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Aviation technology:
http://virtualskies.arc.nasa.gov
Principals of flight - Air:
http://www.ueet.nasa.gov/StudentSite/dynamicsofflight.html
Plane - History of flight:
http://firstflight.open.ac.uk/history/index.html
http://www.ueet.nasa.gov/StudentSite/historyofflight.html
Parts of the plane:
http://www.ueet.nasa.gov/StudentSite/airplanes.html
Four forces of flight:
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/forces.html
http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Flight/instructor/lift.html
http://www.fi.edu/flights/own2/forces.html
http://www.planemath.com/activities/pmenterprises/forces/forces3.html
Wright Brothers:
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/Wright/discoveries.htm
Hands on activities -Propeller:
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/activity/transpor/tr-3.html
What goes up must come down:
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ScienceSSMars7WhatGoesUpDown56.htm
Wings to Fly
How do birds do it? You can figure it out by building different bird models.
When Pigs Fly:
How airplanes fly:
A U.S. Mint game which commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers flight.
