Study of Flight

We began our school year studying inventors.  Nicolas did a lapbook on inventors - Braille, Wright, da Vinci, Ford, Edison, etc. while Alex was preparing his oral presentation on Benjamin Franklin for our first co-op.

For our first co-op, we read The Glorious Flight, the story of Louis Bleriot, the pilot who flew his plane across the English Channel. 

Then, the 5th graders split to do their inventor presentations.  We have 4 5th graders this year, so we heard presentations on Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Ford and Alexander Graham Bell.

The younger kids built their own planes and flew them to see which one went the furthest and which one was in the air the longest.

After our co-op meeting, we met a pilot at a local airport.  He talked to us about his plane and showed us maps that pilots use when flying.