Wings on Paper: teacher key

Leonardo da Vinci, grade 5 edition, written for 5th grade. Read about Leonardo's notebooks and his plans for flying machines. See where his paintings and his last home were.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What were many of Leonardo's flying machines?
   • Balloons
   • Ornithopters (answer)
   • Rockets
2. What did Leonardo's notes about water and rivers fill?
   • Pages of his notebooks (answer)
   • A painting
   • A wall in Paris
3. Where is the Codex Arundel kept, as of November 2026?
   • In the Louvre
   • In Milan
   • At the British Library (answer)
4. Why might a person not be able to fly with flapping wings?
   • People lack enough muscle power and endurance (answer)
   • Wings are too heavy to paint
   • Birds fly too high
5. Between which years did Leonardo paint The Last Supper?
   • 1482 and 1484
   • 1494 and 1498 (answer)
   • 1500 and 1520
6. Where was Leonardo's last home?
   • Château du Clos Lucé (answer)
   • Vinci
   • Milan

Words

• Renaissance: a time
• workshop: art room
• notebooks: note books
• ornithopters: flapping machines