Other
Wright House: Wilbur and Orville Wright
This site is a biography of the Wright brothers and includes several pictures of airplanes.
Other
Ohio Public Library Information Network: Famous Ohioans
Ohio Public Library Information Network provides this site where you can play games, read biographies, find book titles and links for more information about astronauts, Indians, inventors, presidents, and women.
NASA
Nasa: History of Flight
How did we learn to fly? Resource takes users back through time to discover where the history of flight all started. Offers links to games, art and stories as well as activities.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Events That Led to the Invention of the Airplane
Discover the history of the first airplanes and flying machines, and how the Wright brothers constructed their first successful airplane.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: 10 Free Reading Tests
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides ten free reading comprehension tests with a corresponding answer key and list of reading skills covered. All passages are high interest for middle school students.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Free Reading Tests
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides reading comprehension practice passages. An answer key is provided for these passages. A passage has questions that focus on different types of reading comprehension questions.
Read Works
Read Works: Designing the First Flying Machine
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Wilbur and Orville Wright designing the first airplane. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Invention of Airplane
Learn about the early efforts to fly, the Wright brothers first successful flight in 1903, and the modern airplane.