Webliography

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Anniversary of Flight

National Paper Airplane Contest
http://teacher.scholastic.com/paperairplane/index.htm
Audience: Early elementary to high school classrooms

Here’s the Scholastic National Paper Airplane Contest homepage. Start a Paper Airplane Contest in your school and prove just how far and how long your airplanes can fly. It's a fun way to learn about aerodynamics! Find out how to participate, materials you can use, learn about what makes airplanes fly and explore many paper airplane resources.

Paper Airplane Templates
http://www.josephpalmer.com/planes/Airplane.shtml
Audience: Upper elementary to high school classrooms

OK, so you just want to cut to the chase and find some neat paper airplane designs. Joseph Palmer has them ready for you.

Centenial of Flight
http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Social/kids_lit/SH11.htm
Audience: Elementary to Middle School classrooms

Calling all book-buffs. The U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission has posted a list of “ Children's Literature and Flight” with all kinds of keen and unusual titles for you to share with your students. Dig through the well-written essay. Check out the links within the text. At the end, you might have an interesting 15-minute talk to share with your students about how reading and the history of flight go hand-in-hand or you could do a book talk and get your kids reading books about flight.

Flight History
http://firstflight.open.ac.uk/
Audience: Elementary classrooms

Another excellent starting point for introducing young children to the history of flight. I like many aspects of this site. The timeline stretches back to 1783, so kids understand that while we call this the “first flight” celebration, people were flying before the Wright brothers went aloft. Kids will enjoy the “Flights of fancy,” depicting some of the power of the universal fantasy of flight. Some of this site is still under construction, but the biographical profile of the Wrights and other flyers is valuable.