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Fundamental Terms

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore Newton's Laws of Motion and how they apply to flight.
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Major Transport Routes 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify different transport routes used in travel and tourism. They research alternate forms of traveling instead of flying. They plan trips to a destination of their choice using alternate transportation methods.
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Body Changes in Space

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Learners explain the cause of and effects of fluid shift in a microgravity environment. Students identify the effects of microgravity during long duration space flight. Learners describe research on cardiovascular effects in microgravity...
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What Makes a Kite Fly?

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders compare the nature of forces of gravity, lift, thrust, and drag. They select proper materials for making a kite and attach a proper tail. Students interpret and summarize the observations made during the flight of the kites.
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Tiger Woods Physics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students comprehend the independence of vertical and horizontal velocity vectors. They calculate height, time of flight and range of projectile objects. Students perform derivation for range of same plane projectile motion. They perform...
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Aerodynamics of a Boomerang

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how aerodynamic forces affect the flight of aircraft, animals and sports balls and projectiles (like a javelin or boomerang). They discover the origins of the boomerang and early usage in hunting.
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Migration: A Dangerous Journey

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders pretend as if they're a whooping crane flying north for its migration. They write questions and predictions about what they are doing and what happen.
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Battery Depletion and Piecewise Linear Graphing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine a recent flight of Pathfinder. In groups, they use the information to create a table of values showing the battery charge of the space machine. They predict what the charge would be further on in the mission. They use...
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String of Dots

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
You are Wilbur and your partner is Orville.The winner of this game gets to make the first flight in the Wright Flyer. Develop a stratgegy for this one.Make a string of 15 to 30 dots. With a partner take turns crossing them off either...
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Scrambled Letters- Expressing Future Time

For Students 5th - 6th
In this scrambled letters activity, students unscramble the letters in 12 words and write the words in the blank spaces. The words will belong to one of these groups: flying, jobs, expressions in business.
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Motion and Gravity

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders make parachutes to learn about gravity and the science process. In this gravity lesson, 3rd graders create parachutes and observe their flight in air. Students discuss wind and gravity for the activity.
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Up, Up and Away with the Montgolfier Balloon

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students construct hot air balloons. In this science lesson, students assemble their own balloon using tissue paper and glue. They time the duration of the flight, record data and calculate team averages.
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GRAPH-A-TROSS

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students graph many sets of data from the Albatross Project including, flight distances, flight destinations, time between feedings, weight gain of the baby albatross, hatching and fledging dates
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Science: Let's Fly a Kite!

For Teachers K
Students make observations about the wind and develop predictions to test with kites. The lesson's Language Arts component invloves communication of concepts with peers. On their kite flying day, students discuss how the wind and air...
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Words in the News: Venezuela Plane Crash

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss what can go wrong during a plane flight. In groups, they work together to match new vocabulary words to their definition. They read an article about a plane crash in Venezuela and answer questions.
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Richard Evelyn Byrd: Live from Antarctica

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore Richard Evelyn Bird and his flights over Antarctica. They conduct an online journey of the Polar Duke to discover where to study penguins, seals, oceans, ice and Antarctica's ozone hole. They create their own Antarctic...
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NASA Word Puzzle

For Students 8th - 9th
In this word puzzle, students identify fifty five words related to NASA in a word puzzle. Examples include Clementine, space flight, throttle up, and rocket plane.
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Haunted House #4 Halloween Coloring Page

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this coloring page, students examine a drawing of a haunted house with ghosts flying out of the windows and the words "Happy Halloween." Students color the picture.
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Japanese Cartoon Maze

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this Japanese cartoon maze activity, students challenge themselves as they take a boy and his flying friend through a difficult maze that requires focus and concentration.
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Let's Go Fly a Kite

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars complete activities to learn about wind. For this wind lesson, students study wind in an open field and use a kite to complete their observations. Young scholars make a series of drawings to show how they flew their kites...
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Printing Practice: "I Love Spring"

For Students K - 1st
In this printing practice worksheet, students trace and write the phrase, "I Love Spring," then color a picture of a man and child flying a kite. Page has links to additional activities.
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Okla Homer Baggage

For Students 8th - 10th
For this algebra worksheet, students calculate how many baggage a person can take on a flight without being charged for that bag. This is a word problem with other factors. There is an answer key.
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A Different Point of View

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders imagine what North Carolina looks like from the air. Looking at a map, they list the different kinds of views we might find, (i.e., beach, mountains, cities, farms, etc.) then attempt to draw their own version of a map.
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Vocabulary

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners use new vocabulary words in their speech and writing and spell them correctly. For this vocabulary lesson plan, students create portfolios of their vocabulary work.

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