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PUBLICATIONS/CDs/VIDEOS/DOWNLOADS
Adventures in Aeronautics Coloring Book (Grades K-5)
F.A. ("Fly a") Plane takes its young friends on an exciting adventure
through the world of aviation to learn about different kinds of aircraft
and careers. A downloadable file in English with additional learning
games and puzzles.
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Adventures in Aeronautics Storybook (Grades 3-5)
Download this colorful story of F.A. ("Fly a") Plane and its young
friends as they explore different aspects of flight and types of careers
associated with aviation. Available in English, Spanish, and Chinese.
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Aeronautics Educators Guide (Grades 2-4)
The activities in this guide help students learn the basic principles of
flight. The guide is divided into three chapters: Air; Flight; We Can
Fly, You and I. The end of each chapter has a list of simple
interdisciplinary activities for all elementary subjects.
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The Courage to Soar (Grades 3-5)
From the simple kite to the supersonic Hyper-X, students will learn
about the history and science of aviation. Ten activities comprised of
23 lessons.
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"Do It Again" Video Series (Grades 4-6) (Teachers)
In this half-hour television series offered through NASA's Distance
Learning Network, Dr. Do-It uses hands-on experiments and student
interaction to excite students about the science of flight, or
aeronautics. Various sidekicks and real NASA experts help Dr. Do-It
demonstrate and explain the four forces of flight: gravity, drag, lift
and thrust. The series also encourages teachers to explore other NASA
aviation education products; the end of each episode provides a list of
resources and lesson plan ideas. The series debuted in June 2011 and is
scheduled to contain four to five more episodes.
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Exploring Aeronautics (Grades 5-8)
Exploring Aeronautics is designed for classroom use in grades 5-8. This
exciting educational CD-ROM offers an introduction to aeronautics, cover
the fundamentals of flight, contains a historical timeline, examines
different types of aircraft and teaches students to use the tools of
aeronautics used by researchers to test aircraft designs.
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Flight-testing Newton's Laws (Grades 9-12)
The Flight Testing Newton's Laws NASA Education Series shows how
Newton's three laws of motion apply to the real world of flight testing
an aircraft.
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High Flyers Alphabet Activity Book (Grades K-2) Updated
This activity book offers a variety of activities that connect each
letter of the alphabet with an aeronautics vehicle, concept or term used
in aviation.
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Johnny's Airport Adventure (Grades K-4)
This storyboard book introduces K-4 students to airport and aircraft
terminology, including the identification of various engine types. The
accompanying role-playing story takes children on a pretend trip to the
airport and then on an airplane from Cleveland to San Diego, CA.
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Learning to Fly: The Wright Brothers' Adventure (Grades 6-9)
The year is 1900 and you have been appointed by the mysterious "Society"
to learn about the flying experiments of Wilbur and Orville Wright! The
Learning to Fly: The Wright Brothers' Adventure book leads students
through the steps the Wright brothers took to invent the airplane.
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Let's Fly Away Airplane Dodecahedron (Grades K-4)
Students learn about NASA aircraft as they build a dodecahedron to hang from the ceiling or place on a shelf. A regular dodecahedron is a geometric form made of 12 pentagons.
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Museum in a Box
Great for educators at museums, science centers and schools, Museum in a
Box provides exciting hands-on/minds-on lessons with an aeronautics
theme to inspire future scientists, mathematicians and engineers. The
lessons are tied to all national science and math standards.
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NASA Aeronautics: Solving Decades of Aeronautics Challenges (Grades 5-12)
This two-sided poster highlights key aeronautics research and flight
test achievements from 1957 through NASA's 50th anniversary year in
2008. Download the file or just open it and zoom in to explore aviation
achievements that NASA was making all the time it was exploring space.
The front of the poster contains highlights from 1957 through 1984. The
back of the poster contains highlights from 1985 through 2008.
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NASA Aeronautics Research Onboard (Grades 6-Postgraduate) Updated
This series of lithograph PDFs identifies technology and knowledge made
possible by NASA aeronautics researchers during NASA's history. Nearly
every commercial aircraft flying today includes NASA-supported
innovations, from winglets to composite structures, that make flight
more safe and efficient. Lithographs are for commercial jetliner,
general aviation jet, military jet fighter, civil rotorcraft and tilt
rotor, and are available in multiple languages including Spanish and
French.
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NASA EDGE
This regular series of podcasts, hosted by Chris and Blair, provide
funny and offbeat glimpses behind-the-scenes at NASA, including space
shuttle launches, moon buggy races, and other events visited by NASA.
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Pushing the Envelope (Grades 8-12)
This educator's guide aids in teaching math, physics, and chemistry
concepts from the viewpoint of propulsion and aeronautics. Problems
using real world applications are included in each section to provide
practice on the concepts.
