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Symmetry in Paper Airplanes
Young scholars explore symmetry. For this geometry and scientific inquiry lesson, students design paper airplanes with middle line symmetry, as well as right, obtuse, and acute angles. Young scholars measure the plane's angles using a...
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Physics of Flight
Up, up, and away! Take your classes on a physics adventure. Learners explore the concepts important for flight. They experiment with the Bernoulli Principle while learning the forces that act on airplanes in flight.
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Air Pressure
Investigate what is pushing on us. An intriguing lesson has pupils calculate the amount of force on various squares due to air pressure. Using the data, individuals create a graph in the third lesson of the Up, Up and Away unit...
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Find Somebody in This Class Who....
Here is a fun and simple ice breaker in which your young learners will interview their classmates to discover which ones have had similar interests and experiences.
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Outward Bound
Just how far can I see? The short assessment question uses the Pythagorean Theorem to find the distance to the horizon from a given altitude. Scholars use the relationship of a tangent segment and the radius of a circle to find the...
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Art in Engineering - Moving Art
Students study how forces are applied in the creation of art. They design mobiles and pop-up books while identifying which forces of nature act upon them. They look at air currents, gravity, and hand movement.
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Nosedive
Learners use paper to design an airplane. In this airplane experiment instructional activity, students use their airplane to perform experiments with lift and drag. Learners make changes in their planes and observe the differences when...
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Aviation, Aeronautics and Aerodynamics
Learners investigate the physics of flight through various experiments. In this physics lesson, students construct different flying objects. They explain the dynamics that make these object fly.
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How do engineless planes stay aloft?
Fifth graders explore how a plane can stay aloft. In this engineless airplane flying lesson, 5th graders experiment to find how the design of a plane and Bernoulli's principle keep planes in the air. Student's create a plane and answer...
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Meat Tray Airplane
Students discover what they can do working with their hands and common tools and materials. They create airplanes out of styrofoam meat trays.
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Design of Airfoils and Problem- Solving Using FoilSim
Ninth graders, after reading the explanation given below, complete the problem-solving activities to demonstrate an understanding of the concepts presented.
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How Do Airplanes Fly?
Students study the concepts of air pressure, air speed, and gravity as it relates to airplanes. In this how do airplanes fly lesson plan, students study the basics of flight. Then reinforce their fine motor skills by creating airplane...
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Trimmed Aircraft
Pupils, after reading an explanation from a NASA Web-based textbook, demonstrate an understanding of the text by applying it to the calculations involving the motion of an airplane.
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Aircraft Motion
Students, after reading an explanation from a NASA Web-based textbook, demonstrate an understanding of the text by applying it to the calculations involving the motion of an airplane.
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Aircraft Motion
Students, after reading an explanation from a NASA Web-based textbook, demonstrate an understanding of the text by applying it to the calculations involving the motion of an airplane.
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Propellers, Forces and Energy
Students construct a model airplane, measure distance, and calculate velocity. For this creative lesson students work in groups to build a model and use it to calculate distances and velocity.
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July 15th Writing Prompt
In this daily writing prompt worksheet, students learn that the Boeing 707 jet flew on this day in 1954. Students write a description of the inside of an airplane they would design.
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Untitled Document Aerospace Team Online:
Learners explain the historical significance of use of the scientific method in developing the first airplane and appreciate the process involved in developing a new technology.
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Transportation and Travel
Students discuss different types of travel, specifically
outlining travel arrangements requiring reservations (i.e., airplane,
bus, etc.) They work in small groups and create travel brochures then practice dialoging reservations and...
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Catapult Unit
Students understand the need for carefully defining the problem before searching for a solution. They understand the need for carefully defining the problem before searching for a solution. Students compare a variety of catapults and the...
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Center of Gravity Problem Set
Students read a NASA Web-based text, then demonstrate an understanding of the text by using it to complete an activity on the center of gravity of a commercial cargo airplane.
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Cut Outs: Shapes and Symbols
Learners create collages based on Juan Quick-to-See Smith's "Ode to Chief Seattle." In this shapes, symbols and Native American lesson, students examine the "Ode to Chief Seattle" and Henri Matisse's cutout work. Learners design their...
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Problem Solving Spiral and Intro to Research
Students work in teams to choose a design and use this to learn about the problem solving spiral. In this problem solving lesson plan, students state the steps of the spiral and discuss how it relates to their experiences.
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Experimental Flight
Students use experimental procedures to design and test the flight distances of paper airplanes. In this flight experiment lesson plan, students use the experimental science process to design and conduct an investigation to determine if...
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