Flight timeline
Take off on a discovery of the developments in flight around the
world.
- Open a Word document then copy and paste the questions below into
it.
- From which country was the first balloon launched, in 1783?
- In 1903 Otto Lilienthal made over 2,000 flights in a glider.
Who else used his jump flight method to take off?
- Where in America did the Wright brothers make the first sustained
controlled flight in 1903?
- Who was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic solo in
1932?
- Who was the first pilot to break the sound barrier in 1947?
- Explain what was special about the landing of the space shuttle
Columbia in 1981.
- What did Steve Fosset accomplish in 1998?
- Use the interactive
timeline to find out the answers to these questions.
- Copy your questions and answers, then paste them into a postcard.
Email your postard to ed@tki.org.nz
Rocket power
Blast off and discover to how power your own rocket
- Follow the instructions to make your own bubble-powered
rocket.
- Take a digital photograph of your rocket.
- Explain how the bubble-powered rocket flies incorporating the
law of action and reaction.
Email the photograph of your rocket and to ed@tki.org.nz
Webhunts
Soar into history to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Wright
Bothers' first aeroplane flight.
Or
Email your answers to ed@tki.org.nz
Mission patch
Wiki is planning a return visit to her home planet, Kōpū.
Every space flight from NASA has a mission patch, check out the Official
and Commemorative APOLLO
PROGRAM Mission Designs. Use Paint or another graphics program
to design a unique mission patch for Wiki's flight.
Email your design to wiki@tki.org.nz
Tohu whakatakanga
E whakaaro ana a Wiki ki te hoki atu ki tōna kainga tūturu,
ara ki Kōpū. Kei ia o ngā whakatakanga haere ātea
a NASA, kua tāpiritia he tohu whakatakanga, ā, tirohia ēnei
tohu whakatakanga tūturu, tūtohu rānei mō te APOLLO
PROGRAM. Whakamahia te Paint mai i tētahi atu pūmanawa
rorohiko ataata, ki te whakahoa i tētahi tohu whakatakanga ahurei,
mō te rerenga o Wiki. Īmerahia mai tō tauira ki a wiki@tki.org.nz
Frisbee throw
Ed, Wiki and Tipani want your help to create a new look frisbee that
flies well.
- Open the frisbee
template and create Māori or Pacific island design using
Paint or another graphics program to go on a new frisbee.
- Read Sports:
The frisbee and explain how a frisbee flies.
Email the Frisbee template and explanation of how it flies to wiki@tki.org.nz
Te whiu ripi
E hiahia āwhina ana a Ed, a Wiki me Tipani ki te whakahoa i
tētahi ripi tirohanga hou, ā, he pai hoki ki te rere.
- Huakina te tauira
ripi, ka hanga i tētahi tauira Māori, tauira o Ngā
Moutere, i runga i tētahi tauira kē rānei, hei rau
ki runga i tō ripi hou.
- Pānuihia te Hākinakina:
Te Ripi ka whakamārama ake e pēhea rawa te rere o
te ripi.
Īmerahia mai te tauira o tō ripi me ōna whakamārama
rere ki a wiki@tki.org.nz
The Wright brothers
On 17 December 1903 the Wright brothers made the first powered flight.
Take a virtual visit through the museum room on the 2003
Wright Brothers' Game to find out about Wilbur and Orville and
their many achievements, then complete the quiz.
Email your final score to ed@tki.org.nz
Hot air ballooning
Tipani had such fun hot air ballooning she wants Ed to come for a
ride. Ed is worried that it isn't safe. Tipani needs your help to
explain what the parts on a hot air balloon are and how they work.
- Read about how
a balloon works.
- Open the hot
air balloon worksheet and label the parts of the balloon.
- Work through the activities on hot
air ballooning to discover how a balloon flies.
- Make your own hot
air balloon and fly it using a popcorn popper.
Email your hot air balloon worksheet to ed@tki.org.nz
Aircraft builders apply here
Follow the instructions to create a
polystyrene
plane then take a digital photo of your completed aircraft.
Email your image to ed@tki.org.nz
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