Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Partnership
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Flight School 1:
Inspired to Fly
March 28, 2007
For Students in Grades 4-8
We introduce students to the amazing men and women of early powered flight, see their world-changing accomplishments, and learn important scientific principles behind the early flying machines. -
Flight School 2:
Higher, Faster, Farther!
October 17, 2007
For Students in Grades 4-8
We explore revolutionary innovations in flight speed, distance, aviation technology as well as showcase many of the pioneering women and men of yesterday and today who made it all possible. -
Flight School 3:
Blast Off!!!
April 23, 2008 & March 14, 2012
For Students in Grades 4-8
We examine the history of rocket-propelled flight, the space race, lunar landing, and the space shuttle program. Students learn about the pioneering men and women who made the dream of space flight possible. -
Flight School 4:
From Above
October 8, 2008
For Students in Grades 4-8
We explore what flying above the Earth teaches us about the planet and its inhabitants. We also meet the people and the vehicles that help us study the Earth from above. -
Flight School 5:
On the Red Planet
March 21, 2012
For Students in Grades 4-8
We explore how scientists are studying the Red Planet, the kind of valuable information being collected, and what that information tells us about our own planet.
The Flight School series examines historical, scientific, and technological aspects of aviation and its impact on exploration, communication, commerce, and national defense. Each program integrates science, technology, engineering, physics, math, and other fields of study. Students meet pilots, engineers and astronauts; and are introduced to museum curators and cool artifacts, as a team of educators identify scientific principles that make controlled, heavier-than-air flight possible.
The Flight School website is made possible with the generous contribution of time, expertise, and historical footage supplied by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Dane Penland, Ken Hyde and Paul Glenshaw. Funding was provided by a grant from The Northern Virginia Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association.