(www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/index.html)
Grades 6-12, with parental supervision
Want to learn more about aeronautics? Check out this archived section of the NASA website.
This site has lots of information on topics including:
- Aerodynamics & How Airplanes Work
- Propulsion & Jet Engines
- Wind Tunnels
- Hypersonic Flow
- Shock Waves and Compressible Aerodynamics
- A Beginner’s Guide to Model Rockets
- A Beginner’s Guide to Kites
- Aerodynamics of Baseball and Soccer
- And lots more.
Click on the index for each topic you are interested in — there will be a list of all the sub-topics available in that category. Or you can go directly to a guided tour where after you choose your topic you can use the ‘next’ button to move through the material.
You can also download the entertaining and educational podcasts featuring “Orville and Wilbur Wright”.
Back on the home page, scroll all the way to the bottom, and be sure to check out the links to Aerospace Resources and Free Software!
