The software contains two main parts, a baseball pitch and a wing-airflow simulator. FoilSim includes lessons that prompt students to engage in problem solving and discovery. This work was coordinated with the GSFC Education Office and Mission to Planet Earth Education. The instructional tasks were created in such a way to be usable by students interested in earth system science. The document manager permits teachers to build reproducible, reusable, standardized teaching modules and control intellectual content while teaching students how to use Internet tools and resources.
Kids love airplanes, particularly ones they can build.
This lesson plan consists of three modules that will introduce the principles of flight to your K-4 students as they build and fly their own Falcon Flyer. First, students learn parts of an airplane, as well as how and why airplanes fly. Next, the students construct a Falcon Flyer and will predict the flight distance and fly the airplanes. They will also collect, record, and share the data with other classes that are participating on the Internet. Finally, the students do an experimental design.