It's high time you taught your physics scholars about airplanes. Tour the manufacturing facility of one of the world's largest passenger planes, the Airbus 350, in a narrated video. Explore the birth of this machine, from sketches by thousands of engineers, to its maiden voyage in the hands of test pilots. Other topics include specialized materials used to build the planes and the production line's assembly system, which allows workers to build one massive plane every two days.

Concepts

airplanes, air travel, manufacturing, engineers, model building

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science

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Instructional Ideas

• Pair the video with a lesson about engineering, design, or manufacturing on a large scale
• Have pupils research careers in the aviation industry to get an idea of the math and science courses needed to attain those degrees

Classroom Considerations

• Learners may be unfamiliar with some of the terminology in the video; consider providing a labeled diagram they can reference

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Video shows a variety of models scientists build throughout the engineering process, which shows viewers the importance of scale, testing, and observation
• The narrator highlights the carbon fiber tape materials used for the wings, which helps to integrate chemical engineering and materials science into the lesson

Cons

• None