Week 1

Outline

How do airplanes fly?

How do airplanes take off and stay in the sky?

To understand the project goal

To understand the problem solving process

Watch videos on flight

Overview of airplane project

Create team mission patches/airplane logos

Create paper airplanes for distance and airtime and collect data

Video on Airplanes and Flight

Paper Airplane Websites with instructions

Journal keeping

Understanding the project goal

Paper Airplane Design

How do planes take off and stay in the sky?

How does the design of the plane affect flight?

To understand the design process

To understand the four forces of flight

Redesign the paper airplanes

Flight interactive

Bill Nye Video

Redesigned airplane