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Yeager Bio Scavenger Hunt

Directions:
Using the resources listed below as well as other resources you might find in the library on or the Internet, find the information requested on the next page. You might not be able to find all the answers, but try to find as many as you can in the time your teacher gives you.

On the Web:
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/yea0int-1 http://www.capstonestudio.com/supersonic/

At the library:
Chuck Yeager Breaks the Sound Barrier
Conrad R. Stein
ISBN: 0516261371

Chuck Yeager Breaks the Sound Barrier
Richard Conrad Stein
ISBN: 0516202944

Chuck Yeager: Fighter Pilot
Carter M. Ayres
ISBN: 0822504839

Across the High: The Story of a Test Pilot- Major Charles E. Yeager, USAF
William R. Lundgren
ISBN: 0553264516

Chuck Yeager: First Man to Fly Faster than Sound
Timothy Gaffney
ISBN: 0516032232

Chuck Yeager: The Man Who Broke the Sound Barrier
Nancy Levison
ISBN: 0802767990

Directions:
Using the resources given on the previous page as well as the other resources you might gather in the library or on the Internet, find the information requested below. You might not be able to find all the answers, but try to find as many as you can in the time your teacher gives you.

  1. The year Charles Yeager was born.
  2. The state in which Charles Yeager was reared.
  3. One of Yeager's favorite subjects in high school.
  4. One of the sports Yeager played in high school.
  5. The armed forces in which Yeager enlisted.
  6. One of the jobs Yeager was trained to do in the armed forces.
  7. A special award or honor Yeager was given.
  8. One aircraft Yeager flew as a pilot.
  9. The year Yeager flew at supersonic speed.
  10. The name of Yeager's wife.
  11. One war or conflict in which Yeager served.
  12. The highest rank he achieved while in the armed forces.
 
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