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Science Buddies: Winglets in Wind Tunnels ActivityScience Buddies: Winglets in Wind Tunnels Activity
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Science Buddies
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Science
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Lexile Measures
1110L
Activity

Science Buddies: Winglets in Wind Tunnels

Curated by ACT

Have you noticed the little wing projections on the wings of jets? This Science Buddies project helps you understand whether these fins help stabilize airplanes. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and introduction, followed by a section on terms, concepts, and questions, bibliography, list of materials and equipment, experimental procedure, suggestions on how to vary the experiment, plus a focus on the sort of careers this experiment might relate to.

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Concepts

aerodynamics, airplanes, drag, lift, vortex, wind

Additional Tags

airfoil, science fair project, wind tunnel, winglets, science buddies, science project

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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