Archive for December 17th, 2003

100th Anniversary of Flight

Wednesday, December 17th, 2003

100 years ago today, Wilbur and Orville Wright, better known as the Wright Brothers, flew 120 feet over the beaches of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in a powered aircraft to become pioneers in aviation.

The following sites have some ideas for activities and experiments related to aviation and aeronautics:

  • Science Fun with Airplanes
  • Celebrating 100 years of flight at the Scholastic Teachers Web site
  • Aeronautical Classroom Activities from NASA
  • Airplane Lesson Plans from Lesson Planet

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