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Easy to Make Paper Airplanes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Have fun making different kinds of flying vehicles. You will learn how to make a paper airplane, helicopter, rocket, blimp, etc.
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NASA

Beginners Guide to Model Rockets

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides numerous links that will give teachers and students an overview of rocketry.
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NASA

Nasa: Glenn Research Center: Teamwork in Aerospace Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn about the principles of aerospace engineering and the importance of teamwork by designing and building a paper airplane for a "fly-off" competition. Lesson plan includes introduction to team structure, activity directions, and...
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NASA

Nasa: Beginner's Guide to Aerodynamics

For Students 9th - 10th
Includes exhaustive information and a wealth of activities pertaining to aerodynamics and the physics of flight.
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Curated OER

Bbc News: Polish President Lech Kaczynski Dies in Plane Crash

For Students 9th - 10th
View video footage from the scene of the plane accident that claimed the life of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, the first lady and key figures in the Polish Government. Was it pilot error, or that the Soviet-designed plane was more...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: May the Force Be With You: Lift

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students revisit Bernoulli's Principle (Lesson 1 of the Airplanes unit) and learn how engineers use this principle to design airplane wings. Airplane wings create lift by changing the pressure of the air around it. This is the first of...
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Treehut

Suzy's World: Aerodynamics

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this fact sheet to find out what makes things fly with this fact sheet on aerodynamics.
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Michigan Reach Out

Nasa Trc: Maple Seed Helicopters

For Students 9th - 10th
Students study the aerodynamic properties of a maple seed and then apply what they observe making their own flying object.
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Michigan Reach Out

Nasa Trc: Flying Wing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan students can make a flying wing and trouble-shoot until the wing glides smoothly.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Lab Activity: Helicopter

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Illinois Institute of Technology lets learners investigate the aerodynamics of a helicopter, focusing on the variables which effect the lift, thrust, drag, and weight. Students investigate the effects of aerodynamics on a wide board.

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