Teacher's Desk
Now you can download the entire Virtual Skies website to use on any computer you wish! Don't worry — it's easy; we'll walk you through the process on the next page.

If you're a high school teacher looking for a way to capture your students' attention while teaching them geography, mathematics or science concepts, then this is the Web site for which you've been searching. Through each of the 7 content sections listed below your students will acquire and employ decision-making skills and collaborative skills while applying principles of algebra, geometry and calculus. The science portion of these cross-curricular materials include concepts involved in RADAR, sound and meteorology as it applies to flight. Each section includes on-line activities complemented by downloadable print materials (PDF files) that can be used in the classroom to supplement the geography, mathematics and science concepts. All activities correlate to the national standards in mathematics, science, geography and technology.

Please Note: All of the following educational print materials are available as Adobe Acrobat PDF files. Click on the link to download load the file.


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The Adobe Acrobat Reader™ Plug-in is free and is needed to download and print
curriculum materials, Career Fact Sheets, and Career Cards.

  1. Visit the Adobe Acrobat Reader™ plug-in link to download the free Acrobat Reader plug-in.

  2. Follow the directions to download and install the plug-in.


download acrobat readerAdobe Acrobat Reader™ is free, and freely distributable software that lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files on all major computer platforms, as well as fill in and submit PDF forms online.

 

Please Note: For our visually disabled users whose screen reader software is not compatible with the Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0. We have provided links to online tools that convert PDF documents into either HTML or ASCII text, which can then be read by a number of common screen reader programs. These tools approximate the logical reading order of the text in an Adobe PDF document and reformat it into a single column of text.

For more information on PDF files and accessibility please visit access.adobe.com




Selections of Activities
Activities Teacher Versions Student Versions
Aeronautics Evolution of Flight

Physics of Flight
Evolution of Flight

Physics of Flight
     
Airport Design Airport Design

Travel and Disease
Airport Design

Travel and Disease
     
Air Traffic Management (ATM) Determining the Locus of a Flight Plan Determining the Locus of a Flight Plan
     
Communication How does a Radio Work? How does a Radio Work?
     
Navigation Tools of Navigation Tools of Navigation
     
Research Flight Delays Flight Delays
     
Weather Weather Charts

Weather Statistics
Weather Charts

Weather Statistics


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Evaluation of Students

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