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From early times, man has been fascinated with flight. Two Americans, Orville and Wilbur Wright are credited with inventing the airplane. Why were they successful, where others had failed?

Go to "To Fly is Everything" at http://hawaii.cogsci.uiuc.edu/invent/airplanes.html.

Click on Tale of the Airplane. Read through the chapters to find answers to these questions.

What is the "hill climbing method" of design?

What was the Wright Brothers' method of invention?

Why, in your opinion, were the Wright brothers successful where others had failed?

What personal characteristics do you think the brothers needed? Go to http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/wright/wright.html.

Read carefully from Orville Wright's journal to find evidence of the Wright brothers' personalities
. List three character traits which helped them to succeed and give examples which demonstrate each.

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  • Understanding the science and relevant vocabulary pertaining to earthquakes
  • Finding information within a Web source
  • Obtaining near real-time information on the Web

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