A Brief History of Flight

Principles of Aeronautics

History of Flight (From Ultra Efficient Engine Technology and NASA)

Milestones of Flight (From the National Air and Space Museum)

First Flight (includes simulations)

Kites Classroom (A brief history of Chinese kites)

How Does  Kite Fly?

Kites and Kite Flying

Ancient Kites

Go Fly a Kite

Let's Fly a Kite

Great 1906 Earthquake (USGS)

Timeline of the San Francisco Earthquake

The Great Shake (from the Exploratorium)

San Francisco Earthquake related pictures

Earthquake Pictures

San Francisco Earthquake (from American Memory - Library of Congress)

Shake and Quake (from America's Story - Library of Congress)

The Story of Chinatown (PBS)

Angel Island Immigration Station

Sites with Links for Dragonwings Units

Dragon Wings Resources

Dragonwings Links from Frisbie Middle School (Several Categories)

Teachers CyberGuide (From SCORE)  Interesting links for San Francisco - back to 1890s.  Also, links on the history of flight.  While some broken links, the active ones are interesting

Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company and Museum of Pioneer Aviation

Wilbur and Orville Wright

Time 100 scientists

Wright Brothers Memorial and pictures of Kitty Hawk  (including gliders)

How We Made the First Flight (Article by Orville Wright)

The Wright Stuff (PBS American Experience)

National Inventors' Hall of Fame (The Wright Brothers) - includes audio

First Flight (from the Franklin Institute)

Wright Brothers Theme Page (from Gander Academy) - includes links

Language Arts & Study Skills