Major themes or topics: aviation, invention, WWI, the Wright Brothers, innovation, discovery, engineering, human achievement, challenges, solution, experimentation, determination, evolution, scientific principles, lift, drag, thrust, gravity

Key content: Students launch into an exploration of flight as they study the Wright Brothers to better understand how the process of discovery and the evolution of innovations revolutionized human aviation.

Focus questions: What is the process of discovery, and how does it relate to the evolution of aviation? Why did the innovations introduced by the Wright Brothers revolutionize human flight? How did the innovations the Wright Brothers introduce impact the way aircraft are designed and operated today?

DCPS alignment: Grade 5 ELA, Unit 4 - The Process of Discovery and the Development of Innovations