Tried and True: If You Build It, Will It Fly?

by: Kevin Mason, Shanon Rodenberg, Roxanne Kravik, Jean Polk, Brenda Freit, Steve Schauf, and Bruce Brewer

This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. This month’s issue describes a project in which students look at the necessary elements of flight through lessons and experimentation and build a glider.

Topics

Acceleration Analyzing data Asking questions Classifying Collecting data Communicating Disciplinary Core Ideas Disciplinary Core Ideas in Engineering, Technology, and the Application of Science Disciplinary Core Ideas in Physical Science ENCdl ETS1.A: Defining and Delimiting an Engineering Problem ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions ETS1.C: Optimizing the Design Solution ETS1: Engineering Design Experimenting Forces and motion Friction Gravity Hypothesizing Inertia Interpreting data Mass Measuring Modeling Newton’s laws of motion Observing Physical properties Physical Science Predicting Properties of materials PS2.A: Forces and Motion PS2: Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions Science and Engineering Practices Science as Inquiry Science Focus Science process skills Scientific habits of mind SEP1: Asking Questions and Defining Problems SEP3: Planning and Carrying Out Investigations SEP6: Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions Simple machines Speed Three Dimensions of the Framework and/or NGSS

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 4/1/2014Stock # ss14_037_08_16Volume 037Issue 08

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This article combines several disciplines into one coordinated unit. Students learned about a glider built during WWII that was going to be used as an escape vehicle. They then build model... See More

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