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Resource Type: DocumentEmbracing the Impossible: Popular Response to the Aerial Age Teaching Poster
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Human Space Exploration, TechnologyStudents review primary source materials to understand how people felt about the new technology of flying in the early 1900s. Th...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSuggested Reading
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Science, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, United States History, History-Social ScienceSmithsonian books selected for their relevance to various themes and their accessibility to children and teenagers. Includes gre...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkStar Station One Science Demonstration
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Science, Human Space ExplorationScience demonstration at the National Air and Space Museum providing information on the International Space Station.Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
What’s Tops at the Udvar-Hazy Center?
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Science, United States History, Human Space Exploration, History-Social ScienceWith this self-guided tour of the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center (Reston, VA), children are encouraged to vot...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkStories of the Wrights Flight
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.Lesson plan includes firsthand accounts of the Wright brothers first flights on December 17, 1903, which students compare to a s...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Wright Brothers: Classroom Activities
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Human Space ExplorationWebsite featuring activities focused on the Wright Brothers and the 1903 Wright Flyer, the first plane to succeed at controlled ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEducational Videoconferencing
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 8Subjects: Science, Human Space Exploration, United States History, History-Social SciencePrograms, National Air and Space Museum information and registration for museum-school videoconferencing programs that complemen...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSmithsonian Source: Resources for Teaching American History
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: The Civil Rights Movement, United States History, History-Social ScienceTeacher-selected primary sources are arranged by six topics: Civil Rights, Colonial America, Invention, Native American History,...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMilestones of Flight
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Science, Human Space ExplorationOnline timeline exploring the major firsts in aviation and space history, from the Wright Brothers 1903 Wright Flyer, to the Apo...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIn the Line of Duty: Dangers, Disasters, and Good Deeds
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryOnline exhibit dedicated to Americas postal workers from the colonial period to the present who have risked their lives for the ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkScience and the Artist's Book
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Science, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Visual ArtsExhibit exploring links between scientific and artistic creativity through the book format. Showcases artist's books inspired by...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMoving the Mail
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryWebsite tracing advances in postal transportation technology. Includes sections on airmail planes, railroad mail cars, the Star ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkResources for Teaching American History: Transportation
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.The multimedia site includes teacher-selected primary sources, a video on Amelia Earhart, and an Advanced Placement DBQ on the d...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Pichs Collection: Exploring the History of Cuba through Postal Stamps
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.Webpage with an overview of Cuban postal history from the pre-philatelic period to 1939 with folded letters, stamped envelopes, ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAerobatic Champions
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Science, United States History, Human Space Exploration, History-Social Science, TechnologyOnline exhibition giving detailed information on two famous aerobatic aircraft, the Pitts Special “Little Stinker” and the Loude...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSmithsonian in Your Classroom: Stories of the Wrights Flight
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Human Space ExplorationLesson plan includes firsthand accounts of the Wright brothers first flights on December 17, 1903, which students compare to a s...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0