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Design of Airfoil for Given Lift Lesson PlanDesign of Airfoil for Given Lift Lesson Plan
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Design of Airfoil for Given Lift

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Learners use FoilSim to design an airplane wing that generates a given lift. As they change parameters such as airspeed, altitude, angle of attack, thickness and curvature of the airfoil, and size of the wing area, the software calculates the lift.

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foilsim, nasa, Physics, science
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Grade
9th - 11th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategies
Project-Based Learning
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Ed Software

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