Mayberry School Fifth Grade Forces of Flight

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Fifth Grade Study: The Four Forces
of Flight

Web Sites for Students

Online Resources

Resources for Teachers

Web Sites for Students
Interactive Websites Learn about the Four Forces: great simulation and nice visuals Flights of Inspiration from Franklin Institute	Student Projects From Other Schools

Online Sources of Information
How Things Fly The Science of Flight from Canada's Science Magazine for Kids Principles of Aeronautics for Students Elmendorf's Explanation of Four Forces Take Flight: different aspects of flying airplanes from The School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science How Things Fly: an online exhibition from the National Air and Space Museum (includes activities and book lists for students) Edventures very short visual definitions of forces of flight	Resource Lists About Flight Gander Academy's Collection of Science of Flight Resources for Fifth Graders Yahooligans List of Web Sites for Aeronautics or The History of Flight

Resources for Teachers
Background for Teachers Sample from Take Flight Teacher's Guide Flights of Inspiration Teacher's Zone The K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook (even at different reading levels!) Yale University Teachers Unit on "The Science of Flight In Relationship to Birds and Gliders" (for Grades 5-8) Space Flight Project (description)	Lessons and Units Science Trek Unit about Flight (projects, quizzes, lesson plans and resources) especially Forces of Flight Lessons about Why Aircraft Fly Nice History of Flight Lesson (guiding questions, easy to read resource called The Four Forces of Flight from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center

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This page was created by Julie Coiro, March, 2001