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Unit
|
Day
|
Activities
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| 3 |
Monday |
- Self-introduction
- Transportation
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- Modes
- Forms of air transportation
- Heavier-than-air aircraft
- Overview of airplanes
- Types of airplanes
- Parts of an airplane and their their
functions
- Vehicular system
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- Structure
- Propulsion
- Guidance
- Control
- Suspension
- Support
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| 3 |
Tuesday |
- Introduce design brief
- Students will identify major components of
airplanes (through the use of Delta Darts)
|
| 3 |
Wednesday |
- Lab day
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- Safety
- Following directions
- Assembling
- Testing
- Recording data
|
| 3 |
Thursday |
- Finish fabrication
- Flight test day
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- Flight must be a minimum of fifteen
seconds
- Unit conclusion
- Discussion (review for quiz)
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- What did students learn?
- What changes would they make?
- What went wrong? Why?
- Teaching/Unit evaluation instrument
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| 3 |
Friday |
- Discussion about unit
- Quiz
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