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Sector 33 Mobile App (Grades 6-12) 
Sector 33 is an educational game with an air traffic control theme for
Apple iPhone and iPad devices, and is based on Smart Skies Line Up With
Math. The Sector 33 application is designed to challenge students in
middle school and above to use basic math and problem-solving skills. An
Android version of the app is in development and will be made available
in the Android Marketplace in the coming months. In the game the player
acts as an air traffic controller guiding airplanes through a sector of
airspace spanning Nevada and California. The player can adjust the
planes' path and speed to safely reach certain spots in the sky in the
fastest time possible while keeping the planes a specific distance from
each other. The math-focused game also aligns with the NASA Office of
Education's mission to engage students in activities related to science,
technology, engineering and mathematics.
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Smart Skies (Grades 5-9)
To fly smart and safe, air traffic managers have to direct air traffic
using distance, rate of speed, and time relationship calculations. Smart
Skies offers two products aligned with standards and complete with
videos and simulations that teach students how math is used to do
distance-rate-time investigations. "LineUp with Math" shows students how
to apply proportional reasoning to "line up" planes safely with proper
spacing at a given intersection of jet routes. "FlyBy Math" offers five
air traffic control problems that address the safe separation of two
planes.
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+ Superstars of Aeronautics (Grades 6-12) (PDF)
This poster and reference packet, produced in 2003 for the Centennial of
Flight, features 12 former or current NASA employees who have made
significant contributions to aeronautics over the past 50 years.
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WEB-BASED LEARNING
Beginner's Guide to Aeronautics (Grades 9-Postgraduate)
Do you ever wonder how airplanes fly? How does a pilot control the
movement of the airplane? Why are the engines on an airliner different
from the engines on a fighter plane? This site was prepared to provide
background information on basic aerodynamics and propulsion for math and
science teachers, students, and life-long learners.
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Future Flight Design (Grades 4-7)
This Web-based, interactive learning experience invites students to
address challenges facing the air transportation system or aircraft
design.
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NASA Aeronautics Research Onboard Interactive (Grades 6-Postgraduate)
Did you know that NASA is with you when you fly? This on-line
interactive presentation identifies technologies and knowledge that NASA
researchers have contributed to commercial jetliners, general aviation
aircraft, military aircraft and rotorcraft during the past few decades.
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NASA Quest (Grades K-12)
These Web-based challenge projects come from real-life tasks faced daily
by NASA personnel. Challenges range from two to four months, are
suitable for a variety of grade levels, and connect students with NASA
people, research, and science via student-directed, inquiry-based
explorations.
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Re-living the Wright Way (Grades K-12)
How did the Wright brothers get their ideas? How did they invent the
theories and craft to test those ideas? Re-live the Wright brothers'
inventive process using the resources at this Web site, including
hands-on activities and games, archives of interactive
webcasts/broadcasts, and background information on the Wright brothers.
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Robin Whirlybird (Grades K-4)
Six-year-old Robin wakes up excited, because today she gets to go to
work with her mother, a rotorcraft test pilot for NASA. This
interactive, multimedia storybook teaches students about the structure,
function, and history of different types of rotorcraft. Text is provided
in English, Mandarin, and Spanish.
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Virtual Skies (Grades 9-12)
On this standards-based, interactive Web site, students use NASA air
traffic management techniques to make real life decisions in
aeronautics, geography, mathematics, and meteorology.
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NASA STUDENT LEARNING PROGRAMS
NASA Elementary & Secondary Student Programs
The NASA Office of Education provides a list of programs and learning
opportunities available specifically for elementary and secondary
students.
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NASA Glenn Research Center Internships
The Lewis Educational and Research Collaborative Internship Program
(LERCIP) at the NASA Glenn Research Center provides internships for high
school students, college students, secondary school teachers, and NASA
scholars.
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DISTANCE LEARNING
Digital Learning Network (Grades K-Postgraduate)
DLN offers videoconferencing or Webcasting at no charge, providing
interactive educational experiences to students and educators from
kindergarten to university levels across the nation and around the
world.
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"Do It Again" Video Series (Grades 4-6) (Teachers)
In this half-hour television series offered through NASA's Distance
Learning Network, Dr. Do-It uses hands-on experiments and student
interaction to excite students about the science of flight, or
aeronautics. Various sidekicks and real NASA experts help Dr. Do-It
demonstrate and explain the four forces of flight: gravity, drag, lift
and thrust. The series also encourages teachers to explore other NASA
aviation education products; the end of each episode provides a list of
resources and lesson plan ideas. The series debuted in June 2011 and is
scheduled to contain four to five more episodes.
+ Visit Site
NASA's Destination Tomorrow (Grades 9-Adult)
This archived series of 30-minute educational programs focuses on NASA research,
including new technologies, advanced aerodynamics, past achievements,
and medical breakthroughs. Each exciting program gives the audience an
inside look at NASA, and demonstrates how research and technology relate
to our everyday lives.
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NASA CONNECT (Grades 6-8)
This archived series includes a 30-minute instructional broadcast, a
companion lesson guide, and an interactive Web-based application.
Programs in the series establish a connection between the mathematics,
science, and technology concepts taught in the classroom and those used
every day by NASA researchers.
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NASA SCI Files (Grades 3-5)
Follow the exploits of the "tree house detectives" in this archived
series of 60-minute programs that solve real-world problems using math,
science, technology, NASA, community experts, and members of the NASA
SCI Files Kids Club.
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