The Wright Brothers First Flight: H. W. Mountz School Spring Lake, NJ Fall 2003
This page features our class contributions, resources, and comments about the project:
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The Wright Brothers First Flight: H. W. Mountz School Spring Lake, NJ Fall 2003
This page features our class contributions, resources, and comments about the project:
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~ Our Study ~ We read several good books about the Wright brothers. The favorites were: First Flight, The Story of the Wright Brothers by Caryn JennerThe Wright Brothers by Pamela Duncan Edwards My Brother's Flying Machine , Wilbur, Orville and Me by Jane Yolen
The American Experience: The Wright Stuff
A highlight of this study was a visit made to our classroom by two airplane pilots. Thank you Jennifer and Roy Johnson! Jennifer flies for a passenger airline and Roy flies cargo planes. They brought some interesting maps, an altimeter, a special slide rule all pilots carry with them (even in this age of computers), model planes, and money from different countries.
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~ How We Made the CyberDictionary ~
Our written responses were in the form of an ABC book or
dictionary.
Note: This idea is credited to Janet Barnstable who hosts an Internet project called The Fairy Tale & Folk Tale Cyber Dictionary.
Next, students randomly selected the letters they would be using to tell and illustrate a part of the story. The best part of a collaborative classroom project is the sharing of ideas that takes place. Here are the final words we selected:
Some of the students wrote about doing the project. You can read their comments and add to them by sending an email to our class. Finally, our dictionary was adapted a Readers Theater script format and was read to a 4th grade and 2nd grade classes. Scroll down now to view the dictionary. |
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An ABC CyberDictionary
On December 17, 2003 we celebrate d the 100th Anniversary of the Wright brothers' first powered airplane flight. Click on a letter or scroll down to see all: A B C D E F G H I J K L MN O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
A is for AIRPLANE |
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Chelsea
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Wilbur and Orville
Wright built the first gasoline engine powered airplane. When they were just little boys,
they got a toy helicopter. They liked it so much, they thought they could learn to fly.
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| B is for BUZZARD | |
Chelsea |
They studied buzzards' wings to make better wings for their plane. |
| C is for CRASHED | |
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| D is for DEVIL | |
Kristen |
The Wright brothers' first flight was at Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. |
| E is for ELEVATOR | |
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The Wright brothers added an elevator to their plane. It tilts to make the plane's nose go up and down. |
| F is for FLYER | |
Patrick |
The Wright brothers' Flyer went 120 feet the first time.
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| G is for GREAT | |
Chelsea |
The Wright brothers were great inventors.
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| H is for High | |
Lauren |
The first Flyer did not go very high.
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| I is for IDEAS | |
Daniel |
Wilbur and Orville had many ideas about kites and gliders that they tested before making their airplane.
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| J is for JET | |
Grace |
There were no jets when the Wright brothers made the Flyer.
It had two propellers.
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| K is for KATHERINE | |
Lia |
The Wright brothers' sister's name was Katherine. She gave her brothers encouragement and support. She did not get to fly until almost six years after the flight in 1903. |
| L is for LIFT | |
Charlie |
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| M is for MAGNIFICENT | |
Mary Beth |
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| N is for NEW | |
Lia |
The Wright brothers had new ideas for their new plane.
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| O is for ORVILLE | |
Conor |
Orville's birthday was August 19, 171 in Dayton, Ohio. Orville loved to make and fly kites. He even made kites to sell to his friends.
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| P is for PILOT | |
Lauren |
The Wright brothers were the first ones to fly the plane. They didn't have pilots back then.
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| Q is for QUICKLY | |
Kristen |
On December 14, the Flyer went down when one of the brothers, Wilbur, was in the plane. The plane crashed quickly and didn't get off the ground.
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| R is for RUDDER | |
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The rudder was in the back of the Wright brothers' Flyer and it turned the plane.
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| S is for SANDY | |
Conor |
They tested the Flyer at Kill Devil
Hills near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The sandy beach had perfect winds.
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| T is for TRACK | |
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The Wright brothers had a track in the sand. They had to run holding the plane. Then they let go at the end of the track as the plane lifted up.
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| U is for USED | |
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They used a wind tunnel to test different wing shapes.
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| V is for VERY | |
Daniel |
Wilbur and Orville were very interested in how birds fly.
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| W is for WILBUR | |
Tiffany |
Wilbur was born April 16, 1867 in Indiana. He was interested in how birds fly. In 1899 the Wright brothers built a kite which they controlled by warping or twisting the wings.
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| X is for eXcellent | |
Lia |
Wilbur and Orville were eXcellent at building planes.
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| Y is for YELLED | |
Patrick |
At the end of the first flight, the Wright brothers were very happy and yelled, "Hurrah!"
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| Z is for Zoom | |
Chelsea |
On December 17, 1903 the Wright brothers' Flyer made four flights. The longest one zoomed 852 feet in 59 seconds.
Comments |
 Comments
Mary Beth: We learned a lot about the Wright brothers. We watched tapes and read books about them. We hope you learn about them too.
Mrs. M: My students were surprised to learn
that the Wright brothers didn't become famous right away. They wanted to get a patent
for their invention before showing off the Flyer. It wasn't until 1909 when they
finally showed the "Wright Stuff" to an audience in France. The video by
that name covers the years after the first flight in detail. |
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