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Aerodynamics Teacher Resources
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Students are introduced to basic aerodynamics through a discussion of thrust and drag and a hands-on activity. They examine the forces of thrust, drag, air pressure, aerodynamic shapes and Newton's Third Law Of Motion.
Students apply the knowledge of Bernoulli's Principle and construct simple aerodynamic designs. For this flight physics lesson, students explore the history of man's interest in flying and the forces influencing an object in flight by creating and designing simple aerodynamic structures.
Students appropriately the following terms in sentences: drag, thrust, gravity, aerodynamics and lift.
Students experiment with the principles in aerodynamics as they are challenged to keep a bubble aloft as long as possible. They apply their observations to the aerodynamics used in airplane technology.
Students investigate Bernoulli's Principle as they examine forces that influence a body in flight. They build simple aerodynamic designs and observe the reaction of these designs in flight..
Students read a textbook about aerodynamics. They find out the definition of Mach number. They complete problems designed to demonstrate their ability to solve Mach number equations.
Students build a simple wind tunnel and test out 2 glider wing shapes at different angles of attack. They record their observations and results just as engineers do. There also is a "virtual wind tunnel" they can try to test aerodynamic stability.
Learners study paper airplanes. For this lesson on aerodynamics, students print out the folding directions for making paper airplanes and after making the planes test their paper airplanes to see how well each flies. Learners weigh their planes, measure the length of their planes and the wingspan plotting this data on graphs.
Learners design and build their own cars. In this physics lesson, students test their car's speed and make changes when necessary. They graph data and analyze results.
Students, after reading an explanation from a NASA Web-based textbook, you demonstrate an understanding of the text by applying it to questions involving the theories of how a wing produces lift.