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SAMPLE LESSON PLAN
"We build healthy kids four different ways."
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These questions can be discussed, assigned as research or even used as springboards for other book reports...
JIMMY JET/ORIGINS
1. What does "origin" mean? "Origin" is the beginning of something -- where the story starts. 2. What does it mean to "share" something? It means to give-up something
you would normally keep for yourself -- to not be stingey or selfish. -- to be generous and giving. 3. Have you ever been to a flying museum? You will find all sorts and types of aircraft and spacecraft and learn about the
heroes that both built and flew them. 4. Have you ever flown? In a balloon? In a plane? In a jet? How old were you when you first tookoff? Were you frightened? Excited? Both? 5. What is a "hangar"?
A "hangar" is like a garage for airplanes. A safe, clean and dry storage area. 6. How many things can you name with "wings"? Send me your list and I will send you your very own set of Pilot Wings!
7. Do you know how a wing works? The secret is in the shape called an "airfoil." The upper surface is bowed, or curved upward in a long arch that causes the air moving over the wing to create "lift."
8. Do you know any famous people who flew? A relative? A celebrity? How about your local news team? 9. Why are two brothers named Orville and Wilbur famous? They are the Wright brothers. They took their experience
building bicycles and built the very first airplane. 10. Can you name the first woman pilot? Her name was Harriet Quimby and she earned her Pilot's License in 1912.
11. Who was the first person to break the sound barrier? General Chuck Yeager set this record in 1947 by flying "Mach 1" which is one times the speed of sound, (approximately 600 MPH.) 12. What is a "sonic boom"
This is the thunder-like clap created when something exceeds "Mach 1." 13. Who was the first man in space? A brave Russian "Cosmonaut" -- like our "Astronaut" named Yuri Gagarin in 1961.
14. Who was the first person to walk on another planet? United States Astronaut Neil Armstrong first walked on the Earth's Moon in the summer of 1969. He flew on Apollo 11. 15. One of the ships that landed on the moon was
named after a famous cartoon character -- can you name him? All of the spacecraft used on the Moon -- or "lunar" missions were of the Apollo class of ships, (they held 3 men.) The Command Modules orbited the Moon and returned the
Astronauts to Earth. The Descent Modules were the spider-like ships that went back and forth between the surface of the Moon and the orbiting Command Modules. Both of these type craft were given a nickname by the crew that flew them. On Apollo
Mission # 10, The Descent Module that made the last fly-by without actually landing on the Moon in 1969 was named "Snoopy!" 16. Who were the Tuskeegee Airmen? During World War II, when many areas of society were still
segregated, the U.S. Air Force created a special squadron of black airmen and trained them at Tuskeegee, Alabama. Their job as fighter pilots was to protect the larger, slower flying bombers during their missions against the Nazi "Luftwaffe"
-- German air force. Of all the brave souls that defended our nation in that terrible war, it is important to remember that the Tuskeegee Airmen never lost a single plane under their protection. 17. What is a "cockpit"?
A "cockpit" is the area where all the controls and guages and dials of a craft are located. A race car has a cockpit too. 18. What is the difference between a jet and a rocket? A jet engine creates "thrust" -- power -- by
pushing air through spinning turbine blades. A rocket engine creates it's power by the explosive gases released from fuel tanks. 19. What is a "glider"? Gliding or "soaring" is done in a plane that has no engines at all! They
float like a feather on the wind. "Thermals" or up-drafts are invisible escalators in the sky they use to regain altitude -- or height before gliding down to land. Some gliders can stay "aloft" -- in the air for many hours!
20. Where does "outer space" begin? "Outer Space" is what we call the vacuum beyond the upper limit of our own atmosphere. It is approximately 50 miles straight up. Pilots who fly above this altitude earn "Astronaut Wings!"
TRIVIA!
Now You Know:
That 12 percent of the U.S. population believes that the Moon is really made of green cheese!
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