Resources
for Educators
Lots of fun ideas
for your classroom - from simple activities to projects to complete
aviation units.
AOPA's
PATH to Aviation
Includes Classroom Tools, a Pilot Activity, PowerPoint Slides, Weather
Links and more.
Activities
Phonetic
Alphabet
Teach your students the language that pilots speak, give them "pilot
names" and then do phonetic alphabet crossword puzzle and wordsearch.
Lesson Plan
Phonetic Alphabet Crossword
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Phonetic Alphabet Crossword
- Completed
Phonetic Alphabet Wordsearch
Flight Planning
Use aeronautical charts and pilot tools such as plotters and flight
computers to make math more fun.
Lesson Plans
Time, Speed, Distance & Fuel Problems
Drawing a Wind Triangle
Flight Plan Form For Wind Triangle
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Flight Plan Form For Wind
Triangle - Completed
Other Lesson
Plans
These lesson plans were written by participants in our Science
of Flight Teacher workshops. Review the descriptions and, if you'd
like a copy, contact us and we'll send you one.
From the workshop
held July 15th & 16th, 2005
in Buena Vista.
Web
page
Word document
PDF document
From the workshop
held February 18th & 19th, 2006
in Grand Junction
Web
page
Word document
PDF document
Projects
These projects were developed
by the Experimental Aircraft Association and are used with permission
The Great
Air Race
Students will use traditional pilot navigation techniques to plan a
cross-country air race. Students will develop pilotage skills and gain
an understanding of deduced reckoning using a chart, plotter and aircraft
specifications.
Time: 1 to 3 hours (at instructor's discretion)
Age: 13 to 16 years
Download pdf
Ulitmate
Ultralights
Students will construct card stock gliders modeled after ultralight
aircraft. As the fly the gliders, the participants will learn how to
manipulate aircraft control surfaces and modify weight and balance to
achieve better flight.
Time: 45 minutes to 1 hour (at instructor's discretion)
Age: 8 to 13 years
Download pdf
Flattop
Flyers
Students will build sturdy balsa wood airplanes and launch them using
a rubber-band-powered hand catapult. They will gain and understanding
of aircraft design and flight dynamics as they build and test their
aircraft.
Time: 1 to 2 hours (at instructor's discretion)
Age: 8 to 16 years
Download pdf
Blast Off!
The Wild World of Rockets
Students will learn about the forces of flight as they construct safe,
air-powered rockets. The rocketeers will also test, evaluate, and alter
their rockets to achieve better flights.
Time: 45 minutes to 1 hour (at instructor's discretion)
Age: 6 to 10 years
Download pdf
Aviation
Units
Inventing
Flight
This exciting, inquiry-driven curriculum for middle grade students presents
the science of flight interwoven with the history behind the Wright
Brothers and their inventive process. Throught thisctivity-driven and
standards-based, students engage in the same process that the Wright
Brothers used in their Dayton workshop.
Through planned activities,
students discover answers to three critical problems of flight: Control,
Lift and Propulsion. Using multimedia materials, students learn both
the history and science of flight, and how the Wrights laid the foundation
for today’s aeronautical sciences.
At the center of
the curriculum is a Curriculum Kit that contains:
• Videotapes
• Teacher’s Guide
• DVD Resource disk
• Student Worksheets
• Website activities and links Inventing
Flight For Schools
• Other educational resources
Science
of Flight
This is a complete aviation unit including teacher guide, lesson plans,
assessments, background information and all the supplies you need to
do the many hands-on activities. The unit consists of eight inquiry-based
lessons and activities. Students learn about the four forces of flight
and about aviators who made innovative contributions to the world of
flight.
These curriculum units are available for you to borrow to use with your
students. Email darci.wert@dot.state.co.us
. Please include the name of the unit you'd like to borrow and the dates
you wish to use it.
Basic
Aerodynamics
Basic Aerodynamics
A collection of PowerPoint slides including detailed presentation notes.
Explanation and illustration of the four forces of flight. Each concept
is illustrated with two set of slides - one targeted for primary students
and one for secondary. Download the slide bank and then pick the slide
that will work best for your students. This is a large file, so it may
take some time to download.
Basic
Aerodynamics
Aerodynamics
and Models
The Basic Aerodynamics slides modified to include working with model
airplanes to experiment with the four forces of flight and the effects
of control surfaces.
Aerodynamics
and Models
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