Flying Ace by Angela Bull Sky Pioneer by Corinne Szabo One Giant Leap by Dan Brown Neil Armstong by Barbara Kramer Jet Planes by Broekel Planes by Baines Helicopters by Darlene Stille Space Vehicles by Jon Richards Inside a Rocket by Tom Jackson
Pre-K to 1st Grade Level: Air science tricks with Professor Solomon Snickerdoole by Murray, Peter (Good) In the air by Pluckrose, Henry Arthur (Good) Mouton's impossible dream by McGrory, Anik (Good. About 1st hot air balloon trip) The airplane alphabet book by Pallotta, Jerry (Good ) First flight : the story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers by Shea, George (Good) Flight : the journey of Charles Lindbergh by Burleigh, Robert (Good) The Flyer flew! : the invention of the airplane /by Hill, Lee Sullivan (Great) How people learned to fly by Hodgkins, Fran (Good) Our neighbor is a strange, strange man by Seymour, Tres (Good. About glider) Flying by Gibbons, Gail (Good) Liftoff! by Bredeson, Carmen The Magic school bus taking flight by Cole, Joanna (Video) (Good) The wondrous whirligig: the Wright Brothers' first flying machine by Glass, Andrew (Good) Into the air : the story of the Wright brothers' first flight by Burleigh, Robert (Great) Wee and the Wright brothers by Gaffney, Timothy R. (Good)
These books were good review for upper elementary/middle school:
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Book of Flight
Into the Unknown: How Great Explorers Found Their Way by Land, Sea, and Air by Stewart Ross, Illustrated by Stephen Biesty (with fantastic unfolding cross sections). Nice wrap up of ships and airplanes. Generated good discussion as to how we would have liked to explore.
This link has some great lessons: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/education/educators/index.asp
We just did this unit again. My children are pre-school through 4th grade. I posted the books we used this time around at http://www.squidoo.com/aeronautics-air-pressure-and-flying-lesson-plan . If you scroll down toward the bottom, you can see the lessons we did each week along with the books we enjoyed for each of those weeks.
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4-6th grade reading level
Flying Ace by Angela Bull
Sky Pioneer by Corinne Szabo
One Giant Leap by Dan Brown
Neil Armstong by Barbara Kramer
Jet Planes by Broekel
Planes by Baines
Helicopters by Darlene Stille
Space Vehicles by Jon Richards
Inside a Rocket by Tom Jackson
Pre-K to 1st Grade Level:
Air science tricks with Professor Solomon Snickerdoole by Murray, Peter (Good)
In the air by Pluckrose, Henry Arthur (Good)
Mouton's impossible dream by McGrory, Anik (Good. About 1st hot air balloon trip)
The airplane alphabet book by Pallotta, Jerry (Good )
First flight : the story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers by Shea, George (Good)
Flight : the journey of Charles Lindbergh by Burleigh, Robert (Good)
The Flyer flew! : the invention of the airplane /by Hill, Lee Sullivan (Great)
How people learned to fly by Hodgkins, Fran (Good)
Our neighbor is a strange, strange man by Seymour, Tres (Good. About glider)
Flying by Gibbons, Gail (Good)
Liftoff! by Bredeson, Carmen
The Magic school bus taking flight by Cole, Joanna (Video) (Good)
The wondrous whirligig: the Wright Brothers' first flying machine by Glass, Andrew (Good)
Into the air : the story of the Wright brothers' first flight by Burleigh, Robert (Great)
Wee and the Wright brothers by Gaffney, Timothy R. (Good)
My Friend Rabbit by E. Rohmann (Pre-K)
Airplane Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta (K-5)
The Jet Alphabet Book by Jerry Palotta (k-5)
These books were good review for upper elementary/middle school:
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Book of Flight
Into the Unknown: How Great Explorers Found Their Way by Land, Sea, and Air by Stewart Ross, Illustrated by Stephen Biesty (with fantastic unfolding cross sections). Nice wrap up of ships and airplanes. Generated good discussion as to how we would have liked to explore.
This link has some great lessons: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/education/educators/index.asp
We just did this unit again. My children are pre-school through 4th grade. I posted the books we used this time around at http://www.squidoo.com/aeronautics-air-pressure-and-flying-lesson-plan . If you scroll down toward the bottom, you can see the lessons we did each week along with the books we enjoyed for each of those weeks.
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