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Homeschool Science: Aerodynamics with Paper Airplanes is a fun, hands on way to learn about aerodynamics and what makes things fly.
Introduce or reinforce the Engineering Design Process with this engaging STEM unit! Time for Takeoff challenges students to design and construct a paper airplane that will fly as far as possible while assuming the roles of aerospace engineers. This five day unit is aligned to Common Core State Standards and is most appropriate for grades 3-5. Time for Takeoff Unit Contents: pages 1-3: Cover and Detailed Overview of Teacher Process page 4: Suggested Resource List pages 5-16: Session 1 Teacher Notes with All Print Outs Needed: Engineering Design Process poster Design Challenge poster Collaborative Conduct Expectations Teacher Observation Sheet Aerospace Engineer Teams planning sheet Aerospace Engineer Assignment Cards Brainstorm worksheet Information Card - Aerodynamics Aerospace Engineer Training worksheet Try It Yourself worksheet Team Brainstorm and Plan worksheet pages 17-28: Session 2 Teacher Notes with All Print Outs Needed: Test Fly Zone poster and measurement markers Information Cards - Thrust, Drag, Weight, and Lift Force Report worksheets - Thrust, Drag, Weight, and Lift Team Meeting Minutes Sheets 1 and 2 pages 29-34: Session 3 Teacher Notes with All Print Outs Needed: 4 Time to Fly worksheets Post Flight Reflection worksheet pages 35-40: Session 4 Teacher Notes with All Print Outs Needed: 4 Ask and Imagine worksheets Final Modifications Log pages 41-46: Session 5 Teacher Notes with All Print Outs Needed: Final Presentation Instructions sheet Scoring Rubric Presentation Planner Student Evaluation Form Extension Activities pages 47-92: A black and white duplicate copy of this unit is included for your convenience. In addition to this download, you will need to gather: 8.5 X11” copy paper, variety of other paper options for airplane folding, measuring sticks or tape, materials to modify flight (see materials needed), materials for decorating paper airplanes and poster presentations, masking tape, poster boards or paper Enjoy and have fun! Bethany Baptiste Copyright (c) 2015 Bethany Baptiste
Learning with Paper Airplanes, part of 52 Weeks of Easy On Mom Activities for Kids.
Learning to fold paper airplane designs can open up your child’s imagination and improve their logical thinking skills! If your child is
There's more that goes into duplicating paper airplane models than you'd think. If you'd like to try, here's a paper airplanes database.
Big Paper Airplane: In this instructable (with the help of my brother) I will show you how to make a giant paper aeroplane. I always dreaming to do a big project like this so I will try. I do homeschool, called Eduship.co.za grade four.
Investigate whether the distance a paper plane flies is affected by increasing how much drag it experiences.
This STEM challenge is two in one!! 1) Use one piece of paper to make a paper airplane that can fly the farthest distance to deliver a secret code. 2) Use one piece of paper to make a paper airplane that can carry the most amount of cargo 10 feet. This packet includes real classroom photos of thes...
Kimberly Curiale Irving School Maywood, Illinois 2010 Irving School is located 13 miles west of Chicago in Maywood, Illinois. We are part of School District 89, which includes Maywood, Melrose Park…
Students revisit Bernoulli's principle (presented in lesson 1 of the Airplanes unit) and learn how engineers use this principle to design airplane wings. Airplane wings create lift by changing the pressure of the air around them. This is the first of four lessons exploring the four key forces in flight: lift, weight, thrust and drag.
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Recently, I gave one of my book clubs a book to read. These four little darlings gave me "the look". You know the look...the "this is not a chapter book and we want a chapter book"
Music appreciation for toddlers, preschoolers, and young school age children based on "The Flight of the Bumblebee." Eight different learning activities for kids!
Recently, I gave one of my book clubs a book to read. These four little darlings gave me "the look". You know the look...the "this is not a chapter book and we want a chapter book"
Recently, I gave one of my book clubs a book to read. These four little darlings gave me "the look". You know the look...the "this is not a chapter book and we want a chapter book"
Sunflowers and pollinators (Kim Bennett (c) 2010) I LOVE summer weather!. Our recent hot spell was a little TOO summery for most members of this family, however. Most of our outdoor activities were limited to the early morning or after dinner hours, unless we were (all!) in the kiddy pool! Here in Connecticut, our weather broke a lot of records, topping off the week with one day where it reached 103 degrees at Bradley Airport. Kim Bennett (c) 2010 A side benefit of all that heat is that the vegetable garden has gone bananas! The snap peas, onions and most of the potatoes finished up, and the tomatoes grew like they were jungle vines. Malik ate most of the peas before they got to the house. The cherry tomatoes didn't make it to the house after I picked them, either (they are so delicious!) -- can't wait for the big ones to ripen! Eggplants are on the way, too, as are the first of the hot peppers (a special request from my husband, this year)... Bee balm attracts hummingbirds (Kim Bennett (c) 2010) The warm weather did bring the ruby-throated hummingbird to our yard. We can't quite catch him on film, but he's been seen frequenting the bee balm, so we put out the hummingbird feeder in hopes of getting him to sit still for a photo.What a lot of noise from a tiny, little bird! Here is a great video clip (not mine) of some RTHs having a conversation at the feeder. We are continuing the bird study from our June newsletter, by studying the blue jay and its cousin, the crow (see Outdoor Hour Challenge #2, Jays and Bluebirds). We have also begun our Zoology unit with a study on wings and flight, from Apologia Science (Zoology I: Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day). [I am a science teacher, by training, and I absolutely love the Apologia text books, as does my son -- high quality, very deep in science content, and full of hand-on activities.] As part of our first week of lessons, we conducted an experiment to study the effects of wing size and shape on gliding distance. First, we read our chapter on drag, thrust and lift, and learned about the special shape of a bird wing (called an airfoil), and why the shape of a bird's wing (or a plane's wing, modeled after a bird's wing) allows a heavier than air object (like a bird) to seemingly float above the air. [Boeing has a great page on "How Do Things Fly?" which is a great, kid-friendly reference on wings and flight.] Then we completed a Scientific Experiment Planning Sheet, which followed the scientific method, and listed our materials and procedures. While we completed it, we decided which was our independent variable (wing shape) and which was our dependent variable (gliding distance). We formulated a hypothesis that wings that were long and narrow would allow the glider to glide farther than wings that were short and wide. Our flight experiment (Kim Bennett (c) 2011) Next, we designed two simple gliders from common household objects. These gliders were identical in every way, except for the shape of their wings (we learned that we had to make sure that ONLY our independent variable varied, or we couldn't come to a conclusion about our hypothesis). We used an old cereal box to create the wings and tail fins, drinking straws, and two identical blobs of homemade playdough for nose weight. We taped the wings to the straw using adhesive tape. The only difference between the two planes was the shape of the wings. Ready, fire! (Kim Bennett (c) 2011) Then, we needed to find a good place to launch our gliders. We knew that gliders depend on height for distance, so Malik suggested that we climb to the back porch on the second floor. You can see our gazebo and hedges in the back yard. It was important that we launched our gliders many times, to account for strange things that might happen (such as one of the cats chasing one of the gliders, a glider getting caught in the hedge, the blob of playdough falling off a nose piece, and other things that really happened). It was also important that the gliders were both thrown the same way, each time, so Malik was in charge of launching, and Mom was in charge of fetching (it was like being on a two-story Stair Master...). We had a tape measure, but decided to pace off the flight path of each throw, using Mom's feet as a non-standard measuring tool. Mom called out distances, and Malik recorded on his data sheet. Data tables (Kim Bennett (c) 2011) After we had thrown the gliders ten times, each, we calculated an average distance for each glider. We accepted our alternative hypothesis that long, narrow wings let an object glide farther (the null hypothesis would be that wing shape had no effect on gliding distance). We lost one nose piece on the last glide, but the wings were good for another go-around on another day. How might we change our experiment to learn more about lift, thrust and drag? Notes from the science teacher: Conducting a simple experiment is powerful science, for all ages! Even small children can be taught to follow up a question ("Mommy, what will happen if I mix red and blue paint?") with, "How can I find out?" and "What do I think will happen?" Little kids can use pictures to draw what they think will happen, and what actually happened. As children get to be 1st and 2nd graders, tally marks can be used to take count data. Third graders and older should learn how to create a simple data table (see the photo, above, for our non-fancy, two-column data table). Introduce the steps and words of the scientific method early on: hypothesis, materials, procedures, data, analysis, conclusion, dependent and independent variable. Don't teach substitute words if the real ones will do! Always tie the experiment back to the concept you are teaching. So many high school students remember the experiment where they burned something, blew something up, or added water, but they don't remember what the experiment taught them! _____________________________________________________ For more information on conducting experiments with children, see the following resources: How to Conduct Science Experiments Kids' Science Experiments Fun Science Experiments for Preschoolers For more experiments on flight, see these links: Paper Helicopters and the Methods of Science Paper Airplane Experiment for Kids There is also a Web Quest on flight which you might enjoy. We live minutes from the New England Air Museum, which will be our next field trip (after successful completion of our bird study and flight lessons). We'll post photos! ______________________________________________________ We had a lot of fun together. It was educational, outdoors and exercised our bodies! Will you help me out? Will you help me out? Please click on the link below to answer a short, 8-question survey about your experience on my blog. No ads! Just information for me. Thanks so much! Take the October 2012 Reader Survey now.
Elementary Science - Air, Aerodynamics and Flight - Bernoulli's Principle Experiments/Labs/Demos, Reflection/Exit Slip, Teacher Notes Teach this concept with confidence using this in depth lesson plan This file contains: - 4 mini experiments to be used as stations, or classroom demonstrations. - Whole class practice activity - Exit slip or Reflection for students to complete - Thorough explanation of how to teach this concept - List of all materials required for the labs - Answer keys for all the labs, activity, and reflection This assignment aligns with the Alberta Program of Studies Grade 6 Science Unit - Air & Aerodynamics Created by artisteach _________________________________________ Check out my other Science related units and lessons here! Earn TPT credits for upcoming purchases! Go to your "My Purchases" page and click on the "Provide Feedback" button. Follow me to learn about future sales, new products, and lots of upcoming freebies! Catch up with me on Instagram, Twitter or on my blog, Artisteach This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
With the introduction of remote-controlled airplanes, the paper versions have pretty much become relics of the past. Now, Miami-based Taylor Toys hopes to make them current again by giving them the much needed lift and control.
Kids can make a tissue paper glider and explore STEM, fine motor skills, and Bernoulli's principal by constructing a glider!
Learn how to build a wooden airplane with just clothespins and popsicle sticks! Clothespin airplanes are a fun engineering challenge for kids!
Fluid Pressure Science Fair Project: Investigate how fluid pressure changes when fluid flow is changed.
Instead of spending money on an expensive wooden boomerang, you can make one yourself at home using paper. Use a thin, blank sheet of paper so you can easily fold it into a flying boomerang shape. Once you're finished folding the paper...
One of the learning themes I planned for us this summer was flight. We've had a LOT of fun making gliders and airplanes and parachutes, but now it's time to put the science aside and focus on the history of aviation. To do this we could (of course) read books, but I think learning history through a timeline game is WAY more fun. This game was a labor of love. I hope your kids will enjoy it as much as mine have. Note: It's a lengthy game with lots of reading; I recommend playing with kids 8+. (While our almost-six-year old played along, he grew tired of the slow pace.) How to Make the Game Download the PDF of the game, milestones, and game pieces from Google Drive here. This game would not have been possible were it not for the excellent record-keeping and timeline reporting by The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Print the game pieces and game board on heavyweight cardstock. (Print milestones on office paper.) Assemble the game board with tape. Since your home printer doesn't print full-bleed (i.e. all the way to the edge of the paper), you'll have to trim the white edges. Don't worry about cutting the milestones apart; it's easier to leave them as pages and clip together with a binder clip. Cut apart the game pieces and fold each. Insert the folded end into medium-sized binder clips. (We used small clips and were constantly righting our fallen game pieces. Larger clips will be more stable.) How to Play Put all game pieces on the words "START." Player 1 rolls a die and moves their game piece the number of spaces rolled. Whatever number they land on on the board, they should read the event that corresponds. The card may provide additional instructions - Fly into the Future (i.e. move forward) a noted number of spaces, Go Back a certain number of spaces, or You're Grounded (i.e. stay put). The player must move forward or back after reading the event. It's up to you whether you then read the next event that the player eventually lands on or just move and don't read. (We played this way to speed up an already lengthy game; gauge your child[ren]'s attention span.) The first player to the finish wins. Read We've read a bunch of great books that would be perfect to pair with this game. For a relatively quick picture book, I'd recommend Gail Gibbons' Flying. It provides an illustrated snapshot of the history of flight. The others were also our favorites.
Are you ready for a rescue challenge? I knew my students would love this rescue challenge because we have tried similar events. Could they invent something to cross a chasm, a ravine, powered only by the wind? First, we learned how to say the word "chasm"! Do you know how? It was fun to listen
This product contains labs or experiments for the properties of air studied in Elementary Science. This product can be used as demonstrations by the teacher, as small centers, or as small group or whole class experiments! I have carefully explained all materials required for each lab, as well as ...
