1. Topic-
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| Paper Airplanes and the Scientific Method |
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2. Content-
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| Scientific Method and the forces of lift, drag, thrust, and gravity. |
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3. Goals: Aims/Outcomes-
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1. Investigate transportation systems and devices that operate on
or in land, water, air and space and recognize the forces (lift, drag,
friction, thrust and gravity) that affect their motion.
2. Understanding of the Scientific Method. |
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4. Objectives-
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1. To use the scientific method to solve problem.
2. Investigate transportation systems and devices that operate in
air. |
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5. Materials and Aids-
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| Scissors, paper airplanes, measuring tape |
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6. Procedures/Methods-
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A. Introduction-
1. Yesterday we talked about and did some activities lift, drag,
thrust, and gravity.
2. Today we are going to make five paper airplanes to see which one
will fly the farthest.
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B. Development-
1. Model how to make each plane
2. Model how to fill out worksheet
3. Model how to find data |
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D. Independent Practice-
1. Instruct students to work independently on the post-lab questions.
2. Ask students to develop their own airplane and test it at home
against their airplane that flew the farthest during their experiment.
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Checking for understanding-
1. Understanding of the four forces of flight
2. Understanding of the Scientific Method
3. Sharing and taking turns in a group-working together. |
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Closure-
1. Check for any surprises
2. Use entire class information to graph and tie it together with
math |
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7. Evaluation-
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1. Worksheet
2. Vocabulary test at the end of the unit |
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