Great Reading: Bookmark It!
Volume 31, Number 2, December 2003
Kate Houston Mitchoff
Wright Brothers
Grades 4-10
The Wright Brothers
Read this photo-filled biography of the brothers and
their famous first flight. The site, from the Henry Ford
Museum, includes a timeline of their lives and achievements.
The
Wright Stuff
PBS’ American Experience series presents the life
and inventions of the Wright brothers. Watch the famous
first flight video clip and listen to expert interviews
about the men and their key role in flight.
The Wright
Brothers
Visitors to this site from the Franklin Institute can
watch one of 13 films that captured the Wright brothers’ fights
through the decades. Learn about the 1911 Model B Flyer
and about various flights of inspiration, including flights
made by people other than the Wright brothers.
Re-Living
the Wright Way
Learn how the Wright brothers researched how things
fly and how they invented and tested new ways to fly.
Find
out how the Wright brothers invented flight control
systems, test pilot skills, propulsion systems and
more. This
site from NASA includes flight simulations, presentations
and videos, activities, free software and lesson plans.
The
Wright Brothers: Pioneers of Aviation
In this collection of documents from the Smithsonian
Institute, students can view and read letters the Wright
brothers wrote requesting patents for their inventions.
Photographs
Taken by the Wright Brothers of Aviation Experiments,
Home and Family
The Library of Congress provides online access to digital
copies of over 300 photographs taken by the Wright
brothers in the early 1900s and printed from glass
plate negatives.
Kate Houston Mitchoff: School Corps
Librarian, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR.
E-mail Kate.
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