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Expert Panel and Question Session

NASA Connect Segment involving students and a panel of experts in Washington, D.C. who are celebrating the 95th anniversary of the Wright Brothers first flight.

Grades K-2
Science
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The Wright Brothers

NASA Connect segment exploring who the Wright Brothers were and how they designed and flew the first airplane. The video also explains the steps of the Engineering Method and how the Wright brothers used these stages in their process.

Grades 3-5 | 6-8
Science
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First Flying Machines

NASA Connect segment exploring the first flying machines including their design and development. The host demonstrates the flight simulator of the original glider.

Grades 3-5 | 6-8
Science
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Centennial of Flight Web Activity

NASA Connect segment featuring the website of the U.S. Centennial Flight Commission. The website consists of activities for students and teachers as well as links on astronautics and aeronautics.

Grades 6-8
Science
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First Flights

NASA Connect segment exploring the first types of flights including kite flights. The video explores Kitty Hawk, North Carolina and experimental airplanes at a yearly festival.

Grades 6-8
Science
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Transportation Growth and Patterns

NASA Connect segment exploring transportation growth since the early 1900s and how the patterns of this growth are mathematical and are related to the Fibonacci sequence.

Grades 6-8
Mathematics
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Math and Wright Brothers

NASA Connect segment explaining ratios and proportions. The segment describes how these math concepts helped the Wright Brothers to invent the first flying machine.

Grades 6-8
Mathematics
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Flight Pioneers

NASA Destination Tomorrow Segment exploring the background of the first attempted flights. The segment also looks back on the pioneers who built the first flying machine.

Grades 9-12
Science
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First Flight Control

NASA Destination Tomorrow Segment explaining how the Wright Brothers successfully achieved controlled flight.

Grades 9-12
Science
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Wright Brothers

Who invented the aeroplane?

Grades 3-5 | 6-8
Science
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