Students will learn how the Wright Brothers used the 4 tools of aeronautics to design and test the first successful flying machine. Students then build a flying paper glider to demonstrate their understanding of the motions involved in flight and learn how pilots use these movable surfaces to control their aircraft.
45-60 minutes in length
By request only
Greg Pitzer
gregory.e.pitzer@nasa.gov
NASA Ames Research Center
MS 253-2
Moffett Field, CA 94035
United States