Students design and construct a gliding aircraft.
They use the Internet as a research tool to gain background information about specific flight principles. Using their research, students consider various aircraft designs, choose one, and construct it using provided tools and materials. After they test their gliders and record data from each flight, students redesign their aircrafts, making appropriate adjustments in order to achieve a successful flight. Identify lift, weight, thrust, and drag as forces that impact an aircraft's flight. Define Bernoulli's Principle as it pertains to flight principles.