Books , Software,
and Videos
Adair, Stan. The Sky’s
the Limit with Math and
Science: Aerodynamics.
AIMS, 1994
Dolan, Edward. The Complete
Beginner’s Guide
to Making and Flying Kites.
Doubleday and Co., 1977.
Freedman, Russell; Wright,
Orville; Wright, Wilbur.
The Wright Brothers: How
They Invented the Airplane;
Holiday House, 1994.
Hunt, Leslie. Twenty-five
Kites that Fly. Dover,
1971.
Kirk, Stephen, First
in Flight: The Wright
Brothers in North Carolina,John
Blair, 1995.
Krinsky, Steven, Day,
Larry (illustrator), Taking
Flight: Story of the Wright
Brothers, Aladdin, 2001
Reynolds, Quentin, Wright
Brothers: Pioneers of
American Aviation, Landmark
Books, 1981.
Thiebeault, Andre. Kites
and Other Wind Machines.
Sterling Publishing Co.
1982.
Wright, Orville, How
We Invented the Airplane,
CD-ROM The Way Things
Work – Dorling Kindersley
MultiMedia
Wright Stuff –
Wright Brothers, 1996
Web Sites
Kite
Information
http://members.aol.com/GEngvall/kite_bks.htm
http://members.aol.com/Gengvall/events.html
http://www.GombergKites.com/nkm/index.html
http://enterprise.act.gu.edu.au/~anthony/kites/cartoons/
http://kckiteclub.org/DaveEllis/TOC.htm
http://www.planemath.com/activities/flykite/kitecareer.html
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson056.shtml
Wright
Brothers – First
Flight
http://www.nps.gov.wrbr/
http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/wright/default.asp
http://www.wright-brothers.org/
http://first-to-fly.com/
http://www.wrightflyer.org/
http://www.centennialofflight.gov/1903/htm
http://www.aviation-worlds-fair.com/
Trivia
Quizzes
http://www.firstflightcentennial.org/quizzes/
Forces
of Flight
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/short.html
Figure
This
Offers
Mathematics Challenges
that middle school students
can do at home with their
families to emphasize
the importance of a high-quality
mathematics education
for all.
http://www.figurethis.org
Engineer
Girl
Part
of the National Academy
of Engineering’s
Celebration of Women in
the Engineering project.
The project brings national
attention to the opportunity
that engineering represents
to people of all ages,
but particularly to women
and girls.
http://www.engineergirl.org
National
Council Teachers of Mathematics
http://www.nctm.org |
