What Were The Wright Brothers Doing 100 Years Ago Today?
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START
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BEGINNING You can start from the very beginning when Wilbur and Orville are small boys. They become interested in flight through a toy helicopter. |
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TODAY'S
JOURNAL
ENTRY What were the Wright Brothers doing 100 years ago today? See today's history, science lesson, and hands-on activities for students and educators. - Jan. 1, 1904. |
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EDUCATIONAL
CONTENT BY
DATE A list of all the Wright Again history and science journal entries that will appear on the sitefrom 1878 to 1903. |
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LESSON
PLANS A library of fun science experiments to help students understand how the Wrights developed the first powered aircraft. |
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WIND
TUNNEL
TESTS In 1901, the Wright Brothers conducted wind tunnel tests that helped them learn about lift. With NASA's help, we'll recreate some of those tests. Follow along! |
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COMPUTER
SIMULATIONS We're using computers to analyze the Wrights' early wing designs and the 1903 Wright Flyer. What will we learn? Come see! |
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WRIGHT
FLIGHT
FESTIVAL Take a virtual visit to The Franklin Institute Science Museum where the annual Wright Flight Festival takes place. |
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ABOUT
WRIGHT
AGAIN An introduction to the Wright Again Project and information on how to use this website. |
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HOW TO
USE
WRIGHT
AGAIN How to use the Wright Again curriculum, and where to find science experiments, history, and science content. |
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Cislunar Aerospace, Inc., The Franklin Institute And Science Museum,
the National Business Aviation Association, NASA Ames Research Center Fluid Dynamics Branch, and the
High Performance Computing, Education, and Research Center at the University of New Mexico.
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