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This link will download the Regimes of Flight PDF Lesson Plans.

Caution: This file is 5 MB in size. You may want to download it in the smaller files listed below.

• Teachers Supplemental Aeronautics Guide
  
• Student Handouts, Readings and Comprehension Worksheets
  
• In-depth Mathematics Activity: Glide Slope
  
• Mini-Literature Unit for the Online Book A New Regime
  
• A New Regime, The Beginning of Supersonic Flight
  

These resources are also available online. They are linked into the table of contents below.

• Overview

• Goals and Objectives

• Correlation to the National Science Standards

• Teacher Informational Reading (See Background Materials)

• Overhead Informational Guides

• Answer Keys
  • Student Worksheet: Regimes of Flight
    
  • Student Worksheet: Speed of Sound
    
  • Student Worksheet: Aeronautics of the Space Shuttle
    
  • Mach and Mile Mathematics with the X-15
    
  • Aspect Ratio of Wings
    
  • Experiment: Air Has Weight
    
  • Experiment: Air Has Stuff in It
    
  • Experiment: The Force of Thrust

• Student Handouts

  • Readings and Comprehension Worksheets
    • Student Reading: Regimes of Flight
      
    • Student Worksheet: Regimes of Flight
      
    • Student Reading: Speed of Sound
      
    • Student Worksheet: Speed of Sound
      
    • Student Reading: Aeronautics of the Space Shuttle
      
    • Student Worksheet: Aeronautics of the Space Shuttle

  • Additional Student Activities/Projects
    • Aircraft Trading Card
      
    • Writing Experience: Sound Wave Travel
      
    • Writing Experience: Airplane Discussion
      
    • Mach and Mile Mathematics with the X-15
      
    • Aspect Ratio of Wings

  • Experiments
    • Experiment:Air Has Weight
      
    • Experiment:Air Has Stuff in It
      
    • Experiment: The Force of Thrust

• In-depth Mathematics Activity: Glide Slope

• Mini-Literature Unit: A New Regime

• Online Literature Picture Book:A New Regime