Flight

Higher Steeper Faster: The Daredevils Who Conquered the Skies

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Copies: 6

Discover the daring aviation pioneers who made the dream of powered flight a reality, forever changing the course of history.

Aviator Lincoln Beachey broke countless records: he looped-the-loop, flew upside down and in corkscrews, and was the first to pull his aircraft out of what was a typically fatal tailspin. As Beachey and other aviators took to the skies in death-defying acts in the early twentieth century, these innovative daredevils not only wowed crowds, but also redefined the frontiers of powered flight.

Author:

Lawrence Goldstone

Lexile:

1150L

Higher Steeper Faster: The Daredevils Who Conquered the Skies

The Magic School Bus Complete Series Disc 4

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Welcome Aboard The Magic School Bus! Are you ready for a wild ride? Grab a seat and hang on for the Emmy® award-winning animated science-adventure series based on the best-selling books.

Author:

Joanna Cole

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

02:41

Moonbird

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Copies: 7

Meet rufa red knot B95. Scientists call him the Moonbird because, in the course of his astoundingly long lifetime, this robin-sized shorebird has ﬂown the distance to the moon — and halfway back! Each February he joins a ﬂock that lifts off from Tierra del Fuego, headed for breeding grounds in the Canadian Arctic, nine thousand miles away. Late in the summer, he begins the return journey. B95 can fly for days, but eventually he must descend to refuel and rest.

Author:

Phillip Hoose

Lexile:

1150L

Airman (Unabridged)

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Conor Broekhart was born to fly. In fact, legend has it that he was born flying, in a hot air balloon at the Paris World's Fair.

Author:

Eoin Colfer

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

800L

Length:

11:23

All About Flight (2000, 2004)

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Understanding the world around us can be a real adventure! That's the message in this 11-part series for children in grades K-4. Kids travel along as our young host explores the world of physical science and how it can be seen, touched and understood in everyday life.

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:23

Flight (1993)

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“Flight” is the very first Bill Nye the Science Guy episode in the series, and it’s where Bill Nye really took off… literally.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Length:

00:23

Birds (1995)

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Scientists believe that birds evolved from reptiles. Birds have backbones, and they lay eggs, but they’ve developed a unique feature that sets them apart from all other animals – feathers.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Length:

00:23