Each day's activities and assignments are listed below.  Refer to the Materials page for information on other resources that may be helpful to you.  The  page titled Your Grade will explain how you will be assessed for this lesson, so you should read this early to make sure you are on the right track.

You will start by watching a video that shows a group of people learning how airplanes fly, which is what you are also starting to do.
 
 

Activities
 

Day 1
Classroom Activity: Take the pretest.   Watch the video: Why Planes Fly
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Homework :  Read pages 321 to 325 in Modern Physical Science
 

Day 2
Classroom Activity: Do the Activity on Page 323 and begin researching Bernoulli's Principle on the Internet.  You may also do additional reading in supplementary text and other resources.

Homework :  Make a list of possible topics for a project presentation.Use your imagination and creativity to find a topic that is original and interesting to you.  Be sure to get your topic  aprroved by the teacher before you begin to do serious research.
 

Day 3
Classroom Activity:  Watch the video: Secrets of Flight  Continue with research.

Homework:  Continue with your research.
 

Day 4

Classroom Activity:Do the Activity on Page 326.  You may also want to explore some of the paper airplane sites on the internet for ideas on different types of airplanes you can make.
 

Day 5

Classroom Activity:  Today you will flight test your airplane models by making them fly in specific directions.  Each of you will be asked to set the control surfaces to make the plane climb, descend, or turn.

Homework:  Continue with your research.
 

Days 6-8

Classroom Activity:  Work on project
 
 
 

Presentation Project

After you have chosen an aviation-related topic to research, using all the resources you can muster, you will put  together a presentation for the class.  Your presentation should use Powerpoint or some other form of media to supplement your presentation.  The research finding will also be written up in a short (3 to 5 page) paper.  This will account for 60% of your grade for this lesson.
 
 

Design a culminating activity that measures student achievement of the standards addressed in the lesson. Give directions for the activity. 
 
 
 

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