DAILY WARM-UPS
Develop students' reading skills with this printable passage of historical fiction and comprehension questions about the…
WORKSHEETS
In this printable daily warm-up, students read a nonfiction passage on the invention of the airplane and answer reading…
Share the story of Amelia Earhart's achievements with your students, and assign the related activities as a way of…
In this printable daily warm-up, students read a passage of historical fiction about Orville and Wilbur Wright and…
Interesting facts and fun activities related to Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific. This…
Employ a printable reading activity that helps build skills in noun recognition.
Challenge your class with a creative writing activity that has students imagine they are travelling by sea and by air.
This timeline details the important "firsts" in the field of aviation, including the first hot air balloon flight, the…
Throughout history, people have been fascinated by the prospect of flight. Leonardo Da Vinci drew diagrams and built…
As students read about airplanes and flight in David Macaulay's Jet Plane: How It Works My Reader: Level 4, use these…
REFERENCE
Learn about Steve Fossett, a famous aviator and business personality.
Use this timeline to learn about major aircraft crashes around the world since 1921.
Learn about Louis Blériot, Henri Fabre, and Glenn H. Curtiss, three aviators known for their early 20th-century…
Learn about the origins of commercial jetliners, from the ill-fated British deHavilland Comet to the success of the…
Learn about the specs, speed, and history of the Concorde passenger plane, one of the world's most widely recognized…
Explore this timeline of famous firsts in aviation, from the first balloon flight to the first black pilot to fly solo…
Learn about the heroism of Amelia Earhart and her many interesting endeavors.
Develop process skills while learning about experimental design and the basic principles of flight.
Have students explore what went into the invention of the helicopter and the jet engine.
Review the milestones in early aviation history with your students. This printable includes a page of nonfiction text…
ACTIVITIES
Students connect the dots to complete the picture.
Students draw a view of the city from the air.
Discuss new innovations in weather forecasting technology, including a plane called an aerosonde, which is designed…
Instructions for building several types of paper airplanes, which will exhibit different characteristics in the air.
