Wright Brothers Lesson Plan

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April 16, 2007

History
On this day in 1867, aviator Wilbur Wright was born. Read more about him here:
http://www.helium.com/tm/278210/almost-since-beginning-dreamed
Discussion Questions:
1. What year did the first plane fly?
2. How long did the first plane stay in the air?
3. Where is the first plane now?
4. How did Wilbur Wright die?

Wright Brother’s scavenger hunt. Find the answers to the questions on this worksheet:
http://www.gardenofpraise.com/testb16.htm

Journal
Look at the picture here: https://www.ncartmuseum.org/Flight/flight_plans/portfolio.html#ristelhueber

Write a story about the person in the aircraft and the adventure he or she is having. Where is he or she going? What is he or she seeing? What will happen next?


Vocabulary
Wright Brothers word search:
http://www.gardenofpraise.com/puzzlb16.htm


Reading
Read about the First Flight:
http://sln.fi.edu/flights/first/intro.html


Science
Flight Science experiment:
http://juniorengineering.usu.edu/lessons/wrightflight/flight.php
Math
Flying with Fractions worksheet (p.6 of PDF)
https://www.thinktv.org/education/ntti/ntti/lesson02/flyingf.pdf

Don’t Forget the Math Challenge!
http://homeschoolingthemiddleyears.blogspot.com/2007/04/math-challenge-april-16.html

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