, commercial business, public transportation, and...
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The Spitfire Emporium: The Machines
A collection of images of vintage aircraft. A few detailed histories are provided.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Alberto Santos Dumont
Read about Brazilian aviation pioneer, Alberto Santos-Dumont, who designed, built, and flew hot air balloons, and was famous for his flight that rounded the Eiffel Tower.
NASA
Nasa: Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Image of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) as seen at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in April, 2012. The aircraft was assigned to shuttle Discovery.
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Easy to Make Paper Airplanes
Have fun making different kinds of flying vehicles. You will learn how to make a paper airplane, helicopter, rocket, blimp, etc.
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Av Jobs: The Aviation Career Overviews
This resource provides a brief history of the airline industry. Also introduces descriptions of jobs available in that industry.
British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: Ten Little Airplanes
Listen to a counting song and print off the lyrics to follow along. A fun way to review counting and numbers with English language learners and/or beginning readers.
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Av Jobs: In Flight Aviation Career Overviews
Definition of Pilot, including salary ranges and descriptions of many types of pilots. Many pilots start out as flight engineer. Information included: general information, corporate pilot,charter pilot, commercial airplane pilot, airline...
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Npc: Effects of Aircraft Noise and Sonic Booms on Wildlife
A study for the US Wildlife Service of the effects of noise pollution on Wildlife. Noise pollution effects ALL living things.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Aircraft Pilots and Flight Engineers
This resource provides a general overview on the job of a pilot. It includes the Nature of the work, Working conditions, Employment, Training, job outlook, earnings, related occupations, and additional sources of informations.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Defining an Engineering Design Problem With Paper Airplanes
In this fun lesson, you will be the "customer" ordering a paper airplane, and your student teams will be engineering companies that will manufacture planes. Before they start making planes, they need to define the criteria and...
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Botwood Heritage Centre: Botwood: History of an Airport
This small town in Newfoundland has played a major role in Canada's aviation history. View historic footage of early planes and read of their feats.
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2worldwar2 : Stuka Dive Bomber
An account of the history of the Ju-87 Stuka dive bomber aircraft used by the Germans during World War II.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Machine: Airplane
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: Lesson Plan: Black Wings: American Pioneer Aviators
With this resource, teachers can select the most appropriate academic level and download a lesson plan that contains images, Word documents and PDF resources for teaching about the history of black Americans in aviation. Excellent...
Library of Congress
Loc: The Dream of Flight
The Library of Congress has opened its vast resources and created an exhibition commemorating the centennial of flight. The library uses "some of its rarest and most significant materials," to present this aviation history exhibit. Be...
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