Aerospace

Aerospace Research Project: Select a topic from the list below. Use the LibGuide below to research background information.

Step 1: Choose a research topic and complete the graphic organizer.

Step 2: Create a Google slides presentation with 10-12 slides. Use images or videos to enhance your slides. Use your creativity to interest your audience. Be sure to use MLA citation to cite your sources. Use at least three sources.

Step 3: Present your slides presentation to the class.

Topic Choices:

  1. Bell X-1 rocket 2.Aerospace industry 3. Aerospace leaders

4.Aerospace trends 5. Aeronautics (history of flight) 6. Military technology

7. Soyuz spacecraft 8. Orion Spacecraft 9. Rocketry

10. Space X 11. OSIRIS-REx 12. Space Launch System (SLS)

Background Information

Wikipedia- Background Information- it is important to verify with another source since it can be edited by anyone.

Britannica- Online Encyclopedia- basic information can be cross referenced with Wikipedia.

Databases: Deep Research

Elibrary- Researchers can access primary and scholarly sources, magazines, newspapers, transcripts and digitized reference book content. (Spelling counts, use research based topics in your search)

Books from EHS Library

  • The Encyclopedia of Aircraft of WWII

  • Flight

  • Atlas of World Aviation

  • Aircraft of WWII

  • The Encyclopedia of World Military Aircraft

  • The Airline Builders Series

  • A History of Space Flight: Countdown

  • Kennedy Space Center Gateway to Space

Websites

Citation

See EHS Library Citation Libguide- formatting and help for MLA format