Using FoilSim to
Measure Your Elevation

Subject Area: Physics, Physical Science

Grade Level: 9-12

National Standards:

• Develop an understanding about science and technology and technological designs.
• Develop an understanding about scientific inquiry and the abilities necessary to achieve them.
• Develop an understanding about motion and forces.
• Develop evidence, test models, and explain results.

Objective:

After designing model wings, you will demonstrate an understanding of wing design by testing models of the wing types both experimentally and by computer modeling in FoilSim and then presenting your results.

Assessment:

You, or you and your partner(s), will be evaluated by the thoroughness of your report.

Evaluation:

You will use the World Wide Web to find information on different wing designs and to design wing models and then test them both experimentally and by computer modeling in FoilSim. Your findings will be summarized in a report.

Submitted by: Chip Limes, Shawnee High School, Springfield, Ohio