Creator: Flying Classroom | visit site
Grade Range: - 8
Join a journey to eleven countries and three continents as part of a global STEM learning adventure aligned to Next Gen and Common Core Reading standards. The site navigation itself takes a little "exploration," but the time is well worth it. Learn about locations around the world as you explore science and technology at each stop along the way. Learn about the captain and crew under Flight Briefing. Follow the clickable flight route under Flight Tracker. Take a flight tutorial at Fly with Us (under Flight Briefings). Explore videos on the Blog and under Flight Briefings. Watch the intro video on the home page. Some of the videos are hosted on YouTube. If your district blocks YouTube, they may not be viewable.
In the Classroom
Incorporate this expedition into your units on continents, exploration and explorers (to compare modern exploration with historic expeditions), or science units on flight, energy and more. See the Blog for specific scientific explorations your students can read in groups or as a class. Include this resource in a unit on scientists and what they do. Include some of the readings as informational texts that will generate high student interest. This is a great resource for your gifted students in a regular classroom to extend curriculum and share what they have learned with classmates. For more background for teachers, see the Executive Summary under "About." Have students use a class account to create maps using MapHub, <a href="/single.cfm?id=18037">reviewed here</a>. Students can add icons, URLs, text, images, and location stops! Middle school students can use Fakebook, <a href="/single.cfm?id=14197">reviewed here</a>, to create a "fake" page similar in style to Facebook about any of the people on Captain Barrington’s journey.
At Home
Take a family journey to explore the world and excite any preteen or teen about science and engineering! Let your child or teen tell YOU what is happening along the flight route.
Tags
STEM, animals, flight, volcanoes, aircraft, architecture, endangered species, oceans, ecosystems, weather,
Subjects
Astronomy & Space, Biology/Life Science, Chemistry, Earth Science/Geology, Engineering/Technology, Geography (US/World), Geometry, Gifted, Math, Physics, Science,