Teacher Resources

Flight Based Educational Activities

Fun activities to try in your classroom or at home

Parts of an Airplane

Parts of an Airplane

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Parts of an Airplane
Activity Sheet

The Challenge: Fill in as many blanks as you can. Then use the word bank to fill in the rest.

 

Parts of an airplane (answers)

Parts of an Airplane (Answers)

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Parts of an Airplane
Activity Sheet (Answers)

The Challenge: Fill in as many blanks as you can. Then use the word bank to fill in the rest.

 

Why Aircraft Fly

Why Aircraft Fly

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Why Aircraft Fly
Lesson Sheet

Learn the key principles of aerodynamics and propulsion that enable aircraft to fly.

 

Glossary of Terms

Glossary of Terms

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Glossary
of Terms

Learn the terminology and concepts related to the world of aviation and flight. 

 

Parachute Activity Card

Parachute Activity Card

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Parachute: Theory of Flight
Activity Card

Outcome: To demonstrate the fall of parachutes of various materials.

 

Helicopter: Theory of Flight

Helicopter: Theory of Flight

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Lift: The Helicopter – Theory of Flight Activity Card

Outcome: To demonstrate how a helicopter uses lift to maneuver.

 

Aerofoil: Theory of Flight

Aerofoil: Theory of Flight

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Aerofoil: Theory of Flight Activity Card

Outcome: To demonstrate how the Aerofoil separates the air to assist in flight.

 

Straw Plane: Theory of Flight

Straw Plane: Theory of Flight

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Straw Plane: Theory of Flight Activity Card

Outcome: To discover the how and why homemade planes work.

 

Gravity Activity Card

Gravity Activity Card

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Gravity
Activity Card

Outcome: To demonstrate how objects will fall, because they are pulled by the earth’s force.

 

Gravity & Air Pressure Activity Card

Gravity & Air pressure activity card

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Gravity & Air Pressure
Activity Card

Outcome: To demonstrate how gravity and air pressure affect falling objects.

 

Drag Activity Card

Drag Activity Card

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Drag
Activity Card

Outcome: To find out who runs faster with a piece of tag board in front of them.

 

ITU Alphabet

ITU Alphabet (Tin Can TelePhone)

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The ITU Phonetic
Alphabet

The radio operator depends on understanding exactly what is said to save lives.

 

Morse Code Activity Card

Morse Code Activity Card

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Morse Code
Activity Card

Before someone invented how to send your voice over the airwaves, radio communications used “Morse Code”

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