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?
Language Arts
"Airplane Trip" Word Hunt
How many words can you make using the letters from Airplane Trip?
The Letter A
http://www.zoomschool.com/letters/big/Aa.shtml
Handwriting
P is for pilot
http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha_tracers_dn1/p6.htm

Science
Flight Science experiment:
http://juniorengineering.usu.edu/lessons/wrightflight/flight.php

Math
Color by number of the World’s first plane:
http://www.nasm.si.edu/wrightbrothers/pdf/classact/color_wf.pdf

Connect the dots.
http://www.zoomschool.com/connectdots/airplane/

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

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