Wright Brothers: video worksheets differentiated x3.

Please ensure you can access the video before you get this resource. Engaging, funny, and informative, Dick and Dom present the life and works of The Wright Brothers. Using recreations of experiments, expert explanations, startling examples and whacky cut-aways, the presenters explain
the historical context of flight, 3-axis control systems: roll, pitch, and yaw; a flight in a Bristol Boxkite; designs influenced by bikes and vultures. Ornithopters unsuccessful. The wind-tunnel, and smoke-wand over showing airflow around wings. Inside a 737 simulator. Skywriting in a stunt plane.

Try the format FOR FREE: see Archimedes in this series here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13136795

Find the film on YouTube’s Tangwaap channel for “Absolute Genius S2E01 Wright Brothers”. The film is also available on other YouTube channels.

16 questions for the 28-min film. Differentiated THREE ways! All versions look similar, but “B” version has subtle clues, and “C” version requires pupils to cross out wrong answers, not write in correct ones, allowing pupils with literacy difficulties to access the work. Answer sheet. Very easy to mark. .doc and .pdf of all sheets, two different links to the film on all sheets.