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PHYSICS OF FLIGHT

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders study the basic principles of flight, including the Bernoulli Principle and Newton's Laws. They construct and study model aircraft
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Environment: Just Around the Bend

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students decipher landforms on a map and corresponding satellite imagery. They consider the impact of pollution on agriculture and water. They draw diagrams demonstrating how pollution works its way into the food source.
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Catch a Dream

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Young scholars apply the concepts of air pressure, the Bernoulli Effect, and angle of attack to build their own model planes out of paper, plastic, wooden rods, and drinking straws.
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Catapult Unit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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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Science: Flight Aerodynamics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars apply the principles of aerodynamics by constructing styrofoam airplanes. By using simple tools and materials, they improve their spatial visualization abilities while increasing motor skills. After small groups of...
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Gravity, Forces, and Inertia

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students participate in assessments involving gravity, forces, and inertia. They select from a menu of options assessments they would like to complete including worksheets, drawing posters, watching videos, creating crossword puzzles,...
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Creating The Blueprints

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson in order to create blueprints to design an original floorplan. They use graphing paper and drawing tools to demonstrate knowledge of the lesson objectives. Students label and use the right kind of proportions...
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Exploring the Night Sky: Fall/Winter

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explain how moon phases occur. They explain three ways that the night sky has been used through history. Students locate some of the constellations in the night sky. They discuss stories and myths surrounding stars.
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Production Consumption Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th
In this environment worksheet, middle schoolers answer the 12 questions related to the concepts of manufacturing and consumption of real products.
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Drop Zone Challenge

For Students 7th - 9th
In this science challenge instructional activity, students construct a parachute that will have the longest time in seconds and best accuracy when dropped from a predetermined height. Then they use the formula given to determine the...
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Drop Zone Challenge

For Students 7th - 9th
For this physics worksheet, students construct a parachute using the materials listed on the sheet that will have the longest and closest target when dropped from a specific height. Then they record their results after three trials.
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Distance Problems

For Students 11th - 12th
In this distance worksheet, students determine the distance and displacement of a person who walked 40 m east and 100 m south. Then they determine the resultant velocity of a motorboat that heads due west at 10 m/s with a river current...
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Electricity and Magnets

For Students 10th - 12th
In this physics review learning exercise, students compare average and instantaneous speed, review Newton's laws, electricity, and magnets. This learning exercise has 12 fill in the blank, 8 short answer questions, and 6 problems to solve.
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Bees

For Students 4th - 6th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read the passage titled Bees. They then answer the 10 questions pertaining to the passage.
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Pilot Takes Off in Kid-Built Plane

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read a current events news story an answer vocabulary and comprehension questions. In these real world lessons, student use the internet to watch video clips, read blogs, and research pertaining to the planes and pilots. Letter...
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Gravitational Potential Energy

For Students 9th - 12th
In this energy learning exercise, students use the gravitational potential energy equation to solve for mass, height, or free-fall acceleration. This learning exercise has 10 problems to solve.
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Why Your Ears Pop

For Students 6th - 10th
In this ears worksheet, students read about what causes your ears to pop when you change altitude and about equalizing air pressure. Then students complete 3 short answer questions.
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Flight Physics

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners apply the knowledge of Bernoulli's Principle and construct simple aerodynamic designs. In this flight physics lesson, students explore the history of man's interest in flying and the forces influencing an object in flight by...
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Super Paper Planes

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders conduct an experiment. In this force, mass and measurement lesson, 3rd graders create 3 planes powered by a straw out of 3 different kinds of paper. They record their results.
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Celebrating 100 Years of Flight

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students practice reading comprehension, note taking and writing skills. In this literacy and writing lesson, students read about the invention of airplanes, women pilots and the space race before writing their own news article on "100...
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How do rice farmers make good use of the land they use for planting rice?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss how farmers grow rice. In this rice growing lesson plan, 2nd graders see the optimal condition for land in order to grow rice. They experiment with clay and garden soil to see which holds water better. 
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Principles of Flight

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the principles of flight. In this flight lesson, students construct a model plane and investigate the forces acting on the flier. They will measure the thrust and calculate the stored energy.
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Black Death

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine the diseases of Europeans in Medieval times. In this plagues lesson students examine plagues of the past and some new modern ones.
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Sustainable Living

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students act out various types of transportation.  For this transportation lesson, students practice speaking using the transportation phrases. Students ask each other question about the transportation.  Students discuss the effects of...

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