Visions of Exploration Lesson Archive

The Visions of Exploration lessons on this page are designed to enhance students’ reading, writing and comprehension skills, while introducing them to topics in science, technology, engineering and math. They prepare students for the world beyond the classroom and inspire them to become explorers. 

High School Lessons

• As air force grows, so does Iraqis' pride
• Air Force trains warriors to defend cyberspace from terror
• 10 great places to savor the wild blue yonder
• Comeback kid has hot new jet, and fiery CEO to match
• Precision technology helps combat troops pinpoint enemy
• What brings personal jets to the masses? Lots of computing
• Pilot attempts solo, non-stop flight around world
• Dream Job: Hurricane hunter
• Discoveries add up to zilch
• Astronauts train in deep-space brine
• New breed of robots takes war to next level
• ‘BUFF’ at 50
• A new century of flight: Future fighters will be unmanned
• A new century of flight: Jumbo jets, smaller air taxis

Middle School Lessons

• After 15 years, Air Force gets memorial over capital
• Astronomer sees a ‘brake’ in cosmic expansion
• Special tactics training tests body, mind
• Young pilot has an uplifting story
• Sun too close? We’ll just change Earth’s orbit
• What if Amelia Earhart had turned around?
• A different kind of rock star: Mars Mania grips a nation Part 1; Part 2
• Year exploded with tech innovation, social change Part 1; Part 2
• NASA’s Mars gamble pays off Part 1; Part 2
• A new century of flight: The next Concorde
• A new century of flight: In theory
• A new century of flight: Flight records