Flight Overview

Students apply their knowledge of aerodynamics to design, build and test a variety of flying devices. In constructing models, students develop a basic design, then build it, test it, and solve the problems that inevitably arise. Through teamwork they learn that planning, communication, cooperation and flexibility are important to the overall result, even though parts of a task can be worked on individually. In the process, students learn about the parts of an aircraft, their role in controlled flight and the differences between aircraft and spacecraft.

 

General Learner Expectations Students will:

Construct devices that move through air, and identify adaptations for controlling flight.

 

Specific Learner Expectations Students will:

Students will:

1. Conduct tests of a model parachute design, and identify design changes to improve the effectiveness of the design.

2. Describe the design of a hot-air balloon and the principles by which its rising and falling are controlled.

3. Conduct tests of glider designs; and modify a design so that a glider will go further, stay up longer or fly in a desired way; e.g., fly in a loop, turn to the right.

4. Recognize the importance of stability and control to aircraft flight; and design, construct and test control surfaces.

5. Apply appropriate vocabulary in referring to control surfaces and major components of an aircraft. This vocabulary should include: wing, fuselage, vertical and horizontal stabilizers, elevators, ailerons, rudder.

6. Construct and test propellers and other devices for propelling a model aircraft.

7. Describe differences in design between aircraft and spacecraft, and identify reasons for the design differences. 

 

June 22

Science PAT

 

June 13-17

Review

 

June 6 - 10

Review

 

May 30 - June 3

Study Guide (In Notes)

Flight Exam 

 

May 25-27

Air Show Assignment

Control Surfaces

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May 16-20

Control Surfaces

Paper Airplane Model Assignment

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May 9-13

History or Flight

Type of Propulsion

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