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The Wright Brothers for kids : how they invented the airplane : 21 activities exploring the science and history of flight, Mary Kay Carson, (electronic resource)

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This activity book tells the amazing true story of how two bicycle-making brothers from Ohio, with no more than high-school educations, accomplished a feat that forever changed the world. At a time when most people still hadn't ridden in an automobile, Wilbur and Orville Wright built the first powered, heavier-than-air flying machine. Woven throughout the heartwarming story of the two brothers are activities that highlight their ingenuity and problem-solving abilities as they overcame many obstacles to achieve controlled flight. The four forces of flight-lift, thrust, gravity, and drag-an
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eng
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1 online resource (340 pages)
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  • Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note to Readers; Time Line; Preface Dreams-and Nightmares- of a Flying Machine; One Bishops, Boys, and Bicycles; Alphonse PéNaud; Fly a Top; Quick Kite; Paul Laurence Dunbar; Neighborhood News; Curved Kite; Two First Thoughts of Flight; Otto Lilienthal; Watch the Birds; Flip and Fly Book; The Montgolfier Brothers; Fly a Balloon; Wing It!; Lift vs. Gravity; Thrust vs. Drag; Sir George Cayley; Three Getting Flight Under Control; Pitch, Roll, and Yaw; Glide a Glider; Octave Chanute; Four Gliding at Kitty Hawk
  • Design a Paper GliderMeasure the Wind; Francis Herbert Wenham; Testing with Wind; Make Scones; Five Building the World's First Airplane; Propel It!; Samuel Pierpont Langley; Send a Telegram; Alberto Santos-Dumont; Six The Wright Brothers' Airplane Company and Legacy; AéRoplane or Flugzeug?; How Fast to Fly?; Louis BléRiot; Glenn H. Curtiss; Field Guide to the Air; Epilogue The Fate of the Wright "Kitty Hawk" Flyer; Appendix: Build a Powered Flyer; Glossary; Web Sites to Explore; Places to Visit; Books to Read
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9781613743133
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The Wright Brothers for kids : how they invented the airplane : 21 activities exploring the science and history of flight
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The Wright Brothers for kids
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how they invented the airplane : 21 activities exploring the science and history of flight
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Mary Kay Carson
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eng
Summary
This activity book tells the amazing true story of how two bicycle-making brothers from Ohio, with no more than high-school educations, accomplished a feat that forever changed the world. At a time when most people still hadn't ridden in an automobile, Wilbur and Orville Wright built the first powered, heavier-than-air flying machine. Woven throughout the heartwarming story of the two brothers are activities that highlight their ingenuity and problem-solving abilities as they overcame many obstacles to achieve controlled flight. The four forces of flight-lift, thrust, gravity, and drag-an
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629.13009227
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Index
no index present
LC call number
TL540.W7
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non fiction
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dictionaries
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For Kids series
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juvenile
The Wright Brothers for kids : how they invented the airplane : 21 activities exploring the science and history of flight, Mary Kay Carson, (electronic resource)
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The Wright Brothers for kids : how they invented the airplane : 21 activities exploring the science and history of flight, Mary Kay Carson, (electronic resource)
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https://tulsalibrary.freading.com/ebooks/details/r:download/NDIzODE3OTU=
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Contents
  • Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note to Readers; Time Line; Preface Dreams-and Nightmares- of a Flying Machine; One Bishops, Boys, and Bicycles; Alphonse PéNaud; Fly a Top; Quick Kite; Paul Laurence Dunbar; Neighborhood News; Curved Kite; Two First Thoughts of Flight; Otto Lilienthal; Watch the Birds; Flip and Fly Book; The Montgolfier Brothers; Fly a Balloon; Wing It!; Lift vs. Gravity; Thrust vs. Drag; Sir George Cayley; Three Getting Flight Under Control; Pitch, Roll, and Yaw; Glide a Glider; Octave Chanute; Four Gliding at Kitty Hawk
  • Design a Paper GliderMeasure the Wind; Francis Herbert Wenham; Testing with Wind; Make Scones; Five Building the World's First Airplane; Propel It!; Samuel Pierpont Langley; Send a Telegram; Alberto Santos-Dumont; Six The Wright Brothers' Airplane Company and Legacy; AéRoplane or Flugzeug?; How Fast to Fly?; Louis BléRiot; Glenn H. Curtiss; Field Guide to the Air; Epilogue The Fate of the Wright "Kitty Hawk" Flyer; Appendix: Build a Powered Flyer; Glossary; Web Sites to Explore; Places to Visit; Books to Read
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1 online resource (340 pages)
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9781613743133
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