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Title:
| Aviation: Military Aircraft |
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Description:
| These sites are about military aviation. Most sites are media-rich and include images and videos of different aircraft. There are links to eThemes resources on Transportation: Aircraft, Aviation: Activities for Junior and High School Students, and Aviation: Wright Brothers. |
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Grade Level:
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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Resource Links:
| Navy Photos: 2005 Year in Review
These photographs show scenes of how the Navy can help people using their aircraft.
Royal Air Force Picture Gallery
Britain's Air Force site has a number of photo galleries. Click on the different links to learn more about the history. Video clips and images of aircrafts are included.
Simulation in Aeronautics Photos
Photo gallery of NASA flight simulations.
The History of Military Aviation
This ThinkQuest site features images and descriptions of military aircraft.
U.S. Navy Blue Angels
The official site of the Blue Angels. See photos and read about these planes.
Aircraft Factsheets
Chose a type of aircraft from a menu on the left to learn more about its features, mission, and general characteristics. A video clip is included.
Fighter Planes and Military Aircrafts
This site features fighter planes from various countries. Includes technical information, images, and models.
Aircraft Mission Design Series
This page provides information about aircraft naming process and meaning of each abbreviation. Note: This site includes ads and pop-ups.
Battle of the X-Planes
Find out interesting information about fighter planes such as where combat planes retire, outfitting a fighter pilot, and designing for stealth. Articles, interview, interactive images, and teacher's guide are included.
An Online Aircraft Museum
This site has information, images, documents, diagrams and links pertaining with SR-17, Blackbird, and popular military aircrafts. Information and pictures about military museums in the United States are included.
eThemes Resource: Aviation: Activities for Junior and High School Students
These sites have classroom activity ideas and unit plans about aviation. Learn how aircraft fly and try to solve word problems and other mathematical equations relating to aviation. Download a flight simulator to navigate your own aircraft. Includes a link to an eTheme on Aviation: Military Aircraft.
eThemes Resource: Transportation: Aircraft
These sites have information on the history of aviation. Includes photographs of different types of aircraft, principles and concepts of flight and plane construction, women in aviation, and how to construct paper airplanes.
eThemes Resource: Aviation: Wright Brothers
These sites are about the Wright Brothers and their early airplanes. Includes biographies on Wilbur and Orville that tell about their family and careers. Discover what inspired them to build planes. Contains historical photographs, movies, diaries, interviews, and simulations. There is an eThemes Resource on Transportation: Aircraft linked.
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Education Standards:
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MO Standards:
1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 4.8, 3, 2, 7, 2
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