Category: Wright Brothers & Centennial

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bullet Chicago Youth in Aviation Project, Inc.  :  Providing aviation education programming and consulting services in the chicago area. Inquire about local chicago centennial of flight activities as well as the centennial model aircraft contest to be held December 17, 2003 in Chicago. For further information check http://www.chicagocentennialofflight.org
http://www.chikidsfly.com

bullet Civil Air Patrol  :  Visit the Civil Air Patrol web site and learn more about the 3 missions of CAP: Aerospace Education, Cadet Programs, and Emergency Services
http://www.capnhq.gov

bullet Federal Aviation Administration  :  FAA's Home Page
http://www.faa.gov/

bullet Four H Aerospace Education Programs  :  Four-H involves more than 6 million youth in educational programs, including aviation & space. Curriculum & collaborations with aerospace organizations provide learning experiences for youth.
http://www.aces.edu/dept/4Haero/

bullet National Aeronautics and Space Admininstration  :  The Wright Way website will be a portal for the NASA education programs that incorporate aerospace as their theme, as well as a link to various Aerospace Technology Programs. This will give educators and the general public a guide to not only NASA educational resources, but also highlight the current research that is being conducted and correlate this to the process of invention that is used today by NASA researchers and was used 100 years ago by the Wright Brothers. Participants will relive the Wright Brothers¿ invention process, correlating it to the same process that NASA uses today in the development of new aerospace technologies.
http://wright.nasa.gov

Aviation Camps

bullet Federal Aviation Administration  :  Explore a variety of aviation careers, hand-on aviation activities and how they relate to the history of flight at these one week aviation summer camp programs.
http://www.faa.gov/education/acecamp.htm

Aviation Museums

bullet Academy of Model Aeronautics  :  The museum documents the history of aeromodeling. A new exhibit, "Spinning Tops to Whirling Props" touches on the advances made by the Wright Brothers through their 1905 Flyer.
http://www.modelaircraft.org/templates/ama/museum.asp?sid=3595EAA
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bullet Virginia Department of Aviation  :  Visit the Virginia Aviation Museum to see a wide range of historical aircraft. Also, view replicas of the Wright Brothers 1899 kite and 1900, 1901, and 1902 gliders.
http://www.smv.org/wvamhome.html

bullet Virginia Department of Aviation  :  Take flight to the Virginia Air & Space Center in Hampton. See a replica 1903 Wright Flyer and attend events such as the Centennial of Flight lecture series.
http://www.vasc.org/

Career Information

bullet Four H Aerospace Education Programs  :  Four-H involves more than 6 million youth in educational programs, including aviation & space. Curriculum & collaborations with aerospace organizations provide learning experiences for youth.
http://www.aces.edu/dept/4Haero/Careers/index.htm

Conferences / Special Events

bullet Civil Air Patrol  :  A national standards-based educational symposium that provides educators with professional development, personal growth, motivational teaching strategies, and networking opportunities.
http://www.capnhq.gov/conference/pages/nc/nationalcongress.html

bullet Franklin Institute Science Museum  :  Celebrate flight at the Wright Flight Festival at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. Don't miss the grand opening of the "Franklin Air Show" exhibit in 2003.
http://www.fi.edu/wright/flight_festival/

bullet National Aeronautics and Space Admininstration  :  NASA Centennial of Flight Calendar
http://wright.nasa.gov/calendar.htm

Curriculum Materials

bullet Chicago Youth in Aviation Project, Inc.  :  email us at chikidsfly@yahoo.com for plans and information regarding 1/10 scale models of the 1902 wright glider.
http://www.chikidsfly.com/lessons/wrightglider.html

bullet Civil Air Patrol  :  General interest in the Civil Air Patrol Aerospace Education Program? Go to 'Resources' and check our Newsletters and educational materials for elementary, middle, and high school levels.
http://www.capnhq.gov/nhq/aeroed/ETA/AE_Resources.asp

bullet Federal Aviation Administration  :  Educators Corner is a fun page for all. It includes activities for the classroom, fun experiments and much more.
http://www.faa.gov/education/resource/educorn.htm

bullet Federal Aviation Administration  :  Aviation Education Curriculum is: history, geography, language, art, science, and mathematics; it¿s learning about our world and how aviation affects us all.
http://www.faa.gov/education/rlib/curric.htm

bullet Four H Aerospace Education Programs  :  An exceptional set of educational material called "4-H Aerospace Adventures" is available through the 4-H Cooperative Curriculum System.
http://www.n4hccs.org/

bullet National Aeronautics and Space Admininstration  :  The Wright Way website will be a portal for the NASA education programs that incorporate aerospace as their theme, as well as a link to various Aerospace Technology Programs.
http://wright.nasa.gov

bullet U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission  :  For Educators and Students We hope the resources will encourage you and your students to celebrate the past 100 years of flight.
http://www.centennialofflight.gov/education/posters.htm

Publications

bullet American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics  :  AIAA's Evolution of Flight campaign will have several special publications availabe throughout 2003.
http://www.flight100.org/activities/pubs.html

bullet American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics  :  AIAA's Evolution of Flight campaign will have publications available in 2003.
http://www.aiaa.org/Publications/index.hfm?pub=0

bullet American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics  :  AIAA technical conferences will have historical sessions at conference. Technical papers from these sessions will be available after the conference.
http://www.aiaa.org/Research/index.hfm?res=0

bullet Civil Air Patrol  :  Read and download CAP AE Newsletters, booklets, brochures, posters, thematic units, and other resources.
http://www.capnhq.gov/nhq/aeroed/ETA/AE_Resources.asp

Scholarships

bullet American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics  :  The Evolution of Flight Campaign will be offering Learn to Fly Scholarships in 2003.
http://www.flight100.org/activities/fly.html

Speakers

bullet American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics  :  The AIAA Distinquished Lecturer Program provides special lecturers to speak on Wright Brothers topics.
http://www.aiaa.org/calendar/index.html

bullet Federal Aviation Administration  :  Contact your local FAA Aviation Education Program Managers, to find out more about having a guest speaker in your classroom or event.
http://www.faa.gov/education/contact.htm

Student Competitions

bullet American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics  :  The AIAA Foundation offers many types of undergraduate and graduate student competitions. The Orville and Wribur Wright Graduate award is available to graduate students with an award of $ 10,000.
http://www.flight100.org/activities/activities_artcontest.html

bullet Civil Air Patrol  :  Civil Air Patrol's National Cadet Competition 2003. Make your plans now to attend the National Cadet Competition (NCC) at the birthplace of aviation in Dayton, OH, June 25 - 29!
http://www.capnhq.gov/cp/cpc/ncc/nccindex.htm

bullet Civil Air Patrol  :  International Aviation Art Contest 2003. The theme for the 2003 International Aviation Art Contest is "100 Years of Powered Flight. Learn how to enter here.
http://www.capnhq.gov/nhq/aeroed/ETA/Current_Events/International
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bullet Federal Aviation Administration  :  The international Art Contest is a yearly activity designed to motivate and encourage young people to become more familiar with and participate in aeronautics, engineering and science.
http://www.faa.gov/education/news.htm

bullet National Aeronautic Association  :  FAI Young Artists Contest is an international art contest for youths between the ages of 6 and 17. The Theme for the 2003 Contest will be: "100 Years of Powered Flight."
http://www.fai.org/education/contests/artists/

bullet National Aeronautics and Space Admininstration  :  Six NASA K-12 student competitions that investigate earth, space, life, and physical science. This year's journalism theme is the Centennial of Flight!
http://education.nasa.gov/nsip

Student Programs

bullet Civil Air Patrol  :  CAP Aerospace Education for teachers, students, cadets, CAP members, etc. Learn about the 'AE' Program, materials, resources, conferences, workshops, grant opportunities, and more!
http://www.capnhq.gov/nhq/aeroed/ETA/AE_Home.htm

Student/Educator Awards

bullet American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics  :  AIAA has several awards available for Wright Brother related competitions.
http://www.flight100.org/activities/awards.html

bullet Civil Air Patrol  :  Award nominations and information for the National Congress on Aviation and Space Education (NCASE)can be found here.
http://www.capnhq.gov/conference/pages/nc/nationalcongress.html

Visual Aids

bullet National Aeronautics and Space Admininstration  :  The Wright Way website will be a portal for the NASA education programs that incorporate aerospace as their theme, as well as a link to various Aerospace Technology Programs.
http://wright.nasa.gov

Additional Resources

bullet Aerospace Industries Association  :  Visit AIA's 2003 Centennial of Flight page to read about the history of flight, centennial events, and how AIA's companies are celebrating this milestone.
http://www.aia-aerospace.org/aianews/2003/centennial.cfm

bullet Chicago Youth in Aviation Project, Inc.  :  Providing aviation education programming and support to the chicago centennial of flight commission. http://www.chicagocentennialofflight.org
http://www.chikidsfly.com/links.html

bullet Civil Air Patrol  :  Learn how to become an Aerospace Education Member (AEM). Review educational programs and products for the elementary, middle, and high school levels.
http://www.capnhq.gov/nhq/aeroed/ETA/AE_Resources.asp

bullet Federal Aviation Administration  :  This site contains numerous Wright brothers and centennial of flight related materials, resources and information.
http://www.faa.gov/education/wright/wright.htm

bullet Inventing Flight: Dayton 2003  :  Wright Brothers history material, time line & accomplishments.
http://www.inventingflight.com/invention/wright_brothers.php

bullet National Aeronautics and Space Admininstration  :  The Wright Way website will be a portal for the NASA education programs that incorporate aerospace as their theme, as well as a link to various Aerospace Technology Programs.
http://wright.nasa.gov

bullet Virginia Department of Aviation  :  Information and links to Wright Brothers materials and Centennial of Flight events.
http://www.doav.state.va.us/anniversary_of_flight.htm