Curriculum Links
Art – use the Internet addresses below to gain an insight into other aspects of Willard’s work.
Geography – observation of maps working on different scales.
Language – extracts from ‘James and the Giant Peach’ could be used in the Literacy Hour or news articles relating to space or flight for older children.
Mathematics – excellent links with weight, length and scale or planning an air journey, with emphasis on cost/time.
Music – ‘The Flight of the Bumble Bee’ by Rimsky-Korsakov; ‘The Planets’ by Holst.
Research – history of aviation/space flight; flight in nature.
Science – simple methods of creating power.
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