Aviation Activities and Links
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If you come across an excellent resource, let us know at hello@harborandsprout.com so we can add it to the list!Federal Flight Administration: https://www.faa.gov/
Federal Aviation Administration high school aviation activities: https://www.faa.gov/education/students/activities/highschool
Online flight simulator: https://www.geo-fs.com/
Flight simulator: http://www.luizmonteiro.com/learning_vor_sim.aspx
AirlineSim airline simulation game: https://www.airlinesim.aero/en
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: https://airandspace.si.edu/
Fizzics Education Flight and Aviation Activities: https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/articles/50-ideas-to-teach-about-flight-and-aviation/
Smithsonian How Things Fly website: https://howthingsfly.si.edu
Aviation Scholarly Sources and Databases:https://ecu.au.libguides.com/aviation/databases
Aviation Databases: https://tstc.libguides.com/az.php?q=aviation
Newton’s Laws of Motion (CrashCourse): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKKM8Y-u7ds&t=61s
Moments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22VGQM1jCn8
How do Airplanes Fly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4VHMsIuPmk
How Does a Wing Work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFO4PBolwFg
History of Kites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM2vSWuVGHg
King Bladud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuZgkFkXUKM
First Human to Fly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIZEkRMccj8
Eilmer of Malmesbury: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2MMoYWQ-_s
Archytas’ Pigeon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KQhSDur1WU
Leonardo da Vinci’s Flying Machines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0_htkvCVpE
Francesco Lana de Terzi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZoDUzTTVCc
Montgolfier Brothers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJb1njvRZNo
Hot Air Ballooning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCsGc7iRqs0
Giffard Steam Dirigible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlfQVuo6F7s
History of Airships: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-ZuacUrM7g
Otto Lilienthal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7leqLcgIMCM
Octave Chanute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgVhUOuUMaI
Samuel Langley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csCwnxIBx00
Who Was First?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57hXETesOLk
Wright Flyer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNf33QMHTm0
Louis Blériot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDZ87YdRF1I
Charles A. Lindbergh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbgVhLOdbb8
Frank Whittle documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0T4-XG612Q
Boeing 247: https://youtu.be/lLzvfyaV_2k
Douglas DC-3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_zskQVsD9w
Heinkel 178: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7WwAdkwnws
Charles Yeager full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqLOBPl_zLc
5 First Flying Machines Failures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVUjh0O7YEc
Raul Pescara: https://youtu.be/VcV5HNYSgpM
Feng Ru: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5a0c8iMAns
Israeli Airlines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8rsDbPWElU
Gianni Caproni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5WiYZxi5R4
Anthony Fokker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTcazrNZ5z8
History’s Earliest Flying Machines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naKsG0p2JN4
Emmanuel Swedenborg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEa0e8AcS78
Can Flying Go Green? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldhilLgVML0
Why Hydrogen-Powered Planes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMb5Frr-520
ECO-COMPASS project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwgl5hzGH2I
Harriet Quimby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRCNz4IzfLg
Harriet Quimby and Others: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXfxuMzFeJ8
Helene Dutrieu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s8owlBOyL8
Katherine Stinson: https://youtu.be/7CYjxe4162o
Bessie Coleman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wckEiKzCBqc
Janet Harmon Bragg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PbK56TcTh8
Willa Brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYlRy5iVeWc
Jacqueline Cochran (documentary): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCG0Zf_h1uU
Geraldine Mock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpwfSZ0fc2Q
Emily Howell-Warner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ynz4sYIji8
Suzanne Asbury-Oliver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1L0QXSS7gw
Jeannie Leavitt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aV1_DGmfMI
The Enduring Mystery of Amelia Earhart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKORvBxr42o
World of Mysteries: Amelia Earhart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPrBgNXpV7w
Amelia movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0QRaL-6KNM
George Antheil: Second Sonata, The Airplane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFM2COazkI8
Ballet Mecanique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfciL-werS8
Oil Painting rules: https://youtu.be/M__wNm6_37I
5 Oil Painting Techniques: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv_OkJfgheM
Underpainting vs. No Underpainting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6go_Aa_eF0
Glazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7qS1lvjGAs
Oil Painting Tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdfAR6oeylM
How, When, and Why to Scumble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGvC_XRPjQ4
4 Insights to Paint Alla Prima: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqTHN71pS6A
Impasto Painting while Keeping it Realistic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q918kahk1o
Impressionist Impasto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXN_T9ivg9s
Aviation Meteorology Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srbdt-edM50&list=PL8sNTK4aKySJ_S3MaOZ5ctNfXstnJIHDY
Elastic Deformation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKpvYF0hVDE
People of Science (Lewis Fry Richardson): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MdUDpOvVr4
Who Owns the Sky? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbW9MclE6iY
The History and Future of the Weather: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8OhO9Kv2d8
Literary devices, definitions, and examples: https://writers.com/common-literary-devices
Flight: The Complete History of Aviation by R.G. Grant
Greatest Flying Stories Ever Told by Lamar Underwood
Life with a View by Robin A. Smith
North Star Over My Shoulder by Bob Buck
Wings On My Sleeve by Eric Brown
The Women With Silver Wings by Katherine Sharp Landdeck
Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart by Susan Butler