Vocabulary University® - Wright Brothers Puzzle and Aviation Words

Vocabulary University® - Wright Brothers Puzzle and Story Words

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We have created a Wright Brothers word puzzle for you to solve.
You can copy this page or get a PDF copy here for your classroom or home.

In addition, we have created and detail below an "Alphalary" list of 214 AVIATION/AIRPLANE words to celebrate these flight pioneers success. If you would like an additional list of 138 "Space-related words" just email your request to Space Words. Please include your school, city, state/country and grade you teach, if applicable.

"Before the Wright Brothers, no one in aviation did anything fundamentally right. Since the Wright Brothers, no one has done anything fundamentally different."
-- Darrel Collins, US Park Service, Kitty Hawk National Historical Park

In 1903 the Wrights created their first powered craft, which successfully flew on December 17, 1903. More capable airplanes were developed in 1904 and 1905. To read a detailed Wright Bros. history and a study on aviation go to this "First Flight" link.

Rootonym® Wright Bros. Puzzle

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AVIATION/AIRPLANE WORD (214 word Alphalary™)

A: acceleration, ace, accommodation, accuracy, aerodome, aerodynamic, advance, advantage, afterburner, aircraft, airplane, aileron, altitude, amphibian, antenna, aperture, attack, autogiro (autogyro), autopilot
B: ballooning, battle, bay, biplane, bungee launch, buoyancy
C: canard, captivate, capture, cargo, chopper, clearance, cockpit, commercial, conquest, control, conventional, cruise, cyclical, cylinder
D: data, design, device, devise, digital, dirigible, ditch, dogfight
E: edge, eject, ejection, elevation, engineer, enthusiast, equipment, essential, experimentation, exhaust
F: flap, flares, flight, flying, framework, fuselage
G: g-force, generate, glider, gunship, gyroscope
H: hang glider, hanger, haul, helicopter, heliograph, hi-tech, horizon
I: ideology, ignition, improvements, industry, information, informative, insulation, intercept, inventor
J: jet, jet way, Junker
K: kite, kit, knowledge
L: launch, lift, lift-off
M: mach speed, machine, machinist, magnetic, magnetism, major, maneuver, Montgolfier, motion, multi-purpose
N: navigation, nozzle
O: observation, observatory, operation, oxygen
P: pallet, paraglider, Peltier, Therese (1908), pioneer, piston, porthole, precautionary, principal, principle, propeller, prop liner, prototype, provision,
Q: quick turnaround, quiet
R: radar, radial, radome, range, reconnaissance, reliability, resources, resume, retractable, revolutionary, rocket, rudder
S: safety, security, sensors, side stick, signal, sonic boom, squadron, stealth, strike, superiority, supersonic, surveillance
T: takeoff, tandem, tank, throttle, thrust, torque, transport, turbine, turbo, turbofan, turbulence,
U: ultra light, ultra-smooth, undulation, unmanned
V: variety, various, vertical, vibration, vita
W: warning, warp, wing, winglet
X: X-plane
Y:
Z: Zeppelin, zeal

If you would like an additional list of 138 "Space-related words" just email your request to Space Words. Please include your school, city, state/country and grade you teach, if applicable.

A great school exercise would be to write a story from 12 words that you chose from the list above! Write another one for extra credit!

To review more content features, please click on our school calendar.
Perhaps there are other topics that would interest you.
In addition to the Wright Bros./Aviation words, our Alphalary link shows 125 other word list features with tips for usage.

Wright Brothers/Aviation Lesson Plan Ideas:
Objectives: Teach students to appreciate history and do a bit of problem solving.

1. Why were the accomplishments of two pioneers, Orville (1871-1948) and Wilbur Wright (1867-1912), considered to be so courageous? Write a paragraph (or more?) to explain why the items you choose were important to you.

2. What is the significance of persistence and perseverance? How did it affect the Wright Brothers?

3. How has aviation changed life for citizens of the world? List these facts on a white/black board. Have them vote on the three lists they like best!

Feel free to make a copy for use at home or in the classroom!

Reminder:
Don't forget to complete other activities and educational exercises from our current Session #139:
Interactive grade level puzzles: ["S139 Level 1"] -- ["S139 Level 2"] -- ["S139 Level 3"]
Fill-in-the-Blanks: ["S139Level 1-FITB"] -- ["S139Level 2-FITB"] -- ["S139Level 3-FITB"]
Definition MATCH: ["S139Level 1-Match"] -- ["S139Level 2-Match"] -- ["S139Level 3-Match"]
Crosswords: ["S139Level 1 C/W"] -- ["S139Level 2 C/W"] -- ["S139Level 3 C/W"]
Find the Words: ["S139Level 1 WF"] -- ["S139Level 2 WF"] -- ["S139Level 3 WF"]
Is It True or False?: ["S139Level 1 T/F"] -- ["S139Level 2 T/F"] -- ["S139Level 3 T/F"]
Synonym/Antonym Encounters: ["S139Level 1-Syn/Ant"] -- ["S139Level 2-Syn/Ant"] -- ["S139Level 3-Syn/Ant"]
Contextual Stories: ["S139Level 1 Story"] -- ["S139Level 2 Story"] -- ["S139Level 3 Story"]

Any questions can be directed to Jan and Carey Cook at Vocabulary University for clarification. If you are a teacher, please give us the name, city, state/country of your school. For details on other thematic content click School Thematic Content Calendar.

If you want our free "Alphalary" (alphabetical vocabulary list) of 310 science-related words just email your request to Science Words. Please include your school, city, state/country and grade you teach, if applicable.
We also have a thematic Alphalaries on Earth. Email your request to EARTH Words.

If you want to see all of our 65 "Alphalaries" click on this link: Alphabetical Vocabulary List or, in particular, request our 432 Character-Ed related words just email your request to Character Education Words. Please include the name of your school, city, state/country and grade you teach, if applicable.
Have you tried our set of puzzles inspired by Harry Potter? "Visit our Wizard puzzles". If you want our alphabetical list of 160 Wizard-related words just email your request to Wizard Words.

Click here for "Teacher Tips & Ideas" on how to use our thematic Alphalaries.

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We would like to acknowledge the invaluable help of Bob Marzewski in all phases of our technical and graphics layouts. The Wright Brother's graphic above was created by Maria Reeves and her artistic help over the years is greatly appreciated. We want to acknowledge that the word definitions in these puzzles are used with the permission of Random House Inc. and most come from their "Random House Webster's College Dictionary".

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