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Beginner's
Guide to Propulsion
Turbine Engine Identification
Subject
Area(s): Science, Technology Education
Grade
Level: 6-8
National
Standards:
Science
Science
as Inquiry - Develop abilities and understandings necessary to
do scientific inquiry.
Physical Science - Develop an understanding of properties and
changes of properties in matter; motion, and forces, and the transference
of energy.
Technology
Research
Tools - Use content-specific tools, software and simulations (e.g.,
environmental probes, graphing calculators, exploratory environments,
Web tools) to support learning and research.
Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Tools - Routinely and efficiently
use on-line information resources to meet needs for collaboration,
research, publications, communications, and productivity.
Objectives:
After reading
about Gas Turbine Engines in the Beginner's
Guide to Propulsion, you will demonstrate an understanding of the
text by completing an activity on Gas Turbine Engines in which you will
answer a number of questions on information found in the slides listed
under
Turbine Engine Parts
and
Engine Component Analysis
in the Propulsion Index.
In the 21st century, airplanes are a normal part of everyday life. We
see them fly over, or read about them, or see them on television. Most
of us have traveled on an airplane, or know someone who has. Do you ever
wonder how airplanes fly? What causes the lift that gets the airplane
off the runway? How does a pilot control the movement of the airplane?
Why are the engines on an airliner different from the engines on a fighter
plane?
The Beginner's
Guide to Propulsion is a Web site of information prepared at NASA
Glenn Research Center to help you better understand aircraft engine propulsion.
In the Propulsion Index, preview
the slides under
Turbine Engine Parts
and
Engine Component Analysis
before you begin the activity. While completing the activity, use the
slides to help you answer questions dealing with turbine engine parts
and processes.
To begin the activity,
click on the Turbine Engine Identification
Activity.
Assessment:
You, or
you and your partner(s), will be evaluated on the accuracy and/or feasibility
of your answers.
Evaluation:
You will
demonstrate the ability to use the Beginner's
Guide to Propulsion to identify and answer questions related to
the turbine engine.
Submitted by:
Devon Williams, J. P. McConnell Middle School, Loganville, Georgia
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