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The Mini Page — 2003 Activities

The Wright Flight Site

This week´s standards:

Students use biographies and stories to understand the individuals who are honored by the nation. (Social Studies: History)

Students understand science and technology. (Science: Science and Technology)

Activities:

1. Draw a picture of the way your neighborhood would look if you were flying high above it.

2. Ask some of your family members and friends if they would like to be able to fly an airplane or helicopter. Why would they like to fly? Why wouldn´t they like to fly?

3. Look through the newspaper for five modern items that would have made the Wright brothers´ lives more comfortable at Kitty Hawk. Explain your choices.

4. How do modern airplanes look different from the Flyer? Write a paragraph comparing the Flyer and modern planes.

5. Use resource books and the Internet to learn about other important or unusual airplanes in our history. Use these questions to guide your research: What was the airplane called? What was new or different about it in its time? Who invented the airplane or designed the changes? What did the airplane contribute to modern airplanes?

Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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