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Beginner's
Guide to Aerodynamics
Cruising Aircraft and Balanced Forces
Subject Area:
Physical Science or Integrated Science
Grade Level:
7-8
National Science
Standards:
- Scientific Inquiry:
- Understanding
about scientific inquiry.
- Physical Science:
- Science and
Technology:
- Understandings
about science and technology.
- Abilities of
technological design.
National Technology
Standards:
- Technology productivity
tools: Use content specific tools, software, and simulations (e.g.,
environmental probes, graphing calculators, exploratory environments,
Web tools) to support learning and research; apply productivity/multimedia
tools and peripherals to support personal productivity, group collaboration,
and learning throughout the curriculum.
- Technology communications
tools: Collaborate with peers, experts, and others using telecommunications
and collaborative tools to investigate curriculum-related problems,
issues, and information, and to develop solutions or products for audiences
inside and outside classroom.
- 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; select and use appropriate
tools and technology resources to accomplish a variety of tasks and
solve problems.
- Technology problem-solving
and decision making tools: Apply productivity/multimedia tools and
peripherals to support personal productivity, group collaboration, and
learning throughout the curriculum.
Objective:
- After reading an
explanation from a NASA Web-based textbook, you will demonstrate an
understanding of the text by applying it to questions involving cruising
aircraft and balanced forces.
Beginner's Guide to
Aerodynamics is a "textbook" of information prepared at NASA Glenn Research
Center to help you better understand aerodynamics. Click Beginner's
Guide Index to access the list of slides. Open the slides called Airplane
Cruise-Balanced Forces, Forces
on an Airplane, and Aircraft
Motion-Unbalanced Forces (with text). Read the explanations on the
four forces on an airplane and what happens when the forces are balanced
or unbalanced. Then using the information found in these slides, complete
the Cruising Aircraft Activity designed
to demonstrate your understanding of the concepts and forces.
Assessment:
- You, or you and
your partner(s), will be evaluated on the feasibility of your answers.
Evaluation:
- You will demonstrate
the ability to use information found on the World Wide Web and complete
questions which demonstrate an understanding of forces as they relate
to aircraft.
Submitted by:
- Tonya Dyke, University
of Akron, Akron, Ohio
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