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- 7th - 12th
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Students identify the parts of an airplane and determine the part(s) of an airplane that cause a specfic action. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students study examples of paper airplanes and then create their own paper airplane models. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students listen to a lecture on basic concepts about airplane flight. They discuss why jetliner wings are swept back and why jet engines have replaced propellers in high-speed flight. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students create paper airplanes. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students create a paper airplane and change it to increase flight distance. They collect data from three airplane flights, then find the median distance. Using a stem-and-leaf plot, they collect, organize and interpret median distances. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students try to create a better paper airplane than their neighbor. They try to first make it on their own and then try to mass produce the plane. They are to observe and write down their observations during the activity. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students explore how birds and airplanes fly. They identify the forces necessary for planes to fly and do an experiment to illustrate how air pressure works and then construct an airplane of styrofoam and refine it until it flies. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students examine the similarities between the wings of birds and airplanes. They analyze photos, compare/contrast birds and airplanes, create a comparison drawing of a bird and airplane, and present their drawing to the class. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Student design and make a variety of paper airplanes. They copy models, design their own, discuss aspects of aerodynamics and then reflect on how engineers make models to test ideas and designs. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students view photographs of the invention of the airplane via website observing many d etails of the early airplane designs. They then make paper airplanes and improve them for maximum flight. Full Review »