GEN: Aviation & Flight

[Anton Ninno <anton@ERICIR.SYR.EDU>]

Here's my list of teacher resources for aviation.  There's a wealth of
aeronautics and space material available from corporations, museums,
universities, websites, and the FAA.  Enjoy!  - Anton

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Aviation Education Programs
Beechcraft Aviation Dept. 95
9709 East Central
Wichita, KS 67201

Beechcraft offers free teacher packets and syllabi for elementary,
secondary and college/technical school audiences.  the pakcets include
a bibliography of many other aviation information resources.They also have
a Teacher Workbook for $10, and a video for $15.  I used these materials
teaching 5-6th grade classes.

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Internet Resources:

Yahoo - Science: Aviation & Aeronautics: History:
http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Aviation_and_Aeronautics/History/

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Math/Science Education:
http://www.enc.org/  (lesson plans, activities, resources)
http://watt.enc.org/nf_mcquery2.html  (search for materials)

SEDS - Students for the Exploration and Development of Space:
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/seds/seds.html

Wings - Introduces beginning readers to the basic principles of flight
http://literary.com//gsinc/pages/p45.html

AAA Guide for Kids Flying Alone:
http://www.aaamich.com/travel/flying-alone.html

Our First Flight - The Fun of Flying:
http://www.choicemall.com/childrensbooks/
http://www.choicemall.com/cgi-bin/tame/childrensbooks/
 index.tam?cart=97J01pxr.fri&lpg=/

Federal Aviation Administration website:
http://www.faa.gov/

Smithsonian - National Air & Space Museum:
http://ceps.nasm.edu/

Smithsonian - Air & Space Magazine:
http://airspacemag.earthlink.net/

A Visit to Seattle's Museum of Flight:
http://www.halcyon.com/davidg/museum/museum.htm

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA):
http://www.aiaa.org/
http://www.lmsc.lockheed.com/aiaa/sf/links.html

Soaring Society of America:
http://acro.harvard.edu/SSA/ssa_homepg.html

Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA):
http://www.eaa.org/

Young Eagles Program - EAA Youth Education:
http://www.eaa.org/youngeagles/index.html

Aviation - CERN/Embry-Riddle Aviation Server:
http://macwww.db.erau.edu/
http://macwww.db.erau.edu/www_virtual_lib/aviation.html

Aeronet - lots of photos of aircraft:
http://www.avimall.com/aeronet/

Aviation Museum locator:
http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/museums/museums.html

Florida Aviation Museums:
http://www.peganet.net/personal_pages/ccarlile/museum1.html

The Space Zone - live audio/video of Shuttle missions:
http://www.spacezone.com/

Aviation Weather page:
http://www.landings.com/_landings/pages/weather.html

Boeing Corporation:
http://www.boeing.com/

Aviation Week - online magazine:
http://www.awgnet.com/aviation/

Aircraft Shopper Online:
http://aso.solid.com/

Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association:
http://www.aopa.org/
http://www.aopa.org/learntofly/

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