Project Sketch

In twelfth grade physics, students will learn about the fundamentals of flight. We will investigate the concepts that make flight possible (Bernoulli’s Principle, Lift, Airfoils, Propulsion, Density, etc.) and relate them to Newton’s Three Laws of Motion. Instruction will be given formally through interactive lectures as well as differentiated through demonstrations, experiments, competition, and game-based activities. Students will be divided into lab groups to choose a mode of flight to research (fixed wing, rotary-wing, or propulsion). Similarities and differences will be explored as groups present the theories which lie behind their chosen mode of flight. Working demonstrations will be constructed to further exhibit flight concepts and a competition will be held to determine the winning models in three categories, distance traveled, altitude reached, and time aloft.