History and Science of Aviation

Students learn about futuristic air taxis, come up with a design for an air taxi, and then make a model of their design.

Students learn about futuristic air taxis, come up with a design for an air taxi, and then make a model of their design.

In these activities for grades 6-12, students follow a tutorial to use Scratch to create a side scrolling game in which they pilot a drone through traffic.

Students will learn about forces and motion as they see how the work of Bernoulli and Newton help explain flight.

Through a series of simple hands-on activities, students learn about engineering design, drag and why these are important to aeronautical engineers.

Students use what they know about the 4 forces of flight in this challenge to design, build, and test a model plane in a simple wind tunnel.

Student are challenged to design, build, and test a model plane in a simple wind tunnel.

Lesson plans and activities from the US Federal Aviation Administration. Featuring stimulating puzzles and hands-on experiments

Lesson plans and activities from the US Federal Aviation Administration. Featuring stimulating puzzles and hands-on experiments

Lesson plans and activities from the US Federal Aviation Administration. Featuring stimulating puzzles and hands-on experiments

Students will engage in flight experiments using to determine which materials & shapes are most and least susceptible to lift, weight, drag, and thrust.

Students use graphing in a real-world situation to learn about geofencing. Using coordinate systems with maps, students evaluate flight routes. Student Guide

Using the distance formula, students calculate the distance between coordinates and determine the feasibility of delivery drones Student Guide

This lesson provides a real-world scenario through which students get practice using the distance and speed formulas. Student Guide

Students use the Pythagorean Theorem to calculate airspeed, wind speed, and groundspeed. Student Guide

Students calculate the speed formula to determine the time to an intersect point. Student Guide

Students will learn about motions and forces, and transfer of energy as they explore the basics behind the four forces of flight.

This educator guide consists of 7 activities including a storyboard and role-play activity. The storyboard introduces students to airport and aircraft terminology including engine types

Problem sets and hands-on math activities teach students about distance, rate, and time through the lens of air traffic control.

This activity explains the science behind controlling the movement of a quadcopter. Newton’s third law of motion, torque, and the fundamentals of rotary flight are introduced.

Learn how a quadcopter-type drone can move in all different directions using only propellers that face in the same direction!

This activity, which is designed for high schoolers, allows students to collect data and calculate the speed of sound.

Education World offers a cargo of lessons about aviation that are just plane fun! Lessons in which students complete experiments about air flight, design model airplanes, and do much more!

Teach students about simple circuitry as they build a paper circuit on a paper helicopter template

Students use household items and apply the engineering design process to create X-plane gliders that can fly at least 3 meters and must remain intact when landing.