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Up, Up and Away! - Airplanes
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Up, Up and Away! - Airplanes

Collector: Ann V.
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Oh, if only Sir Isaac and Bernoulli could see us now. Even Orville and Wilbur would be amazed by what engineers have designed using their ideas. Next generation engineers put these principles to use as they use what they learn about lift, thrust, weight, and drag to design and build their own paper and balsa wood airplanes. The 22 lessons in the collection follow the steps of the engineering design process.

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Concepts

transportation, acceleration, aerodynamics, aeronautics, air pressure, airplanes, aviation, building materials, consumers, design, distance, drag, energy, engineering design, flight, force, friction, gravity, inventions, kites, lift, map skills, mass, modes of transportation, newton's laws of motion, newton's second law of motion, newton's third law of motion, physical properties, pressure, rockets, scale models, speed, symmetry, the scientific method, thrust, variables, velocity, alloys, asymmetry, atmospheric pressure, bernoulli's principle, frictional force, paper airplanes, properties of metals, street maps, strengths, surfaces, the atmosphere, wings, brainstorming, constant variables, averages

Resource Details

Grade
5th - 7th
Subjects
Science
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Common Core

6.RP.A.1 6.RP.A.3.a 6.RP.A.3.b 6.NS.B.2 6.NS.B.3 6.SP.B.5.a 6.SP.B.5.b 6.SP.B.5.c 6.SP.B.5.d 7.EE.B.4.a 8.EE.C.7.a HSA-CED.A.4

Collection Items

    Can You Take the Pressure?

    Can You Take the Pressure?

    Lesson Plan
    Fun with Bernoulli

    Fun with Bernoulli

    Lesson Plan
    Air Pressure

    Air Pressure

    Lesson Plan
    May the Force Be With You: Lift

    May the Force Be With You: Lift

    Lesson Plan
    Windy Tunnel

    Windy Tunnel

    Activity
    May the Force Be with You: Weight

    May the Force Be with You: Weight

    Lesson Plan
    Bend That Bar

    Bend That Bar

    Activity
    Physics Tug of War

    Physics Tug of War

    Activity
    May the Force Be With You: Thrust

    May the Force Be With You: Thrust

    Lesson Plan
    Equal and Opposite Thrust in Aircraft: You're a Pushover!

    Equal and Opposite Thrust in Aircraft: You're a Pushover!

    Activity
    May the Force Be With You: Drag

    May the Force Be With You: Drag

    Lesson Plan
    What a Drag!

    What a Drag!

    Activity
    Take Off with Paper Airplanes

    Take Off with Paper Airplanes

    Lesson Plan
    Building-Testing-Improving Paper Airplanes: Head's Up!

    Building-Testing-Improving Paper Airplanes: Head's Up!

    Activity
    Airplane Tails and Wings: Are You in Control?

    Airplane Tails and Wings: Are You in Control?

    Lesson Plan
    Better By Design

    Better By Design

    Activity
    Airplanes Everywhere: Land! Water! Sky! Oh, My!

    Airplanes Everywhere: Land! Water! Sky! Oh, My!

    Lesson Plan
    Let's Get it There Fast

    Let's Get it There Fast

    Activity
    Will It Fly?

    Will It Fly?

    Lesson Plan
    Balsa Glider Competition

    Balsa Glider Competition

    Lesson Plan
    Future Flights: Imagine Your Own Flying Machines!

    Future Flights: Imagine Your Own Flying Machines!

    Lesson Plan
    Design a Flying Machine

    Design a Flying Machine

    Activity
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