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Curriculum: Fourth Grade
FOURTH GRADE WEBSITES
Aerospace Curriculum

A.  Como Planetarium-Constellations
www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/    Produce constellation maps for your city or around the world in any dateand time, viewpoint, and observing location format.
http://SkyandTelescope.com/howto/basics/    Learn how to observe the sky, identifying stars, etc.

B.  STARBASE
www.starbasemn.org    A nonprofit organization whose purpose is to increase the knowledge, skills,and interest of   inner city youth in science, mathematics, andtechnology for greater academic and lifelong   success. Find more info. about their programs here.

C.  Book-Vol. III-A Place in the Sky
www.dot.state.mn.us/aero/aved/publications/   Find this book volume and other publications here.  Will need Acrobatto download books.

D.  FLIGHT SITE-Airports, Communities and You, Winged Wonders
http://www.eaa.org/education.html    Download information pertaining to Flight Site.

E.  Gliders
www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~flight/build1.html    Build an experiment glider from scratch.  Many other valuable resourcesin this domain.

F.  Propulsion Systems
http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Propulsion/beginner/index.html    Provides history, components, and much more about Propulsion.
www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/airplane/bgp.html    A beginners guide to Propulsion.

G.  Timelines-History of the Shuttle
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/index.html    Informaion about each space shuttle mission and more.

H.  Aerospace Pioneers
John Glenn
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/bios/htmlbios/glenn-j.html    NASA biography about John Glenn.

www.lerc.nasa.gov/www/PAO/html/johnglen.htm    Find information about his first flight to his most current shuttle mission.

Chuck Yeager
www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/yea0int-1    Academy of Achievent brings you face to face with the extraordinary individuals who have shaped our times.

Dick Rutan
www.dickrutan.com    Journey into Dick Rutan’s life and experience his adventure in his officialwebsite.

Jeana Yeager
www.edwards.af.mil/articles98/docs_html/feb98/cover/jeana.html    Reports from Edward Airforce Base about Jeana Yeager.

I.  Speakers-Elizabeth Strofus, Women in Aviation
www.dot.state.mn.us/aero/aved/publications/skyslim2/strohfus.html    Brief description of Elizabeth Wall Strohfus’s' life.

J.  Field Trip -Fleming Field (with STARBASE)
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/aero/avoffice/ops/airdir/airports.html    Links and diagrams to all MN airports or air fields.

L.  Additional Websites