About This Lesson
Examine the central role women played in the history of aeronautics, the many barriers they faced, and the scientific advances they made despite the obstacles.
Learning Targets
- Make connections to scientific fields related to aeronautics;
- Conduct independent historical research to build content knowledge and context;
- Communicate the barriers that women scientists faced in the 19th century; and
- Communicate the trailblazing efforts that women aeronauts accomplished.
Purpose
- To introduce the context of the lesson and Driving Questions;
- To engage students in exploring their thinking about the lesson topic;
- To reveal students’ background knowledge to the teacher; and
- To engage students’ interest.
The purpose of this lesson is for students to build background knowledge on women aeronauts to inform their viewing of the film The Aeronauts and to have a deeper and more accurate context for the Hot Air Balloon Engineering Challenge.
Students will explore the lives of several trailblazing women who formed the composite character of Amelia Wren from the film and critically examine the contributions of women in the fields of science during this era.
Driving Questions:
- What is aeronautics?
- What scientific fields contribute to aeronautics?
- How did the contribution of women aeronauts inform scientific discoveries?
- How does the film The Aeronauts inform student understanding?
Lesson created by Blueshift Education
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