Testing day

Today was the day that the sixth graders flew their Delta Darts. They all enjoyed the flights very much and were engaged in the activity. Brock and I had to spend a little more time finishing preparing the planes for flight than we had planned. Consequently, the students were only able to fly their planes two times. Because of the space (the cafeteria) that we were in many of the planes had collisions with walls, ceiling lights, and basketball hoops. Unfortunately, if the plane hit an object in the right spot, the plane broke and was sometimes rendered non-flyable. Some students were disappointed in this. We could have used the idea that they might break during flight as a motivator to encourage them to build higher-quality models. In the end, there was only one group that met the minimum flight requirement.

Today was a fun day. The students thoroughly enjoyed flying their planes. Brock and I had fun watching them fly and seeing their excitement. Tomorrow will be the real test of how much they actually learned. I'm hoping that Brock and I taught the content well enough that the students are able to meet most, if not all, of the objectives. However, tomorrow will tell us the answer to that question.