Apollo 11 Breakout Room at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Crack the codes in this virtual breakout room while exploring artifacts at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center!
https://sites.google.com/si.edu/apollo-11/home/apollo
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 5, Grade 4
Apollo program, Human spaceflight, Moon (Earth), Records and Firsts, Spaceflight
Student
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World War II Patriotic Cover
Control of the air was recognized early in WWII as a decisive factor in modern warfare, hence the popularity of the slogan Keep 'em Flying!. See it in this letterhead used by servicemen at the time.
https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/world-war-ii/6Yc7MtgiNxdvFTjq#r/789466
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Aviation, Military aviation, Society and Culture, War and Conflict, World War II
Student
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Louis R. Purnell in Uniform
An image of Louis R. Purnell, a Tuskegee Airman and curator of Astronautics at the National Air and Space Museum, wearing his United States Army Air Force Uniform.
https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/world-war-ii/6Yc7MtgiNxdvFTjq#r/817459
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Aviation, Military aviation, War and Conflict, World War II, African American or Black people
Student
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Training Aircraft Used by Tuskegee Institute
This image is of a vintage, open-cockpit biplane—one used at Alabama’s renowned Tuskegee Institute to train African American pilots for Army Air Corps service during World War II.
https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/world-war-ii/6Yc7MtgiNxdvFTjq#r/817461
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Aviation, Military aviation, War and Conflict, World War II, African American or Black people
Student
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Tuskegee Airman Flight Jacket
See what you can learn from this image of the airman jacket worn by Lt. Col. Woodrow W. Crockett.
https://learninglab.si.edu/q/ll-c/6Yc7MtgiNxdvFTjq#r/817460
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Aviation, Military aviation, War and Conflict, World War II, African American or Black people
Student
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WWII Learning Lab
Students and teachers can use this learning lab to learn about various aspects of aviation during WWII and some of the most important aviators at that time.
https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/world-war-ii/6Yc7MtgiNxdvFTjq
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Aviation, Military aviation, War and Conflict, World War II, African American or Black people
Teacher
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WWII Weekly Learning Guide
Using this guide, you can help your students learn about WWII with resources for every day of the week.
https://s.si.edu/WWIIWeeklyLearningGuide
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Aviation, Military aviation, World War II, War and Conflict
Teacher
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The Body in Space Rubric
This rubric will help assess student designs for technology to help lessen the effects of one of the health problems associated with sending people into space.
https://s.si.edu/rubric
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Life sciences, Human spaceflight, Spaceflight
Teacher
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The Body in Space Lesson
Students will explore the impact of space travel on the human body and ways NASA equips their astronauts to live in this environment.
https://learninglab.si.edu/q/ll-c/NgABf60tEdmm0WA5#r/798827
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Life sciences, Human spaceflight, Science