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The Wright Brothers for Kids: How They Invented the Airplane, 21 Activities Exploring the Science and History of Flight
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This activity book tells the amazing true story of how two bicycle-making brothers from Ohio, with no more than high-school educations, accomplished a feat that forever changed the world. At a time when most people still hadn’t ridden in an automobile, Wilbur and Orville Wright built the first powered, heavier-than-air flying machine. Woven throughout the heartwarming story of the two brothers are activities that highlight their ingenuity and problem-solving abilities as they overcame many obstacles to achieve controlled flight. The four forces of flight—lift, thrust, gravity, and drag—and how the Wright brothers mastered them are explained in clear, simple text. Activities include making a Chinese flying top, building a kite, bird watching, and designing a paper glider, and culminate with an activity in which readers build a rubber-band-powered flyer. Included are photographs just released from the Wright brothers’ personal collection, along with diagrams and illustrations. The history of human flight and its pioneers, a time line, and a complete resource section for students are also provided.
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Mary Kay Carson
Mary Kay Carson lives with her husband, Tom Uhlman, and their dog, Ruby, in a century-old house surrounded by deer, hawks, woodchucks, songbirds, and other creatures in Cincinnati, Ohio. Check out their other Scientists in the Field books, including The Tornado Scientist, Park Scientists, Emi and the Rhino Scientist, The Bat Scientists, Inside Biosphere 2, and Mission to Pluto.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This took me 8 months to finish this but all the special things that happened in this book.
You should better read it. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blending historical accounts and documentation of the early development of flight with contemporary Websites to explore, activities and experiments that teach the forces at work in flight, and an extensive bibliography of further books to explore aviation, this book is a treasure. Filled with photos and primary historical accounts and documentation, Carson has created a coffee table quality resource for anyone discovering the principles and history of flight.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This history and activity book provides older readers with background information on the Wright brothers and the invention of the airplane as well as taking a look at other scientists and inventors who pioneered developments in human flight and early airplanes. A timeline helps readers put events in their proper perspective and shows the evolution of flight during the brothers’ lifetime.As readers discover the fascinating process of building the Wright Flyer, they can engage in several activities related to the work of the Wright brothers. They include making a Chinese flying top, kite building, building both paper gliders and a rubber-band-powered flyer. Highly recommended